SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite and Microsoft Azure API Management compete in the integration platform market. SEEBURGER has the upper hand for businesses requiring strong protocol support, while Azure API Management excels in integration with Microsoft's ecosystem.
Features: SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite provides comprehensive protocol management, offering high flexibility and ease of integration across platforms. It includes strong design tools like BIC Mapping Designer and supports custom Java program integration. Microsoft's Azure API Management combines services into one proxied service, provides visibility on usage analytics, and integrates well with Microsoft’s ecosystem. It is recognized for its ease of setup, strong security, and solid API lifecycle management features.
Room for Improvement: SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite could improve message logging, error tracking, and handling large data volumes, as well as enhance cloud integration and support services. Microsoft Azure API Management would benefit from better multi-tenant functionalities, improved integration with third-party solutions, and expanded API lifecycle management. Azure's challenges include ease of use in complex management settings under high demand.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite primarily offers on-premises deployment and faces challenges with support responsiveness via a ticket system. Azure API Management provides flexible deployment through public, private, and hybrid clouds and offers comprehensive customer support, although response consistency can improve. While SEEBURGER follows a traditional deployment model, Azure offers modern cloud versatility.
Pricing and ROI: SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite uses a complex pricing model allowing start-small scalability, though perceived as costly. The ROI is notable in long-term efficiency gains through automation. Microsoft Azure API Management is viewed as cost-effective for smaller tiers but expensive at premium levels. Its ROI benefits from competitive positioning within the Azure ecosystem. SEEBURGER offers extensive protocol support at a higher initial cost, while Azure is initially budget-friendly with additional costs for advanced features.
Proper configuration of the solution, implementation strategy and correct scaling tier selection are other factors that influence the ROI.
The ROI on API management as a concept metric that we are using in conversations is that we can reduce integration lead times by 90%.
After conducting an analysis, I came to the conclusion that it was impossible unless we sacrificed security.
Technical Support: 10/10, as our Microsoft account manager arranged direct contact with members of the API Management Team.
We have a direct line of contact with Microsoft product management's technical support.
They first have to narrow down your requirements, it's not direct access to support with direct feedback.
I rate the scalability of Microsoft Azure API Management a ten out of ten.
There is no need to dedicate any staff to the maintenance of the solution.
The scalability doesn't seem to be a challenge because it's a cloud-based solution.
It doesn't crash or freeze.
The stability is great, as mentioned earlier it is backed by Microsoft Azure platform and that brings good stability as it is and being the cloud solution we do not have to worry about scaling either.
There have been no crashes and we haven't experienced bugs or glitches.
The instructions on the district API and the initial stages of working with the solution need to be documented better so that users are more informed and they can have an improved experience.
The service is extensive and expensive, and this added flexibility would make it more manageable and less prone to errors.
Easy exporting of configurations from the Administrator portal.
If a customer wants to expose their internal APIs to the Azure API Management Portal, then they would require a VPN connection which requires the Premium Pricing tier.
According to my experiences in multiple projects, you do get preliminary pricing that is close to or the same as the estimate.
Azure API Management is the most expensive solution on the market.
The most valuable feature is the developer portal, which has source code examples in various programming languages to help developers learn the API.
The way the solution integrates with other Azure services is its most valuable aspect.
The most valuable features are authentication and authorization.
Microsoft Azure API Management is essential for managing APIs, facilitating integration, and ensuring secure internal and external communication.
Organizations leverage Microsoft Azure API Management for seamless integration and effective API management. It supports microservices, legacy modernization, and platform orchestration in sectors like healthcare, telecom, and finance. Features such as developer portals and centralized libraries simplify usage. While it showcases strengths in hybrid cloud support and scalability, improvements are suggested in versioning and multi-tenancy.
What key features does it offer?Microsoft Azure API Management aids modernization across healthcare, telecom, and financial services by enabling legacy system updates and facilitating smooth platform orchestration.
With SEEBURGER’s experienced team behind you, and SEEBURGER BIS as the foundation of your hybrid integration strategy, you’re prepared for whatever comes your way – even as your business gains complexity and integration requirements increase.
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite (BIS) is a unified, agile, secure and scalable platform that solves integration challenges across your business and ecosystem, so that you can make valuable connections between clouds, applications and people.
Our platform provides integration across all scenarios, including B2B/EDI, MFT, API and ERP on-premises, in the cloud and hybrid, in addition to expert support that is unmatched in the industry for your simplest to your most complex integrations.
Your APIs are likely multiplying quickly, and if you’re looking for a solution to manage, secure and scale them properly, you get all of the benefits and less of the hassle with our API Management toolkit.
Bring us your toughest B2B/EDI challenges. We help with difficult onboarding and partner connections, and will save you time and effort to complete complex projects. We make B2B easy with pre-packaged, re-usable content and automation capability, so your team can make the connection, and move on to the next mission.
Simplify your workload with our iPaaS solution. SEEBURGER iPaaS enables your team to save man-hours connecting data, applications and systems, by letting us handle all the time-consuming platform operations. We cover maintenance, updates, security, scalability and more.
Did you know that without managed file transfer (MFT), your company is at greater risk for a data breach? It’s as simple, and as dangerous, as that. The security and control you get with our centralized, easy-to-use solution ensures less risk for the company, and more sleep at night for you.
Our customers say it best! Check out our reviews you’ll see that SEEBURGER’s rock-solid, built-from-the-ground-up platform, is combined with an expert team, and stellar service. We power your connections, future-proof your vision and give you a competitive edge.
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