IBM API Connect

Overview
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IBM API Connect
Score 8.8 out of 10
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IBM API Connect is a scalable API solution that helps organizations implement a robust API strategy by creating, exposing, managing and monetizing an entire API ecosystem across multiple clouds. As businesses embrace their digital transformation journey, APIs become critical to unlock the value of business data and assets. With increasing adoption of APIs, consistency and governance are needed across the enterprise. API Connect aims to help businesses…
$83
per month
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IBM API Connect
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IBM API Connect
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM API Connect
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IBM API Connect
Chose IBM API Connect
I think it could be improved but overall it is very good.

Creo que podria mejorarse pero en general es muy bueno.
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IBM API Connect can in some use cases, especially when customer requirements are highly security centric, provide a more robust approach to managing access, performance, and trust, in the IT estate. In many cases it boils down to customer preference and to some extent if the …
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In our organization, we chose IBM API Connect for the easy integration
Chose IBM API Connect
Our organization chose IBM API Connect because, in our experience, IBM is more resilient
Chose IBM API Connect
Our decision to adopt IBM API Connect was driven by its comprehensive end-to-end API lifecycle management, which proved to be exceptionally well-suited to our B2B, Open Banking, and multi-fintech integration requirements. When compared with other solutions, API Connect stood …
Chose IBM API Connect
Ease of use of the product and pricing of the product.
Chose IBM API Connect
Prior to adopting IBM API Connect, there were two main competitors, MuleSoft. Although in the integration capabilities MuleSoft seemed to have an advantage, and regarding developer experience, IBM API Connect had a set of enterprise features for the API management.
Chose IBM API Connect
Mulesoft seemed to take a lot longer to implement and reach any real ROI attribution. For the other competitors, I'd say they are easier to administrate, but this isn't as important to us as a business user. It was easier to explore APIs with IBM than it was with others.
Chose IBM API Connect
From a cost perspective, IBM is more convenient and has a broader portfolio of features, which results in a better tool.
Chose IBM API Connect
There were multiple product we read and then shortlist were taken as POC against IBM API Connect.
-Google Apigee : is good but in cross cloud there are concerns. Also, feature of reading & identifying the target system certificate was not available there.
Chose IBM API Connect
It was organizational boundaries to use IBM API Connect but we have learnt so many think on this technology. Obviously, We have more experience on this it;s easy for us to configure and maintain the system.
Chose IBM API Connect
Its depend on the business use case. Sometime we have to got through the in deep to technologies so we can;t use such built-in kind of services.
Chose IBM API Connect
IBM API Connect have more feature compared to other solutions like from one platform we can create APIs on the API Manager, we can publish the APIs to the products/portal server, we can secure the APIs using IBM DataPower Gateway, we can socalize the APIs using developer …
Chose IBM API Connect
We choice IBM API Connect because Apigee is more manual when you create an API Proxy
Chose IBM API Connect
We use IBM Cloud, which works well with our hybrid cloud deployment. As a large firm, we are able to scale as required once the initial setup is complete.
Chose IBM API Connect
Never used any product of the IBM environment together.
Chose IBM API Connect
IBM API Connect is more flexible and easy to use. It has a lot of features that differ in the market like API monetization & analytics.
Features
IBM API Connect
API Management
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IBM API Connect
8.4
57 Ratings
0% below category average
API access control8.957 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies8.852 Ratings
API usage data8.755 Ratings
API user onboarding8.656 Ratings
API versioning8.356 Ratings
Usage billing and payments7.645 Ratings
API monitoring and logging8.256 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM API Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(50 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(43 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM API Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Based on our experience, IBM API Connect clearly excels in large enterprises navigating complex B2B ecosystems, especially within the Fintech and Banking sectors. Its capabilities are particularly valuable for achieving Open Banking compliance, facilitating the monetization of data and services, and seamlessly operating in hybrid cloud environments. However, it's crucial to understand that IBM API Connect primarily functions as an API management and orchestration tool. This means that backend integrations with providers like databases are best handled by dedicated integration middleware, such as IBM App Connect, allowing API Connect to then securely and efficiently expose those functionalities to external entities.
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Pros
IBM
  • API discovery feature is very helpful to allow us to scope the work required before diving into things.
  • The ability to set permissions and rulesets at a user level is essential to restrict access to specific datasets.
  • Ability for external users (those from outside our organisation) to leverage the API in more restrictive manner.
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Cons
IBM
  • Improvement can come in the interface of the tool, which is sometimes complex and requires a deep understanding of the tool.
  • Improving the different levels of access to the playroom could be helpful because product owners and developers need to see other information.
  • Publishing API and integration of API can be more straightforward.
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Usability
IBM
I can honestly say that the availability of the platform has been incredible, with almost no disruptions during the two years of the implementation. Availability is provided through the distributed architecture that may be deployed in multiple zones. We have had almost no cases of unplanned outages, and most maintenance operations were done during planned downtimes.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM API Connect and Apigee are both robust API management platforms. IBM API Connect was selected for its strong integration capabilities, hybrid cloud deployment options, and comprehensive analytics. It aligns well with organizations seeking flexibility and control over their API ecosystems, especially when dealing with complex integration scenarios across diverse environments.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Our company benefited from IBM API Connect's assistance in establishing cooperation with our outside providers and efficiently managing the API. As a result, we were able to expand our vendor ecosystem.
  • Additionally, creating APIs and implementing them on the goods was not too difficult. Additionally, we were able to ensure that only appropriate people could publish the APIs following evaluation by using role-based access control.
  • Our teams were able to reuse and share departmental APIs and services with each other thanks to the simple, self-service developer site.
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IBM API Connect Screenshots

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