We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Microsoft Azure API Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"It is easy to use."
"The tool helps to manage APIs."
"We use Microsoft due to the stability of the company."
"Without a doubt, it has a very robust, strong marketplace where we can directly integrate with existing APIs and begin working on those."
"The solution is reliable and very stable."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is 90 to 99 percent scalable. We have three instances running in parallel."
"The API management is very good."
"The most valuable features are the API and integrations."
"The components that they include in the product that are, in fact, a WTX, really need to be removed from the product because they tend to fail."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"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."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"It can be quite complex, somewhat lacking in flexibility."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"In the API you need to delete the suffix. It is annoying that you need to have a suffix. We can add a suffix at the API level, not at the operation level, and that could be improved on."
"They should improve the inbuilt policies that they have and that should properly create a deployment architecture as well."
"An area for improvement in Microsoft Azure API Management is deployment, in particular, the deployment of versions in Oryx. The development to production instance isn't adequate for me and needs to be improved. Microsoft Azure API Management lacks automation, which is another area for improvement."
"It would be better if it were easier to transition to Azure from JIRA. For example, different nomenclature must be performed when you shift to Azure from JIRA. JIRA's storage, tasks, and ethics are treated differently from Azure. Here they might become functions, which is not an option in JIRA because that nomenclature difference is there. If someone has to get into the nomenclature, then there can be different tasks from clients, and here, they may be treated as functions. JIRA has sub-tasks, but sub-tasks don't exist in Azure. The nomenclature and the linking between ethics and a function and a story are different, and people may have to learn to adapt to the new nomenclature."
"I rate the technical support from Microsoft Azure API Management a four out of five."
"In the next release, Azure APIM should include deployment in various environments and CI/CD for deployment."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. 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 Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Mule ESB, IBM Integration Bus and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and SwaggerHub. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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