We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and MuleSoft Anypoint 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."IBM API Connect is a good product, and their technical support is excellent."
"Scalable and stable API platform for creating and managing APIs."
"Its speed and performance are valuable."
"The support is good and active. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten."
"It's quite flexible and easy to deploy, especially for beginners. It has almost all the features that an API gateway should have."
"It is easy to use and stable."
"It is quite stable. We've not had any problem. It has made for a good buy because we are finding that other companies that have similar set ups go down maybe once a month."
"API Connect's most valuable feature is its ability to act as a gateway. It's very easy to configure security and everything else in it. You don't have to kill yourself implementing custom configurations."
"The developer portal is easy to integrate. It is easy to use, easy to integrate, and I like the developer portal."
"The most valuable feature of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the gateway that is provided."
"The most important features are the API management and API development."
"It provides various advantages in the integration field, including support for Azure services and cloud integrations."
"The ESB, the enterprise service bus is what we primarily use. In addition to that, the API management. These are the two tools which we have been using extensively. The enterprise platform."
"The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies."
"Anypoint API Manager's most valuable feature is its connectors."
"The most valuable features of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are the API gateway, rate limiting, and orchestration."
"Support for this platform could still be improved. It also needs to have more levels of versatility. Its compatibility and integration with different platforms also need improvement."
"Due to bugs in integration, we have to look for workaround on fixing and using DataPower as gateway."
"It is expensive within this class of products."
"The initial setup and installation could be easier."
"While Azure API Management offers configurable scalability, IBM API Connect relies on Kubernetes clusters. This might seem manual and require defining cluster instances upfront, but it's completely customizable and not on-the-fly scaling. It's completely custom-driven, not on-the-fly scaling, which some may consider cumbersome."
"The documentation needs to be a bit better."
"I would like to see automation of the installation. If there could be a single-click function where you could automate everything, that would be helpful."
"They seem to have left out a feature for microservices and also a certification module for OIDC."
"I'd like more monitoring and analyzing features included in the future."
"The product's price should be available for public review since it is not currently available for others to see, making it one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"The setup process could be simpler."
"The solution's price is high."
"In the next release, Mulesoft should make it easier for people who don't have the native connectors to build their own rather than using the APA from the power platform or outlet."
"The solution is missing a monetization module."
"The cost model could be improved."
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IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 49 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway and 3scale API Management, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our IBM API Connect vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager 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.