We performed a comparison between Apigee vs IBM API Connect based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Apigee has an edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than IBM API Connect in the ease of deployment and support categories.
"The opportunity for customization is really vast and it is a really good feature built into the product."
"The most valuable feature is the API gateway."
"Lifecycle management."
"Apigee is an easy-to-use solution."
"I use it because it's simple, it automatically updates, and It hasn't given me any issues."
"The most valuable features are scalability and technical support."
"The ability to convert from language to language using a single tool."
"We can customize the dashboard."
"One of the most valuable features is the easy-to-use web interface."
"Since it runs on top of Datapower, all Datapower based custom policies can be utilized and exported to API connect but its not straightforward/simple process."
"The management of the API and API portal is good."
"The most valuable feature for me is the ability to distribute work among our API developers, so we don't have to do all the work as IBM API Connect administrators and IBM DataPower administrators."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It gives a holistic environment for us to set up the APIs and that's the main value that it adds. It gives end to end for us."
"The services that I consume through IBM API Connect are beneficial. It can handle multiple API management."
"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."
"Could be more user friendly."
"They should improve the monitoring tools for on-premises environments."
"The developer portal's adoption of the OpenAPI standard needs to be improved. In the latest version of the developer portal, they have adopted the OpenAPI standard. This feature, however, can be improved by supporting more characteristics of the OpenAPI standard."
"They have an external developer platform that was a little bit painful."
"Integration should be improved."
"It needs predictive analysis of consumption."
"Development IDE, especially for Architect Review."
"Apigee could do more to make users aware of what is available in the add-ons."
"The integration of cloud-based services is where we're looking for improvement in this platform."
"There is room for improvement regarding the connectivity of the DevOps."
"We have asked IBM for scalability and for some other features that we wanted. We had a dialogue with them and in the end, they have agreed to provide us with features related to API setup and security."
"The solution is overly complex."
"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."
"Possible improvement is mainly around having more of the cloud oriented architecture bringing stability in adding new capabilities around security."
"Components, like caching, should be implemented as policies, not requiring dependency on an external solution."
"It would be nice to have a SaaS solution that can be deployed into the cloud."
Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while IBM API Connect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, whereas IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Kong Gateway Enterprise. See our Apigee vs. IBM API Connect report.
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Of those three: MuleSoft Anypoint. But, cost-friendly is another term, I would choose a different solution. We are happy with Gravitee.