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IBM API Connect

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ibm-api-connect

Available worldwide

What is IBM API Connect?

An agentic AI-powered API management solution that empowers developers to build and manage APIs more efficiently, with AI-agents assisting in securely scaling API infrastructure across hybrid environments.

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IBM API Connect pricing

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HybridFree tier30-day trial

Pay-as-you-go usage-based, SaaS subscriptions (Standard, Premium, Reserved), or self-managed software. 30-day free trial.

Pay-as-You-Go

Usage-based SaaS pricing on AWS
monthly

Usage-based pricing, no upfront costs, cancel at any time, hosted on AWS

api_calls
Unlimited
analytics_retention
30 days
  • Multi-tenant
  • 1 instance
  • Unlimited API calls
  • 30 days analytics retention
  • 24x7x365 support
  • 99.9% SLA

Standard Tier (SaaS)

Annual SaaS commitment for standard multi-tenant deployment
annual

Annual SaaS subscription, multi-tenant, hosted on AWS

api_calls_annual
100,000+
analytics_retention
90 days
  • Multi-tenant
  • 1 instance
  • 100,000+ API calls/year
  • 90 days analytics retention
  • 24x7x365 support
  • Up to 99.95% SLA

Premium Tier (SaaS)

Annual SaaS commitment for premium single-tenant deployment
annual

Annual SaaS subscription, single-tenant gateway with advanced capabilities, hosted on AWS

api_calls_annual
100M+
analytics_retention
Custom
  • Single-tenant
  • 1-3 instances
  • 100M+ API calls/year
  • Custom analytics retention
  • 24x7x365 support
  • Up to 99.95% SLA

Reserved Instance (SaaS)

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annual

Annual SaaS subscription, single-tenant with greater isolation and availability, hosted on IBM Cloud

api_calls_annual
120M+
analytics_retention
Custom
  • Single-tenant
  • Customer-determined instances
  • 120M+ API calls/year
  • Custom analytics retention
  • Customer-determined support
  • Customer-determined SLA

Software (Self-Managed)

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annual

Self-managed deployment on premises, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud with IBM Software Subscription & Support, renewed annually

  • On-premises/hybrid/multi-cloud deployment
  • Customer-determined instances
  • Customer-determined API call volume
  • Customer-determined analytics retention
  • Installation and deployment assistance
  • Customer-determined SLA

What IBM API Connect does

The capabilities that matter for api gateways, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Hosting
Cloud + self-hosted
Kubernetes-native
-
Traffic
Rate limiting
-
Request/response transformation
-
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
-
Mutual TLS
-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
-
gRPC support
-
Delivery
Developer portal
✓
Monetization
✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
-
Insight
Observability
✓
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Platform & deployment

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Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Hybrid
  • On-premise
  • Self-hosted

IBM API Connect FAQ

Common questions about IBM API Connect, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is IBM API Connect?

An agentic AI-powered API management solution that empowers developers to build and manage APIs more efficiently, with AI-agents assisting in securely scaling API infrastructure across hybrid environments. It is indexed under API Gateways.

Source: https://www.ibm.com/products/api-connect

Is IBM API Connect free?

IBM API Connect offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Pay-as-You-Go, Standard Tier (SaaS), Premium Tier (SaaS) and Reserved Instance (SaaS). Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://www.ibm.com/products/api-connect/pricing

Can IBM API Connect be self-hosted?

Yes. IBM API Connect can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.

Source: https://www.ibm.com/products/api-connect/pricing

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Balanced composite 49 / 100
low · 40%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Reliability450.167.1✓
Price level800.043.4✓
Capabilities580.053.0✓
Pricing transparency250.061.6✓
Integrations00.050.0-
Security posture50.120.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq3 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesHosting: both · Monetization: Yes · Observability: Yes · Developer portal: Yesmediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.9mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
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