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Microsoft Azure API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager
March 2024
Executive Summary
Updated on Sep 18, 2022

We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management and WSO2 API Manager based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: Users of both solutions tell us installation and deployment is simple and straightforward.
  • Features: Microsoft Azure API Management users relate that the solution is easy to configure, simple to use, and very flexible. Users like that the solution provides an intuitive self-enablement process that allows clients and users the ability to easily register themselves. Users would like to see better documentation and better third-party integration.

    WSO2 API Manager users tell us the solution is very fast, easy to configure, and offers excellent integrations. The robust features of security and throttling result in significant successful development efforts and time savings. Many users feel that the solution is a bit outdated and is missing some basic functionalities.
  • Pricing: Microsoft Azure API Management users find that licensing fees can get very expensive and should be monitored closely. WSO2 API Manager has an open-source option and also some very competitively priced licensing options.
  • Service and Support: Users of both solutions are satisfied with the service and support.

Comparison Results: Many users are heavily invested in Microsoft Azure products, making Microsoft Azure API Management more widely used and trusted. Additionally, WSO2 API lacks some new features and updated functionalities that other API solutions commonly provide. In terms of pricing, however, users are happier with WSO2.

To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Azure API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Anonymous User
Researched WSO2 API Manager but chose Microsoft Azure API Management: UI management is easy to use and technical support is very good
Anonymous User
Helps to expose APIs to the outside world
WSO2 helps to expose our internal APIs to the outside world.
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Pros
"API Management does not take long to deploy.""What I like most about Microsoft Azure API Management is that it's flexible and user-friendly. The solution also has rich documentation and guides available, so users can configure and use it.""This solution is very flexible, and it's very compatible with the other Azure products.""The Azure Active Directory Synchronization is quite good.""The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure API Management is monitoring. When compared with Apigee, I prefer Microsoft Azure API Management.""I have found this solution to be easy to configure, simple to use, and flexible.""Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work.""It is easy to use."

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"The product is easy to use.""Functionality-wise, I like WSO2 API Manager - Publisher API and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus.""One of the great things about WSO2 API Manager is that it is so easy to adopt. And because it's an open source solution, we're able to extend the implementation any time to suit our company needs better.""WSO2 is very stable.""Based on the information I have, the solution's most valuable feature is its capability of implementing custom solutions.""I think the best part about WSO2 API Manager is that it's highly customizable because it's open-source. The partnership model is quite lucrative for us, it helps us to go and pitch to our customers. You can build a lot of business models yourself that you want to use. You are able to do a lot of the solutions.""Most of the time, we need to install a plug-in without having any lapse in services or restarting the application. The WSO2 platform can do all deployments without any downtime.""The user interface is easy to navigate, and the documentation is extensive. It's open-source, so everything is available, and we can create what we need. That's not necessarily a feature, but it's an advantage."

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Cons
"Security could be improved.""What would make Microsoft Azure API Management better are more APIs. They keep updating their APIs, but it would be better if the solution had more APIs for the services and more integration with other platforms.""It can be quite complex, somewhat lacking in flexibility.""API Management's price could be lower.""This solution is only available as a cloud-based deployment and it would be very helpful to have an on-premises version.""There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs.""I would like to see more security features become available.""The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."

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"For fresh graduates and engineers, the setup process can be very difficult.""WSO2 API Manager could increase their security compliance.""The user interface could be a bit better.""I think they could greatly improve the general UX with their solutions.""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.""The solution could be more user friendly for engineers.""Based on our recent large scaling project, the latency needs to be improved.""WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The developer and standard pricing tiers of Azure API Management are very competitive compared to other products."
  • "It's being paid monthly."
  • "Based on the resources that we are leveraging, the price we are paying to use this solution is slightly higher than other competitors. In a few cases, it has its own advantage in some resources."
  • "Since this is a cloud-based solution you have to abide by those financial limits, this creates some different challenges compared to other solutions."
  • "The licensing fees are expensive."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable compared to others."
  • "Since everyone is isocentric here, it is reasonable for me."
  • "We pay for a yearly license."

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  • "We use the open-source version — the free version."
  • "We have not opted for the paid version of WSO2 but we have implemented the free and open source WSO2 software to a great extent and it is working as per our expectation."
  • "There is a subscription-based pricing structure and also the open-sourced version available."
  • "It's not expensive, but it could be cheaper."
  • "I think the other competitors that are providing the same solution are quite expensive. WSO2 API Manager is quite cheap."
  • "WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."
  • "We use the open-source version of WSO2 API Manager, there is no cost."
  • "It is costly, around ten thousand per year, per instance"

