Likelihood to Recommend I love the IBM API Connect features, performance, and security level for all our business data. The workload balancing and integration with other third-party products are very simple. The data migration speed is beneficial, especially for time management, and creating process reports through IBM API Connect is incredible.
Read full review Best suited for fast development with a fundamental emphasis on object orientation Prohibitive costs for very small integration projects Read full review Pros High security with multiple types of authentication so no need to worry about security. API creation, automation and management all can be done form a single interface which guarantees security and increases efficiency. Highly rated among it's competitors which proves it has given a good service over the years. Read full review Easy to use: The simplicity of its programming language allows fast learning. Visual environment to generate complex code. Robust: A fall of the system will not be a problem. Never again will information of the transactions in progress be lost. Never more messages lost. Connect to the world: The most popular connection is possible to implement quickly. FTP, File folder, TCP, SMPT, REST.... all method are ready to use. Only define "where" and "how" Read full review Cons Though it is easy to operate, at the beginning, it might be hard to configure if you're new to it. More video tutorials are required as it is hard to follow text documentation. Sometimes, support takes a number of days to reply to your query. Read full review Given that Ensemble and Cache are one of if not the only true fully object orientated database/development technologies for massive transactional data systems its customizability is extensive and it just comes down to the creativity of the developer to get the products to pretty much do whatever they want to do with it. However, this is not necessarily obvious to newcomers to the technology. The developer community could do with greater participation from the software developers/application specialists and engineers within InterSystems. More extensive documentation and greater access to proven working solutions particularly in the realm of some of the lesser known or new and upcoming technologies. Read full review Usability IBM API Connect may be less appropriate for small-scale projects with minimal API management requirements, where simpler and more cost-effective solutions suffice. Organizations lacking the necessary technical expertise or resources to harness its full potential may face implementation challenges. In static environments with infrequent API changes or limited developer engagement, the platform's comprehensive features may be excessive for the task at hand.
Read full review Support Rating I have yet to raise an issue with InterSystems WRC that they have been unable to resolve to my satisfaction in the 20+ years that I have worked with their products.
Read full review Alternatives Considered There are two main reasons for choosing IBM over others. 1) Pricing 2) The conversation during the sales stage. The team at IBM understood our requirements and acted as consultants instead of sales people. They genuinely focused on providing a solution to our pain points which reflected during the implementation and continued after go-live in the form of technical support
Read full review Mirth is another integration platform that we have used but its development, in Java, made us always create new methods every time a new product was integrated. Every connection process had to be developed from the beginning and it was not easy to reuse code. Nor did it allow us to have an extensive catalog of HL7 messaging, having to perform the validation of each and every one of its fields manually.
Read full review Return on Investment I consider IBM API Connect as a business capability enabler - the ROI level is practically secondary. With this platform at the core, associated architectural framework and guardrails ensure that we can progress with distributed development and automation in autonomous teams - a key factor to deliver required time to market performance. At this time, security and trust is key. A flexible yet secure API manager layer is necessary to ensure our relationships with partners and customers. Read full review We have integrated 5 laboratories in a treatment monitoring system in less than a month of development. Being able to integrate the following in a period no longer than a week. Read full review ScreenShots InterSystems Ensemble Screenshots