What is our primary use case?
There are APIs, which we call application programming interfaces, in IT. These are the calls, which generally take the data from one place and send it to the other. Their mode of operation is simply transferring the data from one place to the other. APIs are handled by their own gateways and their own management. Axway AMPLIFY API Manager is a tool used to manage API calls. Because they contain sensitive data, security is important and is applied through the use of APIs. The API Manager is an interactive tool that allows applications to communicate with each other. The solution also facilitates data transfer, which can be secured through the use of APIs.
The solution can be deployed both on-prem and the cloud, but 99 percent of the customers for which I have worked, deploy on the cloud. Both AWS and Azure but most of the time the solution is deployed on AWS.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution is security. I haven't seen a single case of hacking in the past five years. Axway AMPLIFY API Manager is secure.
I can interact the solution with another, for example, ELK, that's another AWS tool, or Kibana, which works quite well. We require some configuration changes, of course, but once it is done, everything is visible and we can interact with the other solutions. Axway AMPLIFY API Manager is quite user-friendly.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes we find bugs where certain calls are not returning all the data we need. This means the data can become obsolete and non-visible. This needs to be fixed.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for five years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The number of calls API Gateway Manager handles ranges from 10 to 100 for some customers. For high-end traffic customers, the number of calls can range from 70,000 to 80,000 in 10 minutes. We can understand the magnitude of the number of calls. The solution is stable and shows no variation. Axway AMPLIFY API Manager has a huge capacity to deflect changes.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
We occasionally need help from the support team of Axway because some of the issues are very technical, and even go above our heads. The technical team is good enough to address the issues. When an issue is really difficult they also help us by raising an immediate ticket to the problem-management team and working with that team to resolve the issue. The technical team is quite helpful.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Axway also has competition from other tools, such as AWS Gateway and Google Apigee. However, it is a young tool compared to these others, and it is emerging nicely because it has its own product and is communicative with the cloud, not just Google. It is also interactive with other tools. For example, not just API, but also B2Bi for the Axway organization. Therefore, the solution captures the market well. The sales or product teams of the higher management of this company must have a very competitive price to sell to the end users.
How was the initial setup?
Axway provides good documentation that newcomers can easily follow, but I believe the initial setup would be tough for someone new. Experienced employees know where everything is and how to do their job, so it would be difficult for a new hire to get up to speed.
For an experienced person, I give the initial setup a ten out of ten.
Deployment can be considered a hundred lines of code and some a thousand lines. For a simple deployment, it takes 10-15 seconds. And if the environment connectivity is good enough to respond and there is some heavy code that is being deployed, it takes around 30-60 seconds max, if we are referring to the cloud, where the connectivity for the long duration of the calls is there. The total deployment time is one minute to finish up. From the industrial point of view, Europe has a major chunk of users followed by, the US, and then Australia or the Asia-Pacific region.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution an eight out of ten. The solution is highly emerging in the market. Plus, it is easy to understand and provides good jobs in this market. Therefore, I would say it is a niche tool that is one of a kind.
In my current organization, there is a limited set of people who can use the solution because it is a licensed product. Not every customer has the requirement to use it. However, in my previous company, every other person was using the solution. Every customer who was engaged with us used Axway AMPLIFY API Manager because it was a product-based organization.
The solution has received positive feedback from the organizations that are using it. However, not every day is perfect; sometimes there are glitches or connectivity issues. But even with these issues, some customers have been using the solution for more than five or six years. In fact, the number of users of the solution has increased by three times since I started working with it. From my experience, customers are loving Axway AMPLIFY API Manager.
This is a product-based solution, so not all the information can be found on Google. Axway AMPLIFY API Manager is not open source. Some features are hidden behind the license pack that Axway sells to customers. I believe that if the organization is compatible enough or has enough money to purchase the solution, then it's a great solution. The documentation is great. And if the organization is capable enough to hire experts for the solution, then they won't have issues working with Axway AMPLIFY API Manager.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.