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    Questions from the Community
    How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
    Top Answer: Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a cloud-based solution. Both solutions are easy to use. Apigee allows for the ability… more »
    Which is better - Azure API Management or Amazon API Gateway?
    Top Answer:If you use Azure products, API Management is a great solution. It solves many of the problems of externalizing web services. For example, when you need versioning, establish a developer portal and… more »
    What do you like most about Microsoft Azure API Management?
    Top Answer:It seems quite good so far. It handles our current workload well, and I'm optimistic it can scale effectively as our needs grow.
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    What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?
    Top Answer:It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability.
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    What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?
    Top Answer:WSO2 team recommends mTLS as security. Recently, my company faced some issues when implementing mTLS between the DB and front-end applications. My company needs Technical help from WSO2's team to deal… more »
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    What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?
    Top Answer:I use the solution in my company as an enterprise application that will be placed in more than 175 places across the world, which would be in different countries. As an API management tool, it will be… more »
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    Ranking
    1st
    out of 66 in API Management
    Views
    37,488
    Comparisons
    30,819
    Reviews
    32
    Average Words per Review
    458
    Rating
    7.8
    8th
    out of 66 in API Management
    Views
    9,680
    Comparisons
    6,439
    Reviews
    15
    Average Words per Review
    403
    Rating
    8.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Azure API Management, MS Azure API Management
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    Overview

    Microsoft Azure API Management is a reliable and scalable way to publish, consume, and manage APIs running on an Microsoft Azure platform. Azure API Management provides all essential tools required for end-to-end management of APIs. It ensures optimal performance of the APIs by tracking and enforcing usage and authentication.

    Microsoft Azure API Management is primarily used to provide a central interface to create, provision, and manage APIs for web and cloud applications and services. Today's innovative enterprises are adopting API architectures to accelerate growth. With Microsoft Azure API Management, businesses can streamline their work across hybrid and multi cloud environments with a unified place to manage all their APIs.

    Microsoft Azure API Management Features

    Microsoft Azure API Management has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Manage APIs across clouds and on premises: Optimize API traffic flow by deploying API gateways side by side with the APIs hosted in Azure, other clouds, and on premises. Meet security and compliance requirements with a unified management experience and full visibility across all APIs.
    • Customized usage limits: By applying authentication, authorization, and usage limits, you can protect your resources by controlling how data and services are exposed to employees, partners, and customers.
    • API-first approaches: Accelerate your business by building apps faster and delivering immediate value to customers through API-first approaches. This helps you decouple front- and back-end teams through API mocking, API revisions and versioning, and automated API documentation.
    • Customizable developer portal: Improve API discoverability by creating a customizable developer portal for all your APIs. This enables you to simply manage and share APIs with internal teams, external partners, and customers.
    • Facades for back-end services: Transform your existing services and automatically turn legacy web services into modern REST-based APIs using facades.
    • Security for your API’s: Keep all your APIs behind a single static IP or domain, and help protect them with tokens, keys, and IP filtering.

    Microsoft Azure API Management Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Microsoft Azure API Management. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Monitor the health of APIs, configure throttling, identify errors, and rate limits.
    • Enforce flexible and fine-grained quotas and rate limits. Modify the shape and behavior of your APIs using policies. Improve latency and scale your APIs with response caching.
    • Connect on-premises APIs to cloud services by creating a façade that lets you safely integrate.
    • Create and manage user roles and define end-to-end API usage policies.
    • Consolidate and manage thousands of APIs across multiple platforms in a central interface.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Microsoft Azure API Management stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Some of these include its DevOps integration, its easy setup, and its dynamic pricing. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

    Cecil S., a Software Engineer, writes of the solution, “The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure API Management is the developer portal because it's very quick and easy to get something published."

    Dmitri E., an Integration Architect at MiBanco, notes, “In particular, in API Management, used as front-end APIs, it's easy to manage. We use Microsoft due to the stability of the company. It is easy to set up. The solution is scalable. It is stable as a product as well.”

    WSO2 API Manager is a comprehensive platform that allows organizations to design, publish, and manage APIs. 

    It provides a centralized interface for API governance, security, and analytics. 

    With features like API monetization and developer portal, it enables businesses to drive innovation and create new revenue streams.

    Sample Customers
    adnymics GmbH, LG CNS, Centrebet, netfabb GmbH, MedPlast, Accelera Solutions, Sochi Organizing Committee, realzeit GmbH, Opensistemas
    1. eBay 2. StubHub 3. Cisco 4. Verizon 5. T-Mobile 6. Vodafone 7. Orange 8. BT Group 9. Telstra 10. Deutsche Telekom 11. Swisscom 12. AT&T 13. Sprint 14. Telefonica 15. O2 16. British Airways 17. Lufthansa 18. Emirates 19. Qatar Airways 20. Etihad Airways 21. Air France 22. KLM 23. American Express 24. Visa 25. Mastercard 26. PayPal 27. Western Union 28. Citibank 29. HSBC 30. Barclays 31. Santander 32. Goldman Sachs
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Educational Organization15%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Microsoft Azure API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager
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    Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX and 3scale API Management. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager report.

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