We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and SAP Cloud Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have found IBM API Connect to be highly secure, efficient, easy to deploy, and has a great GUI. It can operate and integrate well with other vendors, such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is very easy to use and is something that is easily configurable."
"DataPower Gateway holds significant value for us as it serves as the cornerstone of our enterprise security controls."
"The solution offers a pretty good SLA."
"Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules."
"The solution provides a common place for all APIs, allowing for easy sharing and exchange of information between internal and external stakeholders."
"API Connect's data gateway is one of the strongest in the market."
"Easy to configure security and generate API keys."
"The most valuable features of the SAP Cloud Platform are the extensions and integrations. Additionally, there are a lot of AI-based microservices."
"SAP has provided very good support."
"The features I found most valuable are the integration options."
"The pre-delivered content from the SAP cloud platform is definitely a strength."
"The ability to build custom applications on the BTP platform, reducing customization on the SAP HANA system and improving performance and management."
"The HANA replications are very useful."
"The ability to expand it whenever required has been great — it's very simple."
"Improved our speed to bring our mobile applications into productive use in a cost-effective way."
"The developmental process is not quite user-friendly."
"It needs to be less taxing on compute resources."
"The documentation needs to be a bit better."
"The installation process could use improvement. I hope that in the next release, the installation process is easier."
"The initial setup and installation could be easier."
"I would like to see support for non-Java based services. We struggle a bit to be able to deploy and connect our .NET services because of things like data types. We had to map a couple of things. For one solution provider, we had to move them to .NET Core before we could use it properly. I would like to see more agnostic tool service platforms rather than moving it more towards Java or open source."
"Like any typical IBM infrastructure setup, you need to learn to set it up yourself. It's not one of those simple zip files or an archive unzip and you're up and running in some few minutes. Knowledge to set it up is key."
"The product's setup phase and its setup for the users in different environments, along with DevOps integration, are areas of concern where there is a need for improvement."
"Planning features are limited to the finance module."
"I'd like to see more local integration."
"Lacks flexibility in its licensing structure."
"The areas I think this solution should improve are monitoring and adapting."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The product needs improvement for serverless native integrations. They should opt for serverless features as all the customers worldwide choose cloud-based products."
"When they innovate too fast, they end up confusing their customers."
"I would like to see more and better support for data transformations."
IBM API Connect is ranked 7th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 73 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 38 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Cloud Platform writes "Provides seamless integration with CTI for streamlined data synchronization but complexity and challenges in migrating existing applications to the low-code model for custom application development". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Tyk, whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Mule Anypoint Platform. See our IBM API Connect vs. SAP Cloud Platform report.
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