We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway has a slight edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than Mulesoft Anypoint API in the setup and pricing categories.
"It is a stable solution."
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"In terms of scalability, I haven't encountered any issues with API Gateway. We've significantly increased our traffic from hitting it once or twice a minute to now hitting it ten to fifteen times within a minute. In an hour, we're receiving hundreds of hits. So, it's performing excellently."
"It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability."
"The product improved data exchange processes by enhancing communication between various messaging queues. There was a heavy reliance on queues for indexing clusters and data transfer in this particular environment. The product facilitated the transfer of messages from one queue to another, ensuring data flow and processing across different topics."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"The developer portal is easy to integrate. It is easy to use, easy to integrate, and I like the developer portal."
"One of the more valuable features is the stability of the platform."
"If you adopt the whole platform, you can build composable applications. This will cut your time creating new applications and updating them – once you have everything running – by up to 50%."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"The auto-creation of the API documentation is useful."
"I am not completely satisfied with Technical Support."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."
"The user interface could be improved, as well as customer support and having a local customer representative in a country."
"The user interface, in general, can be better. The user interface for the entire Amazon cloud can be more friendly. There are some scenarios that are not really easy to manage and configure through the user interface."
"Monitoring could be improved."
"The initial setup, if you go back three or three and a half years, definitely, for us, was complex."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"Rather than focusing on numbers, they should focus more on the customer support service."
"Migrating any existing middleware platform to Mulesoft is difficult because of the transformation, conversion and integration involved. Better tools are needed to achieve quicker time to market."
"Monetization and cataloging can be improved."
"I'd like more monitoring and analyzing features included in the future."
"The cost model could be improved."
"They should provide training and development programs to enable the skills and capabilities of users."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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