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As of March 2025, the mindshare of IBM API Connect in the API Management category stands at 6.3%, up from 6.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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TypeTitleDate
CategoryAPI ManagementMar 8, 2025Download
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Educational Organization
22%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
4%
Retailer
4%
Healthcare Company
3%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
University
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Construction Company
2%
Media Company
2%
Hospitality Company
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Wellness & Fitness Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%

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MM
Group CEO at Mmusi Group
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Mar 9, 2022
Stable and scalable solution for API management, but it needs more versatility and integration with different platforms

Pros

"Scalable and stable API platform for creating and managing APIs."

Cons

"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."
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Manager Integration Platform Engineering at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Mar 29, 2021
Offers a good SLA, with technical support available to help, but lacks documentation

Pros

"The solution offers a pretty good SLA."

Cons

"We've had some issues upgrading to the latest version of the solution."
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KavitaChavan - PeerSpot user
Associate Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Jun 2, 2023
Quite flexible and provides excellent performance for API gateway

Pros

"It's quite flexible and easy to deploy, especially for beginners. It has almost all the features that an API gateway should have."

Cons

"The only disadvantage I can see is that it requires heavy hardware support."
CS
Sr Technical Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Mar 6, 2024
Helps monitor and manage API services and measure the API performance

Pros

"The product gathers data to measure API performance."

Cons

"It would be nice to have a SaaS solution that can be deployed into the cloud."
Shanmugasundaram Shanmuganathan - PeerSpot user
Solutions Architect at Synechron
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Jan 29, 2024
Offers basic API orchestration and provides robust security and governance features

Pros

"It acts as a central gateway for both external APIs and underlying systems. It's basically a central middleware for hosting APIs to the internet and consuming APIs from internal systems. It provides central governance for any APIs going outside the network, ensuring security and a common contract for API definitions."

Cons

"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."
KrishnaIyer - PeerSpot user
Head - Technology Engineering at Abcl
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Mar 10, 2023
Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture

Pros

"Its speed and performance are valuable."

Cons

"It's based on a little bit dated architecture. A lot of evolution has happened after that. It's an evolving field. Kong is a Kubernetes-based platform. Kong runs on Kubernetes, but all the other ones are in microservices. So, there's a lot of improvement that can be done."
MM
Director Software Development at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Jul 25, 2024
Offers API lifecycle management capabilities that can enhance a company's operations

Pros

"The solution's technical support team is good."

Cons

"The only downside where improvements are needed is probably on the licensing side."
PS
Manager at Doudle
Verified user of IBM API Connect
Dec 21, 2023
A stable solution that is very easy to use and configure

Pros

"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. "

Cons

"The product's setup phase and its setup for the users in different environments, along with DevOps integration, are areas of concern where there is a need for improvement."