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IBM App Connect

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What is IBM App Connect?

IBM’s App Connect is a cloud-based data integration platform with data mapping and transformation capabilities within connectors between high-volume systems. App Connect also offers near-real time data synchronization and an API builder that is adaptable to the user’s coding skill…

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App conectivity

9 out of 10
November 02, 2023
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Popular Features

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  • Pre-built connectors (7)
    9.0
    90%
  • Support for real-time and batch integration (7)
    9.0
    90%
  • Data quality services (7)
    9.0
    90%
  • Data security features (7)
    9.0
    90%

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What is IBM App Connect?

IBM’s App Connect is a cloud-based data integration platform with data mapping and transformation capabilities within connectors between high-volume systems. App Connect also offers near-real time data synchronization and an API builder that is adaptable to the user’s coding skill level.

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  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visitibm.com/products/app-connect/pricing

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Features

Cloud Data Integration

Cloud data integration software simplifies the task of integrating data from multiple different cloud applications

8.8
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is IBM App Connect?

IBM App Connect allows businesses to connect applications and build integration flows with a no-code approach, a catalog of pre-built connectors and common templates. It provides rapid access to business-critical information, while also securing and protecting, enabling businesses to more easily create new and engaging user experiences for their customers. Built-in AI with suggestive data mapping and transformation also speed up development and testing of hybrid integrations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

IBM’s App Connect is a cloud-based data integration platform with data mapping and transformation capabilities within connectors between high-volume systems. App Connect also offers near-real time data synchronization and an API builder that is adaptable to the user’s coding skill level.

Alibaba Cloud Data Integration and Boomi are common alternatives for IBM App Connect.

Reviewers rate Pre-built connectors and Support for real-time and batch integration and Data quality services highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of IBM App Connect are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Praveen P | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM App Connect is used for exposing business APIs to external consumers and other partner applications in a secure manner. It provides an integrated platform for running, creating and managing APIs. It is also integrated with IBM App Connect Professional (f.k.a IBM Cast Iron). The APIs developer in Cast Iron can be exposed securely through API connect.
  • Securely expose APIs to Intranet/Internet
  • The pn-premise set up of API Connect is fairly easier compared to Apigee.
  • The development of API proxy is fairly easy.
  • 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.
They are one of the market leaders in the Gartner's report. Since it uses Datapower as the gateway, an organization which uses DP as a gateway can easily integrate IBM API Connect to their ecosystem.
From my research, the cheapest version of a cloud subscription is more [expensive] than Apigee. I think Apigee's cheapest is around ~300-400 USD/ month.
Cloud Data Integration (5)
56%
5.6
Pre-built connectors
60%
6.0
Support for real-time and batch integration
50%
5.0
Data quality services
60%
6.0
Data security features
60%
6.0
Monitoring console
50%
5.0
  • It helped our organization seamlessly integrate the on-premise services with partner organization.

IBM API Connect is positioned ahead of Apigee in the Gartner report. But in my opinion the development experience and the data transformation capability is way better in Apigee and it’s a proved solution and has a huge client list. (I have worked on an American Express implementation where the Apigee platform supported millions of transactions).

The analytics features are not available in the free Bluemix version of API Connect. Whereas it is available in Apigee. The security features in Layer 7 (now known as CA API Management) are way better than Apigee or IBM API Connect.

Thrive, Apigee, CA API Management, IBM App Connect
3
1. Integration of services and business functionalities across different business verticals
2. Daily, Monthly and Weekly data loads and feeds.
3. File Handling
4. Securely exposing Web Services (REST and SOAP) to applications outside the ecosystem.
5. Bulk data loads in Salesforce.com
4
1. People who have hands on experience in the IBM Middle ware technologies like IBM Message Broker, IBM Integration Bus, IBM Data Power, IBM DataStage, Jitterbit, Dell Boomi and other ETL products
2. Good understanding of Application integration concepts, Web Services (SOAP and REST)
3. Understanding of XML, CSVs, JSONs
4. Understanding of the endpoints and their functioning like Salesforce.com, SAP, Oracle (At least the basic concepts)
  • Salesforce.com integration. IBM App Connect has pre built connectors for different endpoints (Like Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft etc) which will save lot of development time
  • File Handling in different data formats like JSONs, XML, CSVs and Fixed Length and scheduling of Data loads and feeds
  • Web Service Integration (RESTful and SOAP)
  • User friendly Web Management Console access through a browser for monitoring purpose
  • Handling huge files for daily, weekly, and monthly data load jobs
  • Integrating Oracle with Salesforce.com
  • Integration of web services
  • Continue using for dataloads and for web service integration
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.
Usually, the IBM Ops team provides a resolution or a response for 80% of defects raised in my project. There is one which has been open on their end for more than 3 months. With literally no response even after multiple follow-ups.
Yes
Yes. They provided an immediate fix.
For one of our clients, we were having performance issues in production for some bulk data loads. IBM's Ops team was very prompt to get into a call and assist in resolving it.
February 24, 2016

Lightweight Development

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used to develop enterprise wide integrations. You can quickly develop integrations between systems that are done in other software would take much longer and difficult to achieve.
  • Integrations with systems.
  • Data transformation.
  • Batch processing.
  • Documentation and support are not the best.
WebSphere Cast Iron is not the best for reporting solutions, but excels in data transformation and system integrations.
Cloud Data Integration (6)
75%
7.5
Pre-built connectors
80%
8.0
Connector modification
60%
6.0
Support for real-time and batch integration
60%
6.0
Data quality services
80%
8.0
Data security features
80%
8.0
Monitoring console
90%
9.0
  • Much faster development time.
  • Easier to support once services are developed.
  • Easy monitoring of processes through the management console.

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.

Yes
No, bugs take forever to get fixed/resolved
when not understanding how to do something or why something is not working(user error not a bug)
  • Routine/common tasks - scheduling, timing of processes, connecting to endpoints/common systems
  • if you have needs to customize the standard functions, i.e. need to schedule a task on a different schedule than what the built in tasks can do
  • Node programming, needs a bit of learning and practice
  • new versions/upgrades can be buggy
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.
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