We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Microsoft .NET Framework based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"The most valuable thing about Microsoft .NET Framework is that it is an enterprise-grade language and platform."
"A great solution for creating program solutions in a framework for Microsoft Windows quickly and easily."
"I'd rate the solution as highly stable."
"Basically, .NET is simply is the easiest programming language to use, based on my experience."
"Microsoft Platform is the only viable solution when I wish to do something that is not supposed to be cross-platform."
"It facilitated the streamlined scheduling process by amalgamating inputs from various sources, including location data and other systems."
"User-friendly and straightforward."
"I like that ASP.NET is used for the framework and the core web services."
"Traceability could be improved, especially for business operations. The traceability of the transactions could be an improvement point for DataPower to work on. It would be better if they provided JSON support. JSON protocol data has changed format. It started performing internal transformation to JSONx. This might be an additional complexity."
"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 product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"IBM DataPower Gateway is quite big for smaller organizations, looking at different types of clients who are virtually assisted in this, I would say it's not really a good product for smaller firms."
"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."
"Microsoft has its own product called Blazor, but I don't think it's quite as powerful yet as React or Angular. That's an area for improvement."
"There are performance constraints when multiple users are accessing the application and that consumes CPU resources."
"The product is nearing its sunset, and we think that by 2028, we won't get support anymore"
"The solution could improve by optimizing the memory for better performance."
"It would be nice if the framework were able to work with additional environments and systems like Linux."
"They should try to improve their Blazor WebAssembly."
"I would want the product to be integrated with the different AI tools in the future since it is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings."
"This solution should include Power BI so that we don't have to use any third-party tools."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews while Microsoft .NET Framework is ranked 4th in Application Infrastructure with 47 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Microsoft .NET Framework is rated 8.4. 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 .NET Framework writes "Intuitive, easier to develop, maintain, and migrate from the old framework to newer versions". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Microsoft .NET Framework is most compared with IIS, Magic xpa Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Apache Web Server and Oracle WebCenter. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Microsoft .NET Framework report.
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