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IBM API Connect Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.8 out of 10
Score
8.8 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for IBM API Connect are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Security Features: Users have expressed admiration for the platform's robust security features, including a variety of authentication options like OAuth and JWT. This level of security has instilled confidence in many users regarding the safety of their data. The flexibility to choose among different authentication methods based on specific needs has been particularly appreciated.

Comprehensive API lifecycle management: The platform's comprehensive API lifecycle management capabilities have impressed reviewers, allowing for efficient handling and monitoring of APIs at every stage of their lifecycle. Users have highlighted how this feature streamlines the process of API development and maintenance, ultimately improving overall operational efficiency.

Integration Functionalities: Users find the integration functionalities of the platform to be highly effective, simplifying the development and management of API traffic with great efficiency. The seamless integration processes enable users to connect various systems easily and enhance interoperability between different components within their infrastructure.

Reviews

57 Reviews

Managing APIs Made Simple with IBM API Connect

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use IBM API Connect for full lifecycle API management—from design to deployment and deprecation. We expose a large number of APIs to multiple vendors and manage them all easily through the portal and it also helps in monitoring access and automating the configuration process of new APIs.

Pros

  • i love the security features and features like rate limiting and throttling
  • the best thing I like is that it's very easy to configure and manage access for specific products at individual and group levels
  • the UI of the developer and admin portal is good for managing and viewing the available products

Cons

  • with this layer of APIC configuration, it adds a bit more delay
  • the platform is very slow if I import the API and try to view or edit it in the API editor
  • customer support is not very efficient

Likelihood to Recommend

I recommend it if you're managing a lot of APIs and want a clean interface that makes your life easier and it's really handy when working with containers or deploying on Red Hat OpenShift, also I found it quick to deploy on our on-prem VM appliance, which was a plus.

AS
Ana Shubitidze
DevOps Engineer in Information Technology at LavaPi (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
7 years of experience

IBM API Connect Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to manage all available API in our org. By using API connect we are able to introduce an API as a product resulting in ease of use for consumer. Also it solve our problem of pricing model of "pay as you use" and "pay for what you subscribe". It gives a platform to showcase all available products or a set of API's as product for consumer which helps in determining the business on the sales side. The biggest problem that IBM API Connect resolves for our org is that we have huge number of API's due to which it is very hard to manage all of them at a time, but APIC portal solve this problem by providing a very easy integration to a UI portal. Both Developer and Product portal UI is very simple and easy to navigate for user.

Pros

  • We have a project for of a notification system which has a bunch of API's in it. Using API connect we have introduced a product as whole with all this API for consumers to use with different pricing plans.
  • Another use case is for a single API which is integrated with multiple backend routing system which we have added to our product marketplace in API connect. This is available with some rate limit and different pricing plans for consumer to use.
  • We have a project with multiple API's where we have create a product with all the API's in it. In this case, Consumer can subscribe to each individual API withing this group or it can subscribe to whole product as one depending on their need. This scenario also has different pricing plans.

Cons

  • Onboarding a new org or consumer is a bit of hard using IBM API Connect. It can be improved in the UI.
  • The portal has some bugs while configuring different gateways in design tab when we create a new product which can be fixed.

Likelihood to Recommend

1)If the Org has very large number of API's then IBM API Connect is best platform to use for managing those API's.

2) If you want to use features like access control and market place for your product than IBM API Connect is useful.

3) If you need to introduce some pricing models for consumers related to your product than IBM API Connect can be used.

VU
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
1 year of experience

An innovation API management tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The cloud-based IBM API Connect makes our job easier. It helps us manage our APIs lifecycle from inception to retirement. It provides a secure connection for our existing business services via APIs to new mobile, IoT and web applications. It also help us know which APIs are having the largest impact on our company's software programs with its built-in analytics function.

Pros

  • Test an API on IBM cloud quickly
  • Write a simple-coding API with code samples, and API keys.
  • It helps us to analyze API performance, usage, and traffic quickly.

Cons

  • Large time consuming for some troubleshooting
  • Options menus in the Catalog missing
  • The validation fails for OpenAPI with regular expression syntax

Likelihood to Recommend

It is a very useful tool which can do the job fast and easily.

XL
Xiang Li
Director in Information Technology at nyit (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
2 years of experience

IBM API Connect is active in terms of updates and new releases

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM API Connect has changed the traditional method of handling APIs and incorporating them into our business. The rich feature set and reliability have been proven to be very useful for our work. It is for this reason that the tools in monitoring and analytics are so important, as they facilitate tracking of an API, its usage frequency, and even areas where there may be congestion.

