We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and IBM Integration Bus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) is great because it allows you to easily expose services using various protocols – web services, REST (JSON), and others. This flexibility simplifies things."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"My company has a good impression of IBM DataPower Gateway. What I like about it is that because it's an appliance, it's a turnkey solution that's very fast and out of the box. Compared to other gateways, I also like that IBM DataPower Gateway is function-rich. For example, for one of the projects, there was a need for specific transformation and security features available in IBM DataPower Gateway out of the box, so my team just needed to configure the appliance. There was no need for separate development, and I found it quite neat. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"The solution is robust."
"You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of the IBM Integration Bus are the flexibility to easily integrate with other solutions, such as SAP or any other vendors."
"The solution's features are all quite useful. We use all of them."
"Having the solution come from IBM you know you are receiving a product of quality in components and in the services, it is very good."
"It has the ability to be deployed without rewriting the code."
"IBM Integration Bus is a very strong tool."
"The message queue feature is very valuable."
"My favorite feature is the XML-based DFDL mapping, which is a tool that allows you to graphically map legacy data formats to modern data formats."
"Seamlessly integrates your different applications."
"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."
"It is a costly product."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"We are always looking for more features wherein it could be easily integrated with cloud applications. We are looking for either a cloud solution or a cloud integration option."
"We used a third-party vendor, who help us install the solution and it was not easy."
"IBM Integration Bus could improve by having a more lightweight installation. Additionally, automation could improve."
"IBM does not support orchestration, which is how they designed it, and other BPM tools in the market support orchestration. If they merged the BPM capability into this product, then it would be a better solution."
"It needs improvement in terms of technical support as well as in terms of integration of data mining. I am not convinced about many things in this solution, such as the conversion of the DFDL or copybook file, which is the conversion from a text file to XML. It is very complex. They should also provide more information about this solution in the IBM Knowledge Center. I can get a lot of information from the IBM Knowledge Center about DataStage, but I don't get that much information about IBM Integration Bus. There is hardly any information even on the internet and various channels such as YouTube. They can provide good step-by-step documentation based on a company's requirements. It would be really helpful. My company is mainly looking for data mining and communicating with multiple servers. IBM Integration Bus is good for communicating with multiple servers, but it needs improvement for XML conversion and data mining. We have a lot of old systems that use XML."
"The cloud deployment of the IBM Integration Bus should be made easier."
"One drawback that I have found is that there are issues with using the Java connector."
"The tracing and debugging features are not up to date with more modern technology available."
"Session management can sometimes hand forcing server reboots."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 27 reviews while IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 65 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while IBM Integration Bus 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 IBM Integration Bus writes "Scalable solution with efficient integration features". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas IBM Integration Bus is most compared with Mule ESB, webMethods Integration Server, Oracle Service Bus, IBM WebSphere Message Broker and Red Hat Fuse. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. IBM Integration Bus report.
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