I use the solution in my company as an API Gateway and API Manager. We use a few of our products for technical documentation and API Specification, as well as as an API Manager. The rate limiting comes with the tool. It has been a very good product that we have been using for the last few years.
IBM API Connect - Full lifecycle API management
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Insightful Learnings on APIs
What do you like best about the product?
It helps streamline the usgaes process of APIs with minimal code and enhance great functionality
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing. It was all great learnings about the product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps in improving the agility and efficiency with its low code approach and great result
Setup process is straightforward with its solid documentation
What do you like best about the product?
features like load balancing, security, rate limiting
What do you dislike about the product?
Complexity in advanced configuration in custom integration
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
API testing
API gateway for managing large amount of API's for multiple product
What do you like best about the product?
UI of IBM API developer and Admin portal is good for managing and viewing the available products. The configuration related to product subscription, API's endpoints and secrets is very easy through Adming portal. The best thing i like about this product is that it's very easy to configure and manage the access for specific product at individual and group level. It provides variety of security protocols and plans to expose your products.
What do you dislike about the product?
Product needs improvement on the latency of API call.As, with this layer of APIC configuration it adds a bit more delay. Also, the platform is very slow if we import the API and try to view/edit in API editor.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have very large numbers of API which we are exposing the multiple vendors. With IBM API connect portal we are able to manage all the API's very easily. Also we are able to monitor the access and limit the usage of the API calls. Also, we are able to automate the cofiguration process of all the new API's.
It was a great dealing with.
What do you like best about the product?
Yeah ofcouse in few words it was an excellent experience.
What do you dislike about the product?
The latency should be more improvice in terms of efficiency.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving the daily usauge related to the documentation resolution.
It was very fast and what i likes is built-in security protocol (OAuth)
What do you like best about the product?
Very simple UI and best thing i liked is built-in Security protocol (OAUTH).
Also Best thing is that i can analyze API usage, Errors rates.
Also Best thing is that i can analyze API usage, Errors rates.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is little bit costly for small businesses because sometimes they can't pay that much.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sometimes it's hard to manage API manually likeAPI Usage, Error rates, API Response time etc. but IBM Provides simplete UI for API management and analysis.
Excellent
What do you like best about the product?
I liked that it is easy to use and has simple documentation with a breadth of features. It was simple to integrate into my projects
What do you dislike about the product?
When I had a highly specific error or question related to a project that was not found in the documentation the answers were difficult to find across the web
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping me simulate reducing costs on projects.
IBM API Connect
What do you like best about the product?
it helped me to creating and managing Api's the best thing is it is easy to create and have different deploying options
What do you dislike about the product?
some of the features are hard to understand
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
provide better user experience and give security
Easy to use and manage API's. Doesn't require much expertise.
What do you like best about the product?
It is user-friendly and doesn't require much expertise
What do you dislike about the product?
You may encounter slow integration sometimes, maybe due to bugs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy to use and implement API designs.
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What do you like best about the product?
Its a one stop shop that allows us to create, manage and secure our application API's in the on-prem cloud or to other vendors like GCP, AWS. I found the neat little virtual machine appliance easy to deploy on our on-prem infrastructure and quick to get up and running. From there as part of the Websphere line the gui was clean and easy to navigate.
What do you dislike about the product?
As yet and still part of PoC / sandpit setup no negative points to raise.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With cyber security a big thing the API Connect is a secure platform to work on and manage the project API's. It also helps close the gap with Redhat OpenShift as the API can be deployed within the native container. The fact that is covers the full lifecycle also increased ease of management, maintenance and deployments of the API's.
Offers API lifecycle management capabilities that can enhance a company's operations
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most significant feature that we have been using in the tool in our company is the API Manager because it works like a gateway for APIs, and I think that is the best part that we have been utilizing.
What needs improvement?
The only downside where improvements are needed is probably on the licensing side.
Scalability is an issue with IBM API Connect, making it an area where improvements are required.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM API Connect for two years. I am a customer of the tool.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
My company didn't face any sort of major problems running the tool till now. There were some issues in the tool for which we were getting support from IBM, but other than that, the product is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool doesn't scale horizontally. I don't think there is a Kubernetes engine implemented in it. You have to include more resources, specifically vertical resources, for it to scale, and that is a hard part to handle.
The tool is basically configured for API, so it receives millions of hits per day. It has thousands of users.
With IBM API Connect, a few people in my company manage it, and a few are its developers. The company itself has around 3,000 to 4,000 people.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support team is good. As I am in Pakistan, we usually get local support here. Engaging someone from IBM takes some time, but otherwise, the support is pretty good as well. I rate the technical support a seven and a half out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
I am unaware of the initial configuration since my infrastructure team was involved in it, and a person from IBM was also helping us.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. My company doesn't work with the cloud for security reasons and because of some confidential information.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is a pretty expensive tool.
The tool is expensive if I consider how products like WSO2 are available in the market. You have pretty much many options in the open-source community, considering how IBM's pricing can be an issue. If you want to scale for more hits per month, although it's an SQL license, you need to buy it from IBM, and it becomes pretty expensive for me. The pricing is pretty high.
What other advice do I have?
API lifecycle management capabilities have enhanced our company's operations, and they weren't hard to manage. When we procured the tool, we received some training from IBM. One was for administrators, and the other was for programmers. It was pretty easy to configure it. The only downside is that it requires a lot of physical resources, so we had to get a few servers to work with it.
The product is not only used in the government sector but also in the telco and banking sectors. It is one of the biggest products that is being used as an API Manager. The other products would be from Oracle or some other renowned vendors. I would obviously recommend IBM if you are going it for a large scale with APIs and if the number of hits is pretty much huge. I would definitely recommend the product to others if the pricing is not an issue.
In my company, we are not using AI with the tool, but it is probably one of the things that is being planned. Until now, AI has not been utilized in the tool.
In my company, we have not explored the tool for any other integrations. We just wanted to use it purely as an API Gateway-based product.
Considering the price factor, support, and stability, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
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