We performed a comparison between Tyk and WSO2 API Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function."
"The scalability is very good. That was a key factor in the selection, like how it could be pushed to high volume and scalability, which seemed to be very good."
"It is a good product for API management."
"The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security."
"The portal for developers that this solution provides has great functionality."
"You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is open-source."
"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."
"It's very scalable, which is one of the best features."
"WSO2 is very stable."
"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."
"This is a flexible and versatile API management solution that has the power to integrate with more than just API."
"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."
"Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable."
"We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed."
"We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much."
"I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language."
"It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients."
"In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them."
"WSO2 API Manager can be improved a lot relating to usability"
"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."
"The user interface needs to improve, it is a bit outdated."
"The solution could be more user friendly for engineers."
"WSO2 API Manager could increase their security compliance."
"The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge."
"The interface needs to be modernized and made more user friendly so the product continues to have a growing community of users."
"Lacks some new features and updated functionalities."
Tyk is ranked 17th in API Management with 6 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Tyk is rated 7.6, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Tyk writes "Simple to install, has many features, but lacks support for multiple programming languages". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Tyk is most compared with Apache APISIX, Traefik Enterprise, Apigee, Amazon API Gateway and Gravitee, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and Layer7 API Management. See our Tyk vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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