We performed a comparison between Apigee vs. WSO2 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: Apigee has the winning edge in this comparison. Apigee has better ratings when it comes to ease of deployment, features, and service and support.
"The usability is one of the best aspects of the product."
"The initial setup was easy - there was an onboarding document with steps that we followed."
"The opportunity for customization is really vast and it is a really good feature built into the product."
"The most valuable features are low-code play, quick packaging, and production."
"We can customize the dashboard."
"The analytics function and the developer portal are the two valuable features of Apigee. The analytics part is very good, and the developer portal is quite rich in features."
"The most important feature is the security capabilities and the way it integrates very quickly with other security providers. We have integrated it with Azure and it integrates quite seamlessly."
"A special feature is configuring target servers, proxy config, and Cert related security, which regularizes incoming traffic from cloud users or external applications to internal applications in a secured manner."
"The most interesting feature is its Mac-based function."
"WSO2 is very stable."
"WSO2 API Manager is a stable solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"As far as I am aware this solution is the first API Publisher that allows you to create and publish API and to manage the API lifecycle."
"There are a lot of tools to help the manager. WSO2 is very easy to install. It has all the principal functionalities that you think about when you want to put up the management solution. It's a very friendly tool."
"The solution is stable."
"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model."
"I would like to see the support improved. I think the time frame should be shorter for responses when it comes to technical support. This is not the ideal situation you want to be in when you need support."
"The ability to work across different management solutions in a plug and play fashion would make it easier for faster uptake."
"We are experiencing issues with automation; the production in Apigee is quite time-consuming."
"Apigee could do more to make users aware of what is available in the add-ons."
"Apigee's user interface could be more straightforward and have more options. Also, it would be nice if it were ready to work out of the box without so much configuration."
"I have heard there maybe be some security issues that need to be addressed. If this is the situation I would encourage taking a look at the security matters."
"Sometimes there are glitches, which means there's still room for improvement in the platform."
"Apigee could improve by integrating with more identity providers and offering a default authentication module."
"Based on our recent large scaling project, the latency needs to be improved."
"WSO2 API Manager could improve the API approval system."
"API Manager is not easy to scale because some of its components lack scalability. It's a difficult point. Especially because companies are so cloud-based these days, microservice scalability is a major thing."
"The user interface needs to improve, it is a bit outdated."
"I would like it to be a more convenient development platform with the ability to write orchestrations and so on. Our problem with this product is that in my country, we are the only enterprise that has been using this product. We're missing a lot of knowledge from colleagues to consult with, and we also aren't able to recruit people with relevant skills. It is a big problem. The small team that is maintaining this product is the only team that can actually relate to any technical issue. The support that we're getting from the company is not great. There is also a cultural gap there because they're from Sri Lanka, and it is not easy. They're putting in a lot of effort, but they are not meeting our expectations."
"The initial setup can be difficult."
"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."
"I can say that user management is not really flexible. So, if I want to create 1,000 store users, I can't do it as a publisher. You have to register as a store user using the store URL."
Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Amazon API Gateway, Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Apache APISIX and 3scale API Management. See our Apigee vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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