IBM API Connect is IBM's API management platform, sold as SaaS on AWS or IBM Cloud and as self-managed software with DataPower gateways. Pages here cover the v10 support timeline and moving to WSO2 API Manager or Gravitee.
Comparing IBM API Connect with WSO2 API Manager for enterprise API programs: API Manager and publisher roles, gateways, developer portal, analytics, deployment on Kubernetes or VMs, and the licensing and support model of each.
For teams that want a lighter, self-hosted API platform: Gravitee's gateway, console and portal against API Connect's subsystems and DataPower gateways, synchronous and event APIs, operating effort, and edition costs.
Moving APIs, products and plans from API Connect to WSO2 API Manager: exporting OpenAPI definitions, mapping assembly policies and gateway scripts to mediation, moving catalogs, consumer organizations and applications, and re-issuing credentials.
Cost of ownership by component: SaaS plans or self-managed software renewed annually, DataPower gateways, OpenShift or Kubernetes infrastructure and upgrade projects, against WSO2 API Manager's open source build or subscription, infrastructure and operations.
With 10.0.5 out of fix support since June 2025 and 10.0.8 the last V10 LTS, API Connect customers face a V12.1 upgrade. This page weighs that upgrade project against moving to a self-hosted open-source platform, and the timeline for each.
For teams whose API Connect estate runs on DataPower gateways: replacing them with Apache APISIX or Kong Gateway, mapping security, rate limiting and transformation policies, appliance and container sizing, and keeping existing consumers working.
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