OpenLegacy Reviews

Name: OpenLegacy
Brand: OpenLegacy
Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)

3.8 out of 5

5 reviews
80% willing to recommend

259 followers

What is OpenLegacy?

OpenLegacy helps organizations quickly launch innovative digital services by extending their core back-end systems to the web, mobile and cloud in days or weeks versus months. Our microservice-enabled API integration and management software quickly reduces project backlog by automating and accelerating microservices and API creation, deployment, testing and management from core applications, mainframes and databases. Together, business and IT teams can quickly, easily and securely meet consumer, partner or employee demands for digital services without modernizing or replacing core systems, and without special programming skills or invasive changes to existing systems and architectures. OpenLegacy is designed for ongoing management of microservices APIs and is based on open standards, so our software plays nice with your current technology stack and supports agile, DevOps and continuous development. Learn why leading companies choose OpenLegacy at www.openlegacy.com.

Get the OpenLegacy Buyer's Guide and find out what your peers are saying about OpenLegacy, Apigee, Amazon API Gateway and more!

OpenLegacy is the #35 ranked solution in top API Management solutions. PeerSpot users give OpenLegacy an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. OpenLegacy is most commonly compared to Apigee: OpenLegacy vs Apigee.

Helped 850,028 peers since 2012

Featured OpenLegacy reviews

reviewer1042905

VP, Chief Enterprise Integration Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be. OpenLegacy handles the bread-and-butter TP monitoring stuff, but I am working for one of the six banks in the United States still using the Hogan mainframe, which has a slightly proprietary mechanism. But OpenLegacy currently doesn't have a connector for Hogan. So it would help if they could build one. That would appeal to financial institutions that still use Hogan, like US Bank, Wells Fargo, KeyBank, and Vanguard.

Read full review

ITdeptbank67

IT Department Banking Industry at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I think the features of many solutions can be improved, but not all have to be and they are not all urgent. The thing we need most is better support. It is hard for us to deploy systems because support is not always available. They sell the product licenses but they do not think about how to support for those who have problems like us which are immediate and urgent. Other factors matter less than being able to resolve issues quickly. Not everything is negative. The user interface is a good one because the access to the features is not difficult. But for countries like mine and businesses like financial services, the pricing and consistent accessibility to an operational system is imperative. These are some problems and the support for them doesn't go far enough. When we have these problems with the system, we have big problems with our customers. It really bothers me when we need help and we need something or lost something and can't get access to help quickly. This really creates some big problems for us and we cannot handle them or do something about it right away.

Read full review

it_user799497

Chief Programmer with 1-10 employees

Using OpenLegacy, the exposure of services is far easier and quicker. In many cases, exposure of services requires just a few clicks and takes only minutes. In very complex cases, it still only takes half a day. Without OpenLegacy, it would take us several months to create the same services. With OpenLegacy, it took only two clicks to get REST API to get to digital. We did a pilot and saw that it was easy to do. We can create REST APIs with a basic understanding of the mainframe's business logic, and without having significant Java knowledge. Using mainframe programs (not screens), the OpenLegacy services do not require any changes by the mainframe programmers, thus reducing development cycles. In addition, OpenLegacy gives us a unified way of “calling” the mainframe programs both in 3270 screens and programs. Digital is one of our biggest priorities and when we heard what OpenLegacy could do, we actually pursued them. Time to market is a big factor. OpenLegacy helps fill our requirement to go mobile and get more interactive between customers and our business via mobile.

Read full review

OpenLegacy mindshare

As of May 2025, the mindshare of OpenLegacy in the API Management category stands at 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

API Management

PeerResearch reports based on OpenLegacy reviews

Type	Title	Date
Category	API Management	May 2, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	May 2, 2025	Download
Comparison	OpenLegacy vs Microsoft Azure API Management	May 2, 2025	Download
Comparison	OpenLegacy vs Apigee	May 2, 2025	Download
Comparison	OpenLegacy vs Amazon API Gateway	May 2, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Apigee	4.1	13.7%	92%	88 interviews Add to research
Amazon API Gateway	4.1	13.0%	93%	44 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

OpenLegacy enables transformation of legacy systems using REST APIs, enhancing customer interactions via mobile. Faster than traditional coding, it allows flexibility in modifications. Deployment is streamlined with a war file for Tomcat servers. Its open-source nature offers extensive features for enterprise use. Simplifies technology, enabling rapid API development, achieving hundreds in months. Speedy development in environments like IBM mainframes is notable, allowing service connections in minutes or hours.

"It is possible to connect a service to a mainframe program or back transaction in a matter of minutes or hours at the most."
"The biggest advantage of OpenLegacy was how simple the technology was. We were able to build out the OpenLegacy parts very quickly. We put together a couple hundred APIs in six months."
"It is possible to solve larger legacy API issues on an enterprise level with this product."

Room for Improvement

OpenLegacy requires improvements in debugging and logging capabilities. Users desire SSL options to be more accessible. There is a demand for better customer support and more flexible pricing options, particularly for Latin American companies. Enhancement of their low-code/no-code features and development of connectors for proprietary systems like Hogan are needed. Challenges include system deployment and addressing issues with financial services clients promptly. Pricing structures could benefit from more flexibility.

"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."
"I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be."
"Customer support for the product is slow and not very good. It makes using the product difficult if you need help quickly."

Pricing

"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."

Popular Use Cases

Organizations use OpenLegacy to integrate legacy systems with modern applications, allowing seamless data access and transaction handling. It enables the conversion of legacy mainframe data into user-friendly web interfaces, supports banking operations, and facilitates monetization of mainframe assets. Developers benefit from creating integrations quickly with customized tools, connecting legacy data to consumer applications, and deploying hybrid cloud solutions. OpenLegacy empowers industries to maintain and leverage existing mainframe infrastructure efficiently.

These insights are based on the in-depth reviews provided by peers to help you make a better buying decision.

Download our OpenLegacy Buyer's Guide for additional reliable information.

Compare OpenLegacy with alternative products

Learn more about OpenLegacy

OpenLegacy customers

Many of openLegacy's global customers are among the Global 100 companies. Review case studies in these industries: Agriculture, Airport Authority, Automotive, Auto, Finance, Insurance, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Retail
www.openlegacy.com/case-studie...