Axway AMPLIFY API Management vs IBM DataPower Gateway comparison

Axway and IBM are both solutions in the API Management category. Axway is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.7, while IBM is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.7. Axway holds a 1.5% mindshare in APIM, compared to IBM’s 3.8% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of Axway users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Axway AMPLIFY API Management

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81% willing to recommend

IBM DataPower Gateway

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4,849 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

Axway AMPLIFY API Management

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Axway AMPLIFY API Management 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.

To learn more, read our detailed Axway AMPLIFY API Management vs. IBM DataPower Gateway Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Axway AMPLIFY API Management

Ranking in API Management

17th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM DataPower Gateway

Ranking in API Management

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (6th), Application Infrastructure (6th), SOA Application Gateways (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY API Management is 1.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM DataPower Gateway is 3.8%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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IgmarRautenbach

Managing Director at Tegra

An API management solution for ESB and B2B integration between systems with security

We don't have any challenges deploying the solution. A proper deployment takes probably takes a week. You must set up an architecture of how the enterprise requires it for availability and consider various other things. It becomes the backbone of an enterprise integration platform. If you look at deployments in real big enterprises, they can take much longer.

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Mehdi El Filahi

Co-Founder at tenekit

Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts

While I like IBM products, I'm not an evangelist. I work with Java, Microsoft ASP.NET, and various technologies. I'm not tied to any specific vendor. However, I do find IBM to be a bit greedy. It's a large, profit-driven company. The support team is mostly based in India, and they follow a very structured process and protocol. Sometimes, it feels like playing ping pong with them – lots of back and forth before the problem gets escalated. You might even have to get your sales rep involved to push things along. For me, the support it could be better. Indian support teams aren't inherently bad, but with IBM, it feels impersonal. They respond, sure. But if it's a complex technical issue, they might ask you a lot of questions that just seem designed to waste your time. Sometimes it feels like they hope you'll get frustrated and solve the problem yourself.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features are security enforcement and throttling."

"I don't believe the Salesforce has been fully utilized yet. It gives us quick engagement."

"This platform can be highly scalable."

"The API portal capability is a valuable feature."

"We like the portal for documentation a lot."

"There's drag and drop functionality so that you do not need to have a senior expert developer to make use of the tool. You can get more of your staff trained up to be able to use it as it's not overly technical."

"The best feature of Axway Amplify API Management is its exceptional level of security, which is highly reassuring, coupled with its remarkable capacity to handle substantial volumes of data in impressively efficient turnaround times."

"In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers."

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"The solution is robust."

"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."

"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."

"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."

"If you have an API application in your organization that you want to make safe and secure, in addition to your existing WAF or load balancer, this product comes with all those capabilities:"

"The scalability of the solution is good."

"Its initial setup was straightforward."

"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."

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Cons

"The portal still has room for improvement."

"The product shows a lack of maturity. The setup is difficult, the tech support and community are lacking, and it is not very stable."

"The areas for enhancement should be improving certain filters within the solution. Although they are generally functional, there are occasional problems that could be more precisely adjusted. Additionally, the solution performs well within its workload limitations, but it may not be suitable for scaling up or managing a larger volume of transactions through the gateway. To address this, it may be necessary to adopt a unique architecture rather than relying on traditional pre-packaged options."

"The installation process is a bit complex and it could be a lot simpler."

"This solution does have some limitations regarding the deployment model."

"Sometimes we find bugs where certain calls are not returning all the data we need."

"It would be great if they have an asset report. It's hard to get support for that."

"Areas of improvement include marketing and enhancing the data products area by using ETIs."

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"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."

"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."

"Small and medium-sized companies might look for cloud-hosted applications due to the cost."

"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."

"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."

"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."

"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."

"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive. When you acquire a license you have full access to the solution, unlike other competitors such as Apigee X, where there are fragmented licenses. Some licenses only allow access to certain features while others allow access to more features. Upon procuring this solution's license, you will have full access to the solution, allowing you to experiment with all of its features."

"The product is expensive."

"The licensing cost is very expensive."

"The total cost of IBM DataPower Gateway would depend on the configuration, but in my experience, it can amount to 60,000 Euros per box, even for the virtual version. Usually, customers need high availability and a non-production environment, so the total price for IBM DataPower Gateway can be quite a lot. It can be 200,000 Euros or a similar figure."

"The appliance is a bit on the expensive side for the workloads that are not too high."

