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IBM API Connect vs Microsoft Azure Logic Apps comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM API Connect
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
API Management (5th)
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of IBM API Connect is 2.6%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is 15.7%, up from 13.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

KavitaChavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Quite flexible and provides excellent performance for API gateway
The only disadvantage I can see is that it requires heavy hardware support, which can be considered quite expensive. In terms of new functionality, I think the analytics can be improved in V10. The analytics feature was better in the older version, 2.18. But in V10, it's not as flexible. When exporting analytics as KSP or JSON, it's not well formatted. They can work on enhancing the analytics part. Additionally, they can focus on reducing the hardware cost.
Ritu-Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Influenced cost savings by approximately seventy to eighty percent
I have worked on multiple platforms in this space, like MuleSoft, Oracle, Intel, Microsoft, and Dell Boomi. However, Azure Logic Apps is the easiest and most transparent in terms of its operations, licensing cost, and scaling. Being in Azure, the use of the Azure ecosystem becomes quite native with Logic Apps.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules."
"It has all of the tools that are needed for the specific mission."
"The support is good and active. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten."
"We really like the runtime capabilities of IBM API Connect. The creation of products and the control of the monetization and hit rate are some of the features which we've found very valuable."
"The statistics component is easy to use."
"The solution's technical support team is good."
"Policy configurations are pretty easy."
"This product is well integrated with other products. Its ability to interact with IBM Secure Gateway and other integration products is the core feature. Also, the lead time to put it into production is relatively short ."
"It's easy to use, and it's stable."
"We can write external features and transfer the data using JPIMs securely which has been most valuable."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup a nine out of ten, with ten being easy to set up."
"The prebuilt connectors available for SAP are really useful."
"The product’s most valuable feature is integration."
"The solution's best feature is that it is compatible with the cloud and has many connectors and third-party adapters."
"The solution is very easy for new users because it includes very good documentation and transparency."
"Its integration capabilities are great, allowing connectivity with various applications and services."
 

Cons

"Like any typical IBM infrastructure setup, you need to learn to set it up yourself. It's not one of those simple zip files or an archive unzip and you're up and running in some few minutes. Knowledge to set it up is key."
"It is expensive within this class of products."
"We would have more capability to interact with the catalog and inventories, so a more DevOps-friendly solution is needed."
"IBM info-center help documentation also needs improvement. Competitive product like Apigee provide out of the box policies to run Javascript, JAVA and better/flexible logging policies."
"In terms of what needs improvement, some of the product documentation could be better."
"The documentation needs to be a bit better."
"We ran it on top of the Kubernetes cluster, so it wasn't a standalone service. In the worst-case scenario, API Connect couldn't stay online if all the containers went down. We had to restart all the services. We shut down all the containers automatically one by one."
"Installation is weak."
"It can be a bit challenging to use."
"The visual tool that is used to build integration is quite old."
"The only thing is, sometimes, when we need a specific connector, it requires an enterprise or paid version. If it were possible to provide the most commonly used connectors for pulling data from different sources free of cost, that would be really nice."
"The stability of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is stable. However, we have had some issues in the past. They do resolve issues that arise from new releases."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The standard logic app could be simplified. Thats what we would like to see in the next release."
"The documentation could be better. I think that's the only thing that was causing a normal level of problems. In terms of the documentation, it came from Cosmos DB and an additional product from Microsoft Azure."
"It would be helpful if the vendor could provide more data connectors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is quite an expensive product."
"It should be cheaper. It has a yearly licensing."
"API Connect's license cost could be a little lower. But, unfortunately, there aren't many open-source API gateways. Ideally, some new developers could come up with a minimum-functionality open-source solution."
"It is an expensive solution. The licensing model is based on a per-subscription and per-subscriber end-user basis, meaning the price is determined by the end-users of the platform."
"API Connect is quite pricey."
"IBM API Connect could be cheaper."
"We pay for the IBM API Connect monthly. We only need to pay the standard licensing fee."
"The price of the solution is expensive. However, there are a lot of customization capabilities."
"The price of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is inexpensive."
"The product is quite cheap."
"The licensing is cheaper because, compared to other services, Azure services are much cheaper and affordable."
"It is a cost-efficient platform."
"Logic Apps is cheap with its pay-as-you-go model. We only pay for usage time, no license fees. So Logic Apps is good in that aspect."
"In my experience, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is not a cheap solution."
"The pricing is okay. It's not highly priced. It's in the medium range."
"Compared to the prices of Mulesoft, the price of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is low."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
23%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Educational Organization
34%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM API Connect?
Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM API Connect?
Price depends on many factors like size of the deal, competitive factors, timing, customer profile or where the pricing for API Calls is very competitive comparing to any of the leader players.
What needs improvement with IBM API Connect?
The only downside where improvements are needed is probably on the licensing side. Scalability is an issue with IBM API Connect, making it an area where improvements are required.
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?
The solution's most valuable feature is the no-code/low-code feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?
Microsoft provides a reliable solution, but it is considered expensive compared to others. Pricing is dynamic, based on scalability and usage. It is comparable to IBM MQ in cost.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps needs further development in consistency and durability, particularly for handling larger data volumes beyond 1 MB. Additionally, I have concerns about disaster recovery ...
 

Also Known As

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Azure Logic Apps, MS Azure Logic Apps
 

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Sample Customers

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