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API Connect: Unlock the potential of agentic AI

API Connect: Unlock the potential of agentic AI

Seamlessly develop, manage, secure and socialize all your API types, wherever they live.
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IBM named a Leader in the The Forrester Wave™: API Management Software, Q3 2024

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Accelerate time-to-value with AI-powered API management

IBM® API Connect® supports all modern API types while bolstering security and governance. Gen AI capabilities automate manual tasks, saving time and ensuring quality. Plus, a flexible microservices-based architecture is compatible with any deployment environment. 

 IBM  ranks #1 in 4 out of the 6 Use Cases in 2024 Gartner® Report: Critical Capabilities for API Management

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  1. AI Gateway
Advance your AI journey with confidence

Securely connect and manage your AI initiatives. This gateway provides a central point of control for accessing public and third-party AI APIs, both internal and external. Enforce policies and gain key analytics to optimize LLM usage.

Get more done, faster, with AI A new gen AI assistant built into API Connect enables developers to offload manual and time-consuming tasks throughout the API lifecycle such as writing documentation, crafting test cases and remediating errors.
APIs speak a lot of languages. So does API Connect. Bring order to your API chaos. Whether you’re working with REST, AsyncAPI, WebSockets, GraphQL, SOAP—or all of the above—API Connect provides robust self-service features that support the full API lifecycle and a world-class developer portal. Start creating
Advanced end-to-end security that inspires trust From design-time to run-time, API Connect delivers intuitive, innovative and easy-to-use security and governance features that promote consistency and confidence, including IBM DataPower® Gateway and Noname Advanced API Security. Secure your APIs
Advance your AI journey with confidence

Securely connect and manage your AI initiatives. This gateway provides a central point of control for accessing public and third-party AI APIs, both internal and external. Enforce policies and gain key analytics to optimize LLM usage.

Get more done, faster, with AI A new gen AI assistant built into API Connect enables developers to offload manual and time-consuming tasks throughout the API lifecycle such as writing documentation, crafting test cases and remediating errors.
APIs speak a lot of languages. So does API Connect. Bring order to your API chaos. Whether you’re working with REST, AsyncAPI, WebSockets, GraphQL, SOAP—or all of the above—API Connect provides robust self-service features that support the full API lifecycle and a world-class developer portal. Start creating
Advanced end-to-end security that inspires trust From design-time to run-time, API Connect delivers intuitive, innovative and easy-to-use security and governance features that promote consistency and confidence, including IBM DataPower® Gateway and Noname Advanced API Security. Secure your APIs

Why settle for anything less than a leader?

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Improve API quality

With AI that helps you remediate errors and security and governance features that instill peace of mind, API Connect raises the bar on performance.

Streamline development

An intuitive user experience makes it simple to build, discover and reuse APIs. AI handles routine work, allowing developers to focus on innovation.

Scale with confidence

API Connect facilitates consistency, empowering you to seamlessly integrate with third-party services through APIs and experiment with new technologies.

Deploy anywhere

Run APIs wherever it makes sense for your business—on premises, in the cloud, across a hybrid environment or as a SaaS deployment.

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API security is crucial for every business. Take this interactive demo to see how you can safeguard your APIs, data and applications with an uncompromising API security strategy.

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Real Stories. Real Impact.

Real Stories. Real Impact.

6x faster customer conversion rates

Finologee, a digital finance platform operator, used API Connect to provide branded and secured portals to its clients. The result? Improved conversion rates and substantial time saved.

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8x faster time to market

It used to take IBS Bulgaria’s partners months to integrate with their open banking platform. After implementing API Connect, it takes just a week.

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50% lower API costs

The IBM CIO organization implemented a centralized API management solution using API Connect, resulting in a 50% reduction in API costs and over 50% faster delivery times.

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Extend API Connect with IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration

Bring the gold standard in API management  to a unified hybrid environment. API Connect is available as part of IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration, which reimagines integration for the AI era. It provides a unified experience across all integration scenarios allowing you to expand use cases and build workflows that incorporate multiple styles of integration.

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Ready for consistent, reliable and cost-effective API management that fosters security, governance and innovation, all on a market-leading platform? 

Then you’re ready for API Connect.

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