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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A

    WSO2 API Platform

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    WSO2 API Manager makes it possible for developers to both develop and manage APIs of different types. Unlike solutions which focus only on managing API proxies, WSO2 API Manager provides tools to develop APIs by integrating different systems as well. It supports a variety of API types from REST, SOAP, GraphQL, WebSockets, WebHooks, SSEs and gRPC APIs with specialized policies and governance for each different type. Being fully open source, its architecture and extensibility…

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    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerWSO2 API Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerWSO2 API Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerWSO2 API Platform
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WSO2 API Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    WSO2 API Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    WSO2 API Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    WSO2 API Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    WSO2 API Platform
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API access control00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerWSO2 API Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerWSO2 API Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    WSO2
    It's free! No argument can win a fight with that! And it's the only reason I gave it a 5. If you have no money to spend, and a simple environment you'll have a nice product. But free does come with a price. After 5 years we're still struggling with ports, and analytics (it just won't work without any errors caused by some configuration somewhere). An API Manager should work out of the box. The only configuration expertise that any developer wants to invest in, is the configuration of API's. Not the product itself... Anyone who've seen the training material, just for installing this thing will agree that this is not the way to go. Of all the API Managers out there (we've tried 4), WSO2 is the only one were you need to know how this dragon of a java application works internally. Did I already mention the humongous amount of config files?
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    • Authentication based on OAuth 2.0 and HTTP Basic Authentication.
    • Rate Limiting applied at different levels like Subscriber, API, Resource and Backend.
    • Monitoring by exporting the metrics in Prometheus and traces in Jaeger.
    • Mediation to perform transformation, orchestration etc.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    • Better QA testing prior to releases rollout
    • Better support needed
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    WSO2
    Providing better capabilities comparing the overall API lifecycle management, especially the availability of API Integration layer and a strong identity layer of their own which provides an end-to-end API ecosystem that would be advantageous in terms of a large software development initiative.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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    WSO2
    • We've moved away from legacy SOAP services where nobody knew what services was used by who. WSO2 eliminated at least 90% of time spend on any service.
    • Creating API's (or actually creating the API Management layer...) is so simple that new developers can get away with it in no time. Again, real time gainer.
    • Since creating API's is so simple, developers are very fast in adopting a kind of "Domain thinking". In comparison with Azure API Manager: Azure does not demand knowledge of "how" the product works, but it's definitely more difficult to get an API up and running in Azure. And for some reason, azure does not promote clean domain driven architecture. Domain Driven architecture is the greatest time saver strategy possible. And WSO2 fits nicely in there.
    Incentivized
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