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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

7 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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7 months

Perceived Cost

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Kedarinath P.
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Kedarinath P.
Service Integration Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A Gateway which is Simple, Straightforward and Smart"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Reliability

Wire Speed

Security

Gateway Management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Implementation of OAUTH policy

Yet to support for TLS v1.3 and HTTP 2.0

Updated UI not very intuitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Somesh A.
Sr Manager - Middleware
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"DataPower for all"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

It's the best integration product we have used Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Monitoring is not that great. Cannot install any monitoring software even if it's IBM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VC
vincent c.
Programmer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Datapower is the best"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Everything is very easy and powerful. Love the security features and ease of use! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

debugging is sometimes difficult and buggy. Probe works time to time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
AI
Verified User in Insurance
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"DataPower Gateway's are reliable."
4/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

The ability to use the plugin ODR with the DMGR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

There are quite a few but one of the major issue is recently the physical DataPower devices are very unstable and we have had a few production issues and the support could be better too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Michael S.
Mr
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Datapower"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Analytics. Low Latency. High performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Skills are very hard to find. Steep learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
AA
Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Works well but needs automation"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

The stability of the product and the ability to process millions of transactions without any problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

The lack of automation out of the box to manage across multiple gateways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Easy but complex at the same time"
3/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Configurations are straightforward once knowledge is acquired. Datapower provides many useful tools for use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Inflexibility in some areas and some of the error codes are vague. Small changes can bring down the whole gateway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
EU
Verified User in Utilities
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"API"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

A gateway for all external parties to connect into our environment. Very stable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Efficiency of publishing APIs that were developed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
AH
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Datapower Review"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

Stable product, we have been using it for years in production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

New UI, still prefer web console.Thank you for keep it available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent Security Tool"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM DataPower Gateway?

It provides the security needed and has the ease of use needed by the administrators and the developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataPower Gateway?

The lack of logging capability is annoying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mohamad C.
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Mohamad CHAABAN
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Last activity almost 5 years ago

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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