We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and WSO2 API Manager 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."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"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."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"The scalability is fine for our purposes."
"There are a lot of tools to help the manager. WSO2 is very easy to install. It has all the principal functionalities that you think about when you want to put up the management solution. It's a very friendly tool."
"API management lifecycle is the most valuable."
"A complete integration suite and a good platform."
"Its open-source features are very good, especially for your production work."
"The user interface is easy to navigate, and the documentation is extensive. It's open-source, so everything is available, and we can create what we need. That's not necessarily a feature, but it's an advantage."
"The product is easy to use."
"Most of the time, we need to install a plug-in without having any lapse in services or restarting the application. The WSO2 platform can do all deployments without any downtime."
"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."
"It is a costly product."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"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."
"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."
"Its support services could be better."
"WSO2 API Manager could improve the API approval system."
"I can say that user management is not really flexible. So, if I want to create 1,000 store users, I can't do it as a publisher. You have to register as a store user using the store URL."
"From a product perspective, the first thing is that although the documentation provided by WSO2 is good, it could be much better. We're in the middle of a complex migration, moving away from VMs to Kubernetes with the latest version of WSO2 and good documentation is essential to us right now."
"I would improve the product documentation. There are some gaps, and it can be difficult to find the proper documentation for the product if you need to solve something."
"WSO2 API Manager could increase their security compliance."
"The user interface needs to improve, it is a bit outdated."
"The solution could be more user friendly for engineers."
"Providing easy configuration for email and SMS notifications, layout and customization of admin and developer landing pages."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while WSO2 API Manager 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 WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway and Microsoft Azure API Management. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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