"Most customers' use case budgets are not inlined with the price of IBM DataPower Gateway. It is too expensive."

"The solution has a return on investment but is a little expensive."

"The cost of this product varies from customer to customer and the relationship with IBM, including how many offerings from IBM are already being used."

"As far as I know, they have a perpetual license for this product. They are paying perpetual fees rather than an annual subscription or annual pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

31%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Axway AMPLIFY API Management?

In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Axway AMPLIFY API Management?

The solution has a yearly subscription. The solution’s pricing is competitive. Axway makes a significant impression compared to its peers, especially with a sensitive budget. In many instances, it ...

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What needs improvement with Axway AMPLIFY API Management?

Axway's queuing messages could be enhanced.

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What do you like most about IBM DataPower Gateway?

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM DataPower Gateway?

I would rate the pricing a two out of ten, with one being high price, and ten being low price. It's high-priced for smaller companies. But it is okay for enterprises. So, the price could be more fl...

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What needs improvement with IBM DataPower Gateway?

The price could be more flexible for different clients.

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Comparisons

Apigee vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management

Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

Microsoft Azure API Management vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management

Compared 15% of the time

Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management

Compared 9% of the time

Layer7 API Management vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management

Compared 3% of the time

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IBM API Connect vs IBM DataPower Gateway

Compared 33% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

Microsoft Azure API Management vs IBM DataPower Gateway

Compared 9% of the time

Kong Gateway Enterprise vs IBM DataPower Gateway

Compared 6% of the time

Amazon API Gateway vs IBM DataPower Gateway

Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Vordel Application Gateway, Axway API Management Plus, Axway API Management, AMPLIFY API Management

WebSphere DataPower, IBM DataPower, IBM WebSphere DataPower

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Axway

IBM

Overview

Axway API Management Plus combines API lifecycle management, secure integration services, monitoring and analytics to help you innovate faster and heighten ecosystem engagement. It is part of the Axway AMPLIFY data integration and engagement platform, which also includes unified app development for mobile to provide a complete solution for rapid change and innovation.

IBM DataPower Gateway is a robust, secure next-generation enterprise-grade single multichannel API gateway that supplies dynamic access, integration, control, and outstanding security. The solution is available in a broad range of workload capabilities, including application programming interface (API), service oriented architecture (SOA), B2B, cloud, web, and mobile. These dynamic capabilities ensure users are able to quickly increase the reach of an organization's critical IT resources to new channels, which will provide shareholders, team members, and clients with safe, secure access at all times.

DataPower Gateway is very flexible and is widely available in virtual, cloud, traditional, physical, Docker, and Linux form factors.

IBM DataPower Gateway Features

IBM DataPower Gateway has many value-added features. Some of these features are included below:

Control: The solution provides decision point authorization and authentication for all standards, including Lightweight Direct Access Protocol (LDAP) and Open Authorization (OAuth), which allow for better access control across an organization’s entire network.
DataPower dashboard: The dashboard is specifically designed to enhance performance and determine problematic processes. The solution provides intuitive real-time performance transparency to diagnose operational and performance anomalies and offer repair and restoration recommendations.
Enhanced messaging: Users are able to easily mediate messaging and protocols by incorporating the best of today’s traditional and modern application standards.
Integration: IBM DataPower Gateway offers super fast mainframe connectivity, database connectivity, transport protocol bridging, content-based routing, and any-to-any message transformation, ensuring secure and immediate connect service.

IBM DataPower Gateway Benefits

IBM DataPower Gateway provides many benefits. Some of those benefits include:

Flexibility: The solution is easy to use and configure and provides for a pleasant, intuitive overall user experience. The solution can immediately be used out of the box, which makes overall process management simple.
Protection: The solution provides sturdy continuous service protection and application performance using robust powerful routing and traffic control.
Security: The solution’s enterprise-grade De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) ready gateway enables users to enforce the desired runtime application security across all messaging protocols.
Profitability: The solution’s design ensures significant reduction of development costs in addition to the streamlining of overall operations. Users are able to achieve reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and experience a near-immediate ROI.

Reviews from Real Users

“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. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products.”- Bálint T., Solution Manager at Intalion

“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. From a security point of view, being an appliance in the DMC zone, IBM DataPower Gateway will take care of the entire security angle for the infrastructure.” - Sathyan K., Founder/Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

Sample Customers

Engie Group, Allianz

RBL Bank, Availity

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