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Boomi iPaaS vs IBM API Connect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Boomi iPaaS boosts integration speed and efficiency, reducing costs and resources, delivering rapid returns within months.
Sentiment score
5.5
IBM API Connect enhances efficiency and flexibility, reducing service exposure time and enabling data monetization with significant ROI improvements.
We have automated complete order-to-cash processes for multiple customers, saving over 90 million dollars.
Integration and Solution Architect/AI Engineer (Boomi and Workday) at Tech Bridger
The return is faster since development efforts are minimized, allowing for quicker integration delivery.
CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I have observed a 100% return on investment, with considerable time saved and clients very happy with the output they received.
Associate at Ltim
Reducing development hours from eighty to four for an API was possible due to reusing existing scripts from DataPower.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
I have seen a return on investment from using IBM API Connect, as we created multiple plans based on customer usage.
Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
Boomi iPaaS support is responsive with varied quality; improvements in bug management and tiered costs are pointed out.
Sentiment score
6.1
IBM API Connect support is knowledgeable and engaging but can be slow and documentation is lacking, rated 7-9/10.
Seamlessly meeting SLAs and providing excellent responses to challenges and issues related to interface and data connectivity.
GenAI Strategist at Wipro Limited
The tech support is very good, offering immediate responses and chat options.
Integration and Solution Architect/AI Engineer (Boomi and Workday) at Tech Bridger
We receive service that is more than adequate, even exceptional.
CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Support is excellent when it comes to APIC.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
Support is extremely good, especially with Sev 1 issues.
Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It was frustrating that we almost could not install it by ourselves because some information I will never find because IBM keeps it.
DB A Sysadmin Devops Software Ag Adabas/Natural/Ibm Entire X Webmethods at Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation BIT
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Boomi iPaaS is scalable and adaptable, though some face challenges with complexity, cost, and log management.
Sentiment score
7.3
IBM API Connect offers scalability and flexibility in cloud environments, despite higher costs and challenges in older versions.
The reason we wanted to use our own Kubernetes cluster was to do automatic scaling for utilized resources, allowing us to save.
CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
We have built approximately 1,100 interfaces for one customer, which is a significant achievement.
Integration and Solution Architect/AI Engineer (Boomi and Workday) at Tech Bridger
When you have Kubernetes on cloud or on-premise, scalability is easy.
DB A Sysadmin Devops Software Ag Adabas/Natural/Ibm Entire X Webmethods at Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation BIT
With container versions, scaling up or down the gateways deployed into pods is a two to three-minute task for the operations team.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
It is distributed among IBM MQ, IBM Ace, IBM DataPower, and IBM API Connect.
Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Boomi iPaaS is generally stable with minor issues, praised for 99.99% availability but some prefer Jitterbit's interface.
Sentiment score
7.3
IBM API Connect stability has improved significantly since 2018, but some users still experience minor issues and synchronization needs.
The runtime engine for the APIC Gateway is still a DataPower component, which has been stable in the industry for about fifteen years.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
If it is functioning well, you won't have a bad experience and your application becomes more reliable.
Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
IBM API Connect was very stable.
DB A Sysadmin Devops Software Ag Adabas/Natural/Ibm Entire X Webmethods at Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation BIT
 

Room For Improvement

Boomi iPaaS requires enhancements in UI, documentation, support, API management, and offers improvements in pricing, training, and deployment processes.
IBM API Connect needs better monitoring, integration, user experience, and DevOps tools, while facing complaints about cost and complexity.
The integration landscape has become complex, and having a data strategy with unified data models would make integration easier for any platform, including Boomi.
GenAI Strategist at Wipro Limited
A significant area for improvement is version control.
CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The ETL aspect of Boomi iPaaS is not mature enough at the moment.
Integration and Solution Architect/AI Engineer (Boomi and Workday) at Tech Bridger
Examples include the lack of connectivity to MQ.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
You need to know when traffic peaks, so use auto-scaling when traffic comes.
Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Connectivity to MQ is not available in IBM API Connect.
Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Boomi iPaaS offers cost-effective integration solutions, but expenses may increase with additional usage and connectors despite competitive pricing.
IBM API Connect offers tiered pricing with robust features, seen as cost-effective despite higher costs compared to competitors.
While pricing is relative, compared to others, it is favorable.
CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The pricing for Boomi iPaaS is reasonable, costing around $6,000 per year.
Integration and Solution Architect/AI Engineer (Boomi and Workday) at Tech Bridger
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates it is a little bit high but still reasonable.
Associate at Ltim
Pricing depends on how many instances run across environments.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
 

