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    IBM API Connect

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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

    Workato

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AWorkato is a cloud or on-premise automation and integration platform with enterprise-grade capabilities and no coding required. Workato provides pre-built connectors to integrate with over 300 business applications and enables task automation across apps.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    Editions & Modules
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    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    Workato
    Chose Workato
    Workato offers what we need at a much more affordable price...simply put
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
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    71%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
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    86%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of IBM API Connect and Workato
    Feature
    IBM API Connect
    8.4
    57 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    API access control8.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies9.152 Ratings00 Ratings
    API usage data8.755 Ratings00 Ratings
    API user onboarding8.756 Ratings00 Ratings
    API versioning8.456 Ratings00 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments7.645 Ratings00 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging7.856 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of IBM API Connect and Workato
    Feature
    IBM API Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Workato
    8.0
    38 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings10.038 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings5.034 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    Small Businesses
    Amazon API Gateway
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Make
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure API Management
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM App Connect
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    OCI API Management
    Score7.9 out of 10
    TIBCO Integration (including BusinessWorks and Flogo)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (43 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM API ConnectWorkato
    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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    Workato
    Workato is brilliant to make separate applications work together without much effort or specialists being needed. When specific events on software A should trigger actions on B (or more) and you want that to happen without any development or big budgets, that's where Workato comes into play. It's a great help if you want tasks automated, communications flowing and data synced between different applications.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • The Workato product interface is brilliantly thought through and designed. The learning curve for first timers is easy enough to get started and build useful things, and Workato really shines in their ability to handle complex triggers and interactions. Workato allows people to build software apps so much faster than by coding each functionality.
    • Workato has fantastic documentation, making things accessible without any holes in the product. The product just works, never has any bugs, never lags, and just generally allows us to see and change exactly what we need to.
    • Workato has an absolutely amazing support team. We tried the free version for a while, then realized it was the single most important software tool we have, and we upgraded. The support at the paid tier is A+, seriously the best from any company we've worked with. Feels more like a good friend then a support rep.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • Customer support - responsive, but often not equipped to help efficiently identify root cause of issue. Need to improve escalation to technical resources and turnaround time
    • Recipe organization and sharing. Can be challenging to copy recipes, or grab recipes from publicly available site. There are often dependencies and errors that have vague descriptions.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    We need to develop Enterprise Application Integrations and Workato was not designed for this
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    The sheer work Workato eliminates from people's daily jobs is simply a great contribution to people's productivity and a boost to capability. It actually strikes the balance between business and tech teams. It also reduces dependency on developers, and speeds up their delivery too. The only reason it's not a full 10/10 is for the price - it's a bit expensive for what we'd like, and their batch or high data volume processing can be improved.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    They employ an extremely knowledgeable team of problem solvers. I've never had a disappointing interaction or one that has left me still searching for answers. I know that when I ask for help, they'll partner with me until we find a solution together
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    We discovered that we could not use Workato for our more complex, large enterprise integrations. It was useful for simple workflows that matched the prebuilt recipes.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    We already used Zapier, but since it doesn't support NetSuite we had to choose another automation platform. Now that we've been using Workato for a few months, we have plans to move the stuff we're going through Zapier to Workato. We set up a trial account with all the other platforms, and they were all more expensive and A LOT more complicated than Workato.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • As business consultants, Workato has greatly improved our offerings to our clients as well as improved the time frame to implement automated workflows and integrations.
    • For our clients, the return on investment is almost immediate. Once a Workato recipe is up and running (which can be done very fast), data is integrating, duplicate data entry and user errors are eliminated, and cross-company KPI metrics are easier to report than ever.
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