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Time to Implement

7 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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7 months

Perceived Cost

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JW
Jeroen W.
Integration Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Enterprise-Grade API Security and Integration Gateway Across Cloud and On-Prem"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

An enterprise-grade security and integration gateway that securely connects, protects, transforms, and manages APIs and application traffic across cloud, on-premises, and legacy systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

It has a relatively steep learning curve, and its configuration and management can feel quite complex at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RV
ROCIO V.
Project Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great variety of options that make the work easier"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

its wide variety of options in the configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

complexity in solving issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BIPLAB C.
BC
BIPLAB C.
Senior Project Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Originally submitted 4/13/2021
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Review for IBM DataPower Gateway"
4/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

IBM DataPower is an excellent product for the IBM Integration suite. I have been working for the last 5 years onward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Tools should provide good flexibility for XSLT transformation instead of handwriting XSLT and uploading later to IBM DataPower Box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sachin j.
SJ
Sachin j.
Technical Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Technical Lead"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

IBM Datapower has great capabilities and ease in security Implementation. It has features like Transformation of messages, Web Services, Rest APIs creation. It is used as inbound and outbound gateway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

More support should be added for devops setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BS
Bhargavi S.
Data power developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I'm enjoying working with datapower"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

There is a lot to learn in Datapower. I have been working with datapower since last 2.8 years and it is quite interesting while doing. The most likely part is ssl concept and i love to learn it as much as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Nothing as I'm still learning it. I'm not completely working on DataPower I have been working on few tools as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohamad C.
MC
Mohamad C.
Senior SOC Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Gateway administrator"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Easy to navigate and easy to follow the steps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Probe have only limited records to see while it should contain pages. Sometimes u cannot catch the needed logs on a service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Santiago G.
SG
Santiago G.
Frontend Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I worked for over 2 years as a Datapower Integration developer"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Getting a simple service up is incredibly easy. Grouping services by domains and managing said domains is intuitive and straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Developer experience when it comes to writing and debugging XSLT stylesheets / GatewayScript scripts is far from ideal. Clearing stylesheets cache should be somewhat automatic during development, and there should be a straightforward way to write code locally and push it to the appliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manolo G.
MG
Manolo G.
HR Customer Care Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"IBM Essentials"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

I think it's very consistent, giving a great user experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

The speed of fetching could be a bit faster as sometimes some lag is noticeable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Arts and Crafts
UA
Verified User in Arts and Crafts
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Efficient and user friendly"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

It is effortless to use, and security works fine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Developer experience: It would be nice to improve all processes for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hitesh M.
HM
Hitesh M.
Application Development Senior Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Most Secured XML realtime integration tool"
2.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Simple UI, files and log storage, varied options for business policies and rules, multi protocol gateway and web service proxies, configuration security options to apply Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Costly as whole appliance need to be purchased, not used much by projects, have become legacy tool as other technologies have come Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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How do i get a training to fully administer the gateway? And how to wrote an enhancement

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Time to Implement

7 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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