Pros

  • Enhancements in the use of API and it's versioning
  • Flexible cloud deployment capabilities with unified control
  • Continuous analytics and monitoring dashboard

Cons

  • Initial setup complexity requires expertise
  • Documentation could be more useful
  • Learning curve for new users

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, it can be stated that IBM API Connect has many benefits and can easily manage complicated integrations. The platform performs best in large environments, especially where microservices and processing of multiple API dependencies are required. On average, we have processed thousands of API calls within a second with good response time.

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Luis Abatista
Delivery Manager Middleware & Automation (Technology Integration) in Information Technology at Indra (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
1 year of experience
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One-stop fix for any of your API issues.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The best thing about IBM API Connect, for me is how easy it is to set up and control access to certain products for both individuals and groups. It gives us a number of security protocols and plans to let people see our goods. It also makes managing and deploying APIs very easy.

Pros

  • protects APIs from threats
  • user friendly UI for easy navigation
  • easy integration and it has strong security features

Cons

  • data extraction has some flaws
  • it is expensive
  • it needs improved UI

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM API Connect Allows testing, tracking and syncing of data. It is easy to setup, is reliable, it handles complicated API problems smoothly and provides best quality of security as well, therefore I recommend this tool.

RR
Riaz Raza
Senior Director of Engineering in Engineering at AppVerticals (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
6 years of experience

Good API management, strong security.

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This platform enhances survey functionality and data integrations across the different platforms we use to understand customer sentiment. It securely connects our platforms with other platforms or databases within the organization, gathers and integrates customer feedback, and automates survey data.

Pros

  • Solid CRM Integration.
  • Great automated workflows.
  • Reduced operational costs.

Cons

  • I think it struggles a bit with dynamic data.
  • Challenges with data validations.
  • It's not real-time, but it's close.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you're looking to improve developer productivity and get real-time monitoring, it's a good fit. It can be used alongside other IBM apps and products if you're looking for a relatively well-priced app to support these actions. Security is excellent, too, but there is a bit of a learning curve; one needs to be well-experienced to get good usage.

VU
Verified User
Team Lead in Corporate (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
1 year of experience

A great tool that helped drive business outcomes.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this to connect multiple internal systems into a single source of truth database. The product requires many disparate systems and processes that need to operate independently of one another. At times, however, we need to consolidate and reconcile data within a single system. For this, we can use IBM API to bring this together.

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • The analytics server needs improving. it seems to require additional resources to be as effective.
  • Pricing model has become expensive for some features leading us to scale back our use of the product.

Likelihood to Recommend

The latest version allows advanced API discovery features before entering the life cycle, ensuring better management & planning. Integrated Governance offers robust API & Product level rulesets for efficient governance, making compliance & control easier. IBM Data power integration Acts as a secure gateway proxy enhancing security & scalability for API traffic.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
1 year of experience

Easy API management.

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The tool is effective for the creation, assembly, management, protection, and sharing of the programming interfaces of web applications. It can cover all the phases of the API lifecycle and be accessed by different users, allowing good management of all the processes. Usually, these processes are not managed through a single platform; therefore, tracking the status and collaboration could be complicated.

Pros

  • It covers all the phases of the API's life, from generation to publishing.
  • It allows multiple users to access and have a single source of truth about the status, open points, and owners.
  • It can support multiple APIs simultaneously, allowing different teams to work independently.

Cons

  • 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.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for the development of API from scratch, using the tool from day one, since its conception, tracking the development, the tests in the different environments and the releases, and keeping all information in just one platform. It is not appropriate for gathering requirements and defining objectives.

VU
Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
4 years of experience

Well Crafted API Development & Management

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Existing challenge in the Organization creating, replacing & managing the APIs for SDK. These APIs should be expose to end-consumer for integration. Though swagger and other tools were helpful but managing the API per client and replacing them when required was tedious job.

Here IBM API Connect helped very positively. End results are, segragetion of APIs based on client categories, managing individual clients APIs & replacement based on specific need not effecting other client category.

Pros

  • Authentication is very easy either from the Source System or the Target System. No much complexity to setup. Easy to manage and implement
  • Rate Limiter to defy wrong usage in case as part of security. Again it's configuration to apply.
  • Reading the target system certificate for identification. Another level of security.

Cons

  • I would say doing things differently not actual improvement. Classification of security layers will helps to identify the what configuration will under given security group. Easy to understand and access for a new user.

Likelihood to Recommend

For Banking Environment,

-Security is must and here IBM API Connect helps. One example is Secutiry prifile feature helps in user authorization. Another, encryption & signing for data security during APIs call & lastly multiple types if user registry mechanisms as this change from client to client.

VU
Verified User
Program Manager in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
2 years of experience

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

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • 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.

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.

AK
Alfredo Korte
Business Development Manager in Corporate at Techxide (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM API Connect
5 years of experience