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IBM API Connect Overview

What is IBM API Connect?

IBM API Connect is a complete, intuitive and scalable API solution that lets organizations implement a robust API strategy by building, exposing, securing, and managing an entire API ecosystem across multiple clouds. IBM API Connect is available on AWS Marketplace. As businesses embrace their digital transformation journey, APIs become critical to unlock the value of business data and assets. With increasing adoption of APIs, consistency and governance are needed across the enterprise.  API Connect allows businesses to get new features to market fast, maintain continuous availability, meet changing user needs, and spur innovation.

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IBM® API Connect™ is for organizations looking to streamline and accelerate their journey into the API economy. It’s a comprehensive management solution that addresses all four aspects of the API lifecycle: create, run, manage and secure. API Connect is far more cost-effective than limited point solutions that focus on just a few lifecycle phases. It enables external and internal consumers to accelerate an organization’s API program and capture new revenue through compelling new customer experiences.

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Improve speed and agility while reducing business costs and risks with a market-leading and award-winning API management solution with the most comprehensive set of capabilities.


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IBM
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Year Founded
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$73,621
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IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers.


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Recent IBM API Connect Reviews

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Satish K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"I am a senior software developer. I have worked as full stack developer and DevOps Engineer"
I love security features and features like rate limiting and throttling
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"It was very fast and what i likes is built-in security protocol (OAuth)"
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.
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Kiran D.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"best for API Management life cycle"
IBM API Connect is IBM Cloud based technology useful for API management lifecycle including development and administration.
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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

IBM API connect is a great tool that has helped us in fetching, analysing data securely and hassle free. It's a great tool to meet our business day to day activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

I don't have any challenges using the API software so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM API Connect help solve the problem of fetching data and information from one point to another securely and faster compare to manual data integration. It has helped to faten the business process by fetching data securely and faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek R.
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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

I used IBM API Connect for making computer things called REST APIs in my last project. It helped keep them safe connect different computer stuff together easily and liked it because it's simple and works well for big companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

Sometimes it makes the computer slow and shuts down on its own. It's a bit expensive compared to other options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

It secures API Connect, streamlines API design and excels in application integration with strong performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

The IBM API connect helps in the modernization of the traditional ways in connecting the API thru Mainframes or any Distributed system if the data stored in DB2. The Ease of work in defining the parameters is very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

At times people working with mainframes are only aware of IBM API connect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

To connect to the Distributed systems with mainframes or legacy applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

The initial feature I liked was its robust yet simple user friendly interface. IBM API not only creates REST API but also secures and manages all of our API, maintaining a secure system. Integrating with other system has been seamless as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

Pricing can be a bit flexible which could be helpful for small startups. Loved all other features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can create API from different sources and helps is securing them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

-Multiple features such as api management, microservices architecure, REST/SOAP APIs handling.

-Subscription based model and platform independant and easy to integrate.

- Easily adaptable and available to use.

- Great customer support and escalations handled ontime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

- Bad pricing marketvalue and low speed.

- Less number of repeat customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

- API Management -> Effortlessly manage and monitor all of your APIs from a one location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adrija M.
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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

It is very easy to navigate and use. It is very adaptive and flexible. It is digital transformation for finance. It helps us govern our APIs and assets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

A bit complex for beginner's, but amazing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping me to manage product life cycle. It's very flexible to use and easy to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

jitendra kumar p.
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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

API Connect offers a set of tools and capabilities that support the entire API lifecycle,it is easy to use. and also implimentaion process is very easy .user integration is also good. we can manage.if i am saying about no. of features 1.API Gateway 2.Security and Authentication 3.Developer Portal 4.Customization 5.Multi-Cloud Deployment 6.Analytics. if i am talking about customer support part is also good if are facing any problem. if i am talking about frequency of use we can use this tool always Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

some time customer support response time is delay Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security and Compliance there is some issue rest of all is ok there is no issue issue.if i am talking about benefiting its Improved Developer Productivity and Monetization Opportunities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jatin B.
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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

we are using IBM API connect for managing all our prod as well as pre production API, API connect offers a single platform to manage all our API's with central control. it's quite easy to use and very helpful in monetering our API with real time updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

While there are so many good feature that API connect offers still i think setup time to add API can be time consuming and requires support from tech team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

helping our team to manage and create API for prod as well as non prod environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

Request and Response bodies can be changed to different xml, json formats. Also testing the API's are convienent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

UI /UX interface can be made more user friendly eg Postman Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its helping us to test different API's we are developing and its integration with application. Good alternative to POSTMAN and reducing dependency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mahesh G.
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What do you like best about IBM API Connect?

Good the IBM api to fetch the details using title and some details related and respond faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM API Connect?

Basically i am developer and i not fscing any issue like disadvantages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM API Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

I using API for the some testcase write or any script created for automation and development then useful for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.