API2Cart vs. IBM App Connect

API2Cart allowed us to save money, time, and development resources by allowing online retailers to interact and utilise store-based information from any of the above-mentioned platforms. When we used API2Cart we were able to get the relevant store information from any of the supported carts into our eCommerce system in a uniform way.

Incentivized

- great when you need to integrate applications without any message lost or duplicated and when transnationality is important - if you need the highest throughput possible and not much (or not at all) mapping is required, a system like Kafka is more appropriate

• API2Cart makes it simple to connect to a variety of e-commerce systems
• API2Cart eliminates the need to create a separate connection for each new platform
• We can now get data on orders, items, customers, and abandoned orders from several e-commerce platforms thanks to API2Cart

Incentivized

• Just the ability to display and consume data through a single dashboard makes this a great application for our business purposes.
• With the ability to consume their exposed API, data validation and manipulation becomes a breeze.

Incentivized

• There were some initial hiccups in understanding how our program would interact with data stored on multiple platforms
• Custom pluguins must be installed by your customers in order to interface with on-premise e-commerce systems
• Would be nice to get a notice when the subscriber limit has been exceeded

Incentivized

• The development and the transformation capability is not so great. I believe IBM is looking to incorporate some of features of IBM APP Connect into API Connect.
• The authentications features are no way close to CA API Management (f.k.a Laye r7).
• The development experience is not as good as Apigee's.
• The GUI should be improved. Maybe the product team should see the other API management tools in their offering.

Incentivized

It is the best on-premise application to cloud integration in the market. I guess IBM is planning to integrate IBM App Connect with the IBM API Connect solution.

Incentivized

You can do some really powerful things with this system. The overall design is an attempt to make configurable some of the routine tasks/common functionality, but allow for development/customization of the core of the application.

Incentivized

Support is good, however it takes longer than expected to get responses. When bugs are reported they often seem to fall into a black hole.

Incentivized

We were able to get the integrations we required thanks to the service. Our software's needs were discussed by the team. As soon as feasible, we intended to link our software to Magento, Shopify, eBay and Zen Cart, which we already had established a connection for. For us, API2Cart was a breeze to use. As a result, API2Cart's clients are satisfied, and we are as well.

Incentivized

We did not select Cast Iron as our iPaaS solution, it was the weakest competitor in the field that we evaluated. Our experience was that it was not nearly as easy to learn, without in-depth training and guidance, and the developer UI was extremely buggy. We subjected each of the vendors to a battery of integrations, from simple to challenging, and it fell short on each one. One of the most simple integrations was grabbing a CSV file from an FTP source, parsing the data, doing a small amount of transformation, then inserting that data into an Azure MSSQL DB. After 2 hours on the phone with the Cast Iron support team, we were still unable to get this working.

Incentivized

• API2Cart's features are extremely beneficial to us and our clients.
• We utilized API2Cart to connect our e-commerce systems and place a number of orders on behalf of our business.
• That made it possible for us to experiment with various different product variants.

Incentivized

• I don't see any negative Impact .
• I like using this tool to do my job.
• I am comfortable using this tool.

Incentivized