Valuable Features

Boomi iPaaS simplifies integrations with low-code tools, connectors, and automation, enhancing efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
IBM API Connect offers comprehensive API lifecycle management with user-friendly development, security, analytics, and cloud integration features.
It automates the creation and population of a data warehouse, reducing the need to write SQL scripts and procedures.
Innovation & Data Management Enterprise Architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
I can definitely say I see specific positive outcomes after moving to Boomi iPaaS, noting improvements in efficiency, cost savings, and faster project delivery.
Associate at Ltim
The most valuable features of Boomi are the integration capabilities, the Data Hub product, and the UDI integration.
GenAI Strategist at Wipro Limited
It offers significant development efficiency, reducing man-hours from eighty to four when creating APIs.
Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.
We can add some policies to provide extra security, protect your backend, validate the consumers, and analyze based on the traffic limit to throw things out.
Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
IBM API Connect has a designer and CLI features which can be used to completely automate the API.
Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Boomi iPaaS
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (16th), AI Observability (17th)
IBM API Connect
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
API Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of Boomi iPaaS is 6.9%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM API Connect is 2.2%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Boomi iPaaS6.9%
IBM API Connect2.2%
Other90.9%
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

SG
Associate at Ltim
Cloud integration has transformed projects and delivers faster, more secure business workflows
In my opinion, the best feature Boomi iPaaS offers is its user interface, which is easy to maintain, has a low cost, and offers low licensing costs, making it very easy to develop any integration. Regarding features, Boomi iPaaS performs best and is more stable. It also has easy support, allowing me to contact the Boomi support vendor team for assistance with atoms, molecules, runtimes, and clusters. Security-wise, it is also more secure, enabling the use of internal OAuth 2.0 tokens and basic authentication for high-level authentication, and I can integrate with third-party services to obtain authentication, with some banking projects in Boomi iPaaS using PayU, Razorpay, and various payment platform authentications. The positive impact of Boomi iPaaS on my organization has been significant, as after adopting it, I received many projects with the help of the Boomi vendor who brought me opportunities for Boomi iPaaS usage. Previously, I used TIBCO, MFT, and WebMethods, which were all very old systems. Boomi iPaaS is cloud-based and continues to update constantly, which has been very useful and led to more business. I can definitely say I see specific positive outcomes after moving to Boomi iPaaS, noting improvements in efficiency, cost savings, and faster project delivery. The connector-based licensing cost is very low compared to other integration tools, and for security purposes, it is helpful. I have observed significant good performance transitioning from old legacy systems to Boomi iPaaS.
ME
DB A Sysadmin Devops Software Ag Adabas/Natural/Ibm Entire X Webmethods at Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation BIT
API management has strengthened security and monitoring but still needs better support and tooling
There are areas of IBM API Connect that need to be improved. I want what Gravitee made, which is much better. Gravitee made many samples for different use cases. First of all, they made examples of use cases, codes, and what the module expects and what the module returns for multiple examples and use cases inside the development. I do not even have to go to the documentation website because everything is included inside the tool when I work on it. This is great, in fact. IBM API Connect should show examples. One other thing is the support. The support of IBM is in India. Every time I want to ask something, they say they need logs, they want this, they want that. Gravitee API asks me to explain the problem without asking a thousand times as if it is a request for a green card in the USA. Then they really explain quickly. IBM is a big company, so everything is standardized with the approach of "You do that, you do that, you request that. If you do not have that, you do not reply to the client." Clients want flexibility today, even if it is a huge company. A stressed client is a client that will want to change to other flexible solutions. When everything is fine, we do not care, but when there is stress and problems, that is when the customer of IBM evaluates the tool really. It is when there are problems. IBM makes a lot of efforts on sales and technical sales, and then that is it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise62
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Boomi AtomSphere Integration?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates it is a little bit high but still reasonable.
What needs improvement with Boomi AtomSphere Integration?
In terms of improvements, there is not much to enhance, but I believe a more user-friendly UI, solid Agent Garden features, and more training initiatives to promote Boomi iPaaS would be beneficial....
What is your primary use case for Boomi AtomSphere Integration?
My main use case for Boomi iPaaS is integration, as I have been integrating Boomi iPaaS with many source and destination systems such as Salesforce. I use Boomi iPaaS as an integrator, connecting w...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM API Connect?
I do not handle the pricing, setup cost, and licensing details.
What needs improvement with IBM API Connect?
There are areas of IBM API Connect that need to be improved. I want what Gravitee made, which is much better. Gravitee made many samples for different use cases. First of all, they made examples of...
What is your primary use case for IBM API Connect?
The usual use cases for IBM API Connect that I worked with mostly involved three things: security, monitoring, and message control. The purpose was to address these areas, though there was one feat...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

DocuSign Inc., Innotas, Certent, Renesas Electronics America (REA), Kelly-Moore Paints, Mindjet, City of McKinney, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), Daylight Transport, A10 Networks
Heineken, Tine, Finologee, Axis Bank
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