What is IBM API Connect?
IBM API Connect is a market-leading API management solution that enables automated API creation, simple discovery of assets, self-service access for developers, and built-in security and governance.
IBM API Connect features
API creation
Automated, model-driven tools to create new APIs and microservices based on Node.js and Java runtimes—all managed from a single unified console.
Security and API management
Security, traffic management and mediation policies to ensure APIs and data are protected. Simple management of APIs, versions, lifecycle, subscription plans and subscribers.
API socialization
Self-service developer portal to empower internal and external developers to discover, consume and access APIs.
API Testing and Monitoring
Automated and collaborative API testing and monitoring without any coding, easily integrated into your CI/CD pipeline.
Built-in analytics
API usage analytics for both API providers and consumers, with runtime and historical reporting on usage patterns and performance metrics.
Multi-Cloud Design
API Connect offers secure multi-cloud support to deploy components on Docker, AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud private and more.
IBM API Connect benefits
Securely unlock assets
Securely expose existing business services via APIs to new mobile, IoT and web applications.
Drive innovation
Attract and engage developers through API socialization with enterprise governance built-in.
Gain insights
Gain insights into which APIs are having the largest impact on an organization's API program.
Expand revenue channels
Capture new revenue sources through monetization of an organization's API program.
How customers use it
Create, secure and manage REST APIs
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a new REST API using the LoopBack Node.js API framework and then add management, visibility, security and rate limiting to your API using the API Connect service on IBM Cloud.
IBM API Connect versions
API Connect Lite
Provision a fully managed API Connect instance on the IBM Cloud. Lite is designed for developers and is available at no charge.
API Connect Enterprise
Building on Professional, Enterprise is aimed at enterprise-level environments, provides advanced analytics and includes the DataPower® Gateway.
API Connect Test & Monitor
Available as a powerful standalone API testing and monitoring solution that is fully automated, collaborative, and designed for you. No code required and completely free.