We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and IBM DataPower Gateway 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."It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is very helpful, with our API-based applications."
"The product is stable."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"The pricing could be improved. In cases where customers require real-time sync or real-time calling groups with IoT, the volume of data and time lag become a concern."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The user interface could be improved, as well as customer support and having a local customer representative in a country."
"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."
"If I take into consideration the past three to four years, during which I used the tool, I would say that some missing and external configurations were not possible in the product, and it was a bit difficult to manage."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"Its support services could be better."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"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."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and TIBCO Cloud API Management, whereas IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. IBM DataPower Gateway report.
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