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    IBM API Connect

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AIBM API Connect is a scalable API solution that helps organizations implement a robust API strategy by creating, exposing, managing and monetizing an entire API ecosystem across multiple clouds. 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 aims to help businesses…

    $83

    per month

    SwaggerHub

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASwaggerHub is a platform for API design and documentation with OpenAPI. Whether it’s push generating an API’s design and code to source control hosts, deploying the API to API Management platforms, or triggering a Jenkins build, SwaggerHub boasts a host of integrations. Faster, Standardized API Design Design APIs in an editor that is built for efficiency without any loss in design…

    $75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Team 3 - Annual
    $75
    per month per user
    Team 3 - Monthly
    $90
    per month per user
    Team 5 - Annual
    $125
    per month per user
    Team 5 - Monthly
    $150
    per month per user
    Team 10 - Annual
    $250
    per month per user
    Team 10 - Monthly
    $300
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
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    Features
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of IBM API Connect and SwaggerHub
    Feature
    IBM API Connect
    8.3
    40 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SwaggerHub
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API access control8.640 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies8.035 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    API usage data8.639 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    API user onboarding8.340 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    API versioning8.340 Ratings9.96 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments7.330 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging8.940 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    Small Businesses
    Amazon API Gateway
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Amazon API Gateway
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure API Management
    Score8 out of 10
    Azure API Management
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    OCI API Management
    Score8.2 out of 10
    OCI API Management
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (40 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (31 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM API ConnectSwaggerHub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Based on our experience, IBM API Connect clearly excels in large enterprises navigating complex B2B ecosystems, especially within the Fintech and Banking sectors. Its capabilities are particularly valuable for achieving Open Banking compliance, facilitating the monetization of data and services, and seamlessly operating in hybrid cloud environments. However, it's crucial to understand that IBM API Connect primarily functions as an API management and orchestration tool. This means that backend integrations with providers like databases are best handled by dedicated integration middleware, such as IBM App Connect, allowing API Connect to then securely and efficiently expose those functionalities to external entities.
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    SmartBear
    ReadyAPI and SwaggerHub are a match made in heaven. Being able to so easily import the API directly into ReadyAPI and then being able to generate a test suite from the API is my favorite part of these softwares. We have rather large services so building out the API can take some time
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Treating the design as documentation ensures that we have consistent and well defined APIs
    • API consumers can export the swagger definition or code stubs to use within their development environment
    • We can iterate through multiple versions of a definition privately before making a version publicly available
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • The user interface could be more improved to sustain with other similar tools in the market.
    • Beneficial if we have better integration with third party softwares.
    • Nice to have ability to download the documentation in usable formats.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    I can honestly say that the availability of the platform has been incredible, with almost no disruptions during the two years of the implementation. Availability is provided through the distributed architecture that may be deployed in multiple zones. We have had almost no cases of unplanned outages, and most maintenance operations were done during planned downtimes.
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    SmartBear
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    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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    SmartBear
    The only other product we looked at was Postman. But we liked the SwaggerHub UI & the integrations it has with the AWS API gateway. Though Postman has some other great features like the ability to write test cases & execute them, SwaggerUI was more convenient to document & share them.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Our company benefited from IBM API Connect's assistance in establishing cooperation with our outside providers and efficiently managing the API. As a result, we were able to expand our vendor ecosystem.
    • Additionally, creating APIs and implementing them on the goods was not too difficult. Additionally, we were able to ensure that only appropriate people could publish the APIs following evaluation by using role-based access control.
    • Our teams were able to reuse and share departmental APIs and services with each other thanks to the simple, self-service developer site.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Faster API development lifecycle.
    • Reduced discussion time when building a new vital API endpoint.
    • Complete documentation which makes the new team member onboarding process easier.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of API tests and insightsScreenshot of API Manager customization interfaceScreenshot of the API designer

    SwaggerHub Screenshots

    Screenshot of Faster, Standardized API Design