Feature comparison between API Connect editions
| Feature \ Edition | Software | Reserved Instance | AWS SaaS | AWS SaaS - Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenancy - API Management | Single tenant | Single tenant | Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant |
| Tenancy - API Gateway | Single tenant | Single tenant | Multi-tenant | Single-tenant |
| DataPower - API Gateway | ||||
| DataPower - v5 compatibility | ||||
| Remote Gateway Connectivity | ||||
| Access to DataPower console | ||||
| Access to DataPower logs | * w/ Platform Logs | |||
| Manage DataPower TLS Config | * w/ Secrets Manager | |||
| Multi-datacenter deployment for HA | optional HA addon (2) | |||
| Access to audit events | * w/ Activity Tracker | |||
| Offload of Analytics data | ||||
| Analytics data retention | custom | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| Managed by API Connect SRE team | ||||
| Updates (Fixes and patches) | Per-customer | Flexible scheduling | Planned by IBM | Planned by IBM |
| Policies | ||||
| DataPower User Defined Policies | ||||
| Custom policies | ||||
| Global policies | ||||
| Gateway script | ||||
| XSLT | ||||
| Lambda | (3) | (3) | ||
| Message Template | (3) | (3) | ||
| Mesh Routing | (3) | (3) | ||
| Connectivity | ||||
| Connectivity: Cloud Private endpoints | * w/ Code Engine | In plan | ||
| Connectivity: On Premises | * w/ Satellite | In plan | ||
| Hosted Regions | Reserved Instance | AWS SaaS | AWS SaaS - Advanced | |
| Frankfurt | ||||
| London | ||||
| Jakarta | ||||
| Mumbai | ||||
| Sao Paolo | ||||
| Sydney | ||||
| Tokyo | ||||
| Toronto | ||||
| US East | ||||
| US South | ||||
| Hosted Platforms | Reserved Instance | AWS SaaS | AWS SaaS - Advanced | |
| Release stream | LTS (10.0.5.x) | CD (10.0.x) | CD (10.0.x) | |
| SLA | 99.5% (99.95% with HA addon) | 99.9% | 99.9% | |
| Recovery Time Objective (RTO) | 24h | 24h | 24h | |
| Recovery Point Objective (RPO) | 24h | 24h | 24h |
*these items depend on integrations with other IBM Cloud services which are billed separately.- Reserved Instance as standard is deployed in a single zone within an MZR - with the optional HA addon the cluster is deployed across 3 zones. AWS SaaS is deployed across 3 zones as standard.
- Available as user defined policies to download for software and RI customers