We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and IBM Integration Bus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"It can look for the various security threats, productions, payload scanning, and perform routing based on the content type."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"The message queue connectors are the most valuable feature. They have built-in connectors for most of the systems, like SAP and Oracle Database."
"The most valuable features of the IBM Integration Bus are flexibility. It's also an alternative for integrating it with other projects, which we are not ready at this time to do, such as switching to tunnels. The tunnels would be used with other partners to make sure everything is secured."
"IBM Integration Bus's best feature is integration."
"I found all features valuable. There are a lot of connectors."
"REST API design and development support are useful. Building and exposing APIs using GUI API designer with editor makes implementation a breeze."
"Seamlessly integrates your different applications."
"It is very straightforward. It is very user-friendly integration."
"The solution's features are all quite useful. We use all of them."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"An area for improvement in IBM DataPower Gateway is its price point because it's a relatively expensive product. Sometimes, when the customer use case is just a very small subset of what's being offered in IBM DataPower Gateway, then the product can be expensive, making my company lose some of the opportunities because of the expensive pricing. A lower price point for IBM DataPower Gateway, even if that results in a less feature-rich version, would be appreciated. In terms of additional features that I'd like to see in the next release of IBM DataPower Gateway, nothing specific comes to mind because IBM constantly improves its standards and provides quarterly updates to the product, so it's quite fine."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"DataPower isn't the most user-friendly tool. It is not an easy tool to use. Some things could use better wizards to guide you through processes."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"It would be beneficial for it to function more as an iPaaS, with the runtime available in the cloud, potentially on platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud."
"We used a third-party vendor, who help us install the solution and it was not easy."
"IBM doesn't really have a very strong community surrounding the product. Most of its direct competitors are open source solutions, and those have an excellent and well-developed community around the tech to help users navigate the ins and outs of the product. IBM is lacking in this area."
"Its licensing or subscription model should be improved for more flexible adoption. There should also be more ease of use."
"The solution is too expensive for smaller companies."
"We have come across many customer complaints about the excessive time it takes for IBM to provide customer and technical support."
"Recently, there was a lot of instability when selecting the solution they needed for testing."
"IBM could improve its connectivity."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 27 reviews while IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 64 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while IBM Integration Bus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Integration Bus writes "Scalable solution with efficient integration features". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas IBM Integration Bus is most compared with Mule ESB, webMethods Integration Server, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Oracle Service Bus and Red Hat Fuse. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. IBM Integration Bus report.
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