Item: IBM API Connect
Rating: 8
Author: Alfredo Korte

Overall Satisfaction with IBM API Connect

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM API Connect is a very user-friendly API management tool. It can combine encryption and other security mechanisms, making it very secure. It also helps us streamline the publishing and distribution of our APIs.

Pros and Cons

Pros

The maintaining task of APIs has be much more simpler.
Has a centralized administrative platform to manage and maintain the APIs.
Compatible with several other platforms and APIs.

Cons

Adding APIs can take time and you may need help from the tech personnel.
There were some frustrating events due to delayed customer support response times.
Integrating AI into the platform for API management and administration would be helpful.

Return on Investment

Enables multi-cloud deployment.
Strong security and authentication.
Intuitive API gateway and developer portal.

Usability

IBM API Connect is a basic and flexible platform that businesses could use to integrate technology and evolve innovative ideas. It not only facilitates the monitoring and security of traffic connections but also supports the lifetime of the API.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM API Connect delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM API Connect's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM API Connect live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM API Connect go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM API Connect again?

Yes

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers, IBM Cloud Code Engine, IBM Security QRadar EDR

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM API Connect lets us manage APIs on a large scale and in a very reliable way and hence it raises the overall developers productivity. And it also offers real-time monitoring and delivers handy testing options, which is helpful.

IBM API Connect Feature Ratings

Comments

Please log in to join the conversation

Among all the other API management tools, IBM API Connect is still the best.