IBM API Connect vs. Oracle API Platform Cloud

IBM Connect is well suited for enterprises with enhanced security requirements and compliance monitoring for access. In our financial domain, we can centralize connectivity and monitoring and thus reduce our workload. It works great across our hybrid cloud deployment. However, it may not work that well for smaller firms, as the initial setup and maintenance costs may outweigh the benefits of using a central tool.

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There are countless solutions and needs in the marketplace. Some solutions are straight forward, other highly complicated and innovative. From my perspective, our platform and application is highly complex and innovative, with many "one-off" features.

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• Security. I would say creating and applying scopes to each operation is intuitive and clear.
• Managing multiple path at the same time. Creating new path and operation is straightforward.
• The analytics tab is good to see what APIs have trouble with errors

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• Oracles Cloud is endlessly variable, and endlessly expandable.
• These are qualities that we needed in our platform. Oracle's Name in business was also an important aspect of our decision.
• The most important "like" is the support. Oracle Backs up its cloud with a technical expertise that I believe is second to none.

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• One thing that could be improved is that it requires heavy hardware support. So making it less dependent on the hardware could free up the resources.
• The hardware comes at a high cost which easily cross your budget if you try to scale the business through it.
• It is quite time consuming and complex to setup and requires a technical person to set it up which again can increase the overall cost.

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• Planned maintenance. Oracle has certain days it schedules maintenance. We have been speaking with Oracle executives about the inability to schedule maintenance on days that are custom to the client.

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It is an extremely easy platform to manipulate and productively develop. The IBM API Connect features and dashboard are very easy to access, and the navigation strategy is also cost-effective. IBM API Connect offers some capabilities that simplify the entire development operations while providing the most accurate and profitable data results, and the development project management is amazing.

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IBM API Connect and Apigee are both robust API management platforms. IBM API Connect was selected for its strong integration capabilities, hybrid cloud deployment options, and comprehensive analytics. It aligns well with organizations seeking flexibility and control over their API ecosystems, especially when dealing with complex integration scenarios across diverse environments.

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• I consider IBM API Connect as a business capability enabler - the ROI level is practically secondary.
• With this platform at the core, associated architectural framework and guardrails ensure that we can progress with distributed development and automation in autonomous teams - a key factor to deliver required time to market performance.
• At this time, security and trust is key. A flexible yet secure API manager layer is necessary to ensure our relationships with partners and customers.

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• For ROI, my advice would be to stay the course. It will take longer than you think and cost more than you expect.

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