We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and WSO2 API Manager based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway finishes slightly ahead in this comparison. Amazon is very flexible and offers very good integrations, especially within the Amazon ecosystem. Many WSO2 API Manager users feel the solution has some stability and performance issues, making it less desirable.
"It is a stable solution."
"Amazon API Gateway is a very fast solution."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"This solution is useful for making new APIs."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"WSO2 API Manager is easy to use."
"Its open-source features are very good, especially for your production work."
"The most interesting feature is its Mac-based function."
"WSO2 is very stable."
"A complete integration suite and a good platform."
"Functionality-wise, I like WSO2 API Manager - Publisher API and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus."
"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model."
"WSO2 API Manager's most valuable features are the simple interface that is easy to use and the APIs lifecycle."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"Since the first invocation of AWS Lambda takes more than 30 seconds because of Lambda's cold start, Amazon API Gateway blocks that resource, thereby aborting the invocation."
"They could include more support tools in the product."
"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"I believe that there could be more features associated with analytics since it is an area where the product lacks."
"A lower price would definitely be an improvement."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"WSO2 API Manager can be improved a lot relating to usability"
"The user interface needs to improve, it is a bit outdated."
"I would improve the product documentation. There are some gaps, and it can be difficult to find the proper documentation for the product if you need to solve something."
"The price and the complexities attached to the solution are two areas of concern where improvements are required."
"From what I have experienced from the versions I have tried, they could improve on the multi-tenant environments to allow some kind of SSO single sign-on between tenant."
"WSO2 API Manager could improve the API approval system."
"We had some problems with the reverse proxy not being able to invoke fully qualified domain names, so we have to build some custom scripts to solve this issue."
"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Microsoft Azure API Management, Apache APISIX and 3scale API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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