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We performed a comparison between 3scale API Management and TIBCO Cloud API Management 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.
To learn more, read our detailed 3scale API Management vs. TIBCO Cloud API Management Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The standard deployment is very simple.""The gateway is the most valuable feature because it makes it possible for us to gather all traffic into one proxy, which is a good thing.""The product is stable.""To me, the most valuable feature of 3scale API Management is that it lets you add a backend to the product. I also like that you can integrate it well with OpenShift clusters, making 3scale API Management a useful solution.""The solution is quite lightweight, and the installation is very easy. It's like a two-click installation.""I like the API automation.""It's good that they aren't adding a lot of features like ESP, etc. It's okay with just being a gateway.""The most valuable features are the gateway and security features."

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"It is easy to work with .""The reason why we selected the solution originally was because of its ability to have a gateway both on-premise and in the cloud. This is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us.""The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads.""Very few outages or SLA issues.""The most valuable feature is the ability to have different packages based on the API keys. The same core system can have different packages based on different environments.""The solution is a good general API manager. They have a few propriety features but are offering items that are standard in the industry as well.""The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability.""The control that we have and the security features are very valuable. With regard to API implementation or API orchestration, it works very well in the cloud because as soon as you create an API with one click, you can actually expose your APIs."

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Cons
"The user experience could be better. The developer portal is too complex and hard to configure.""What I'd like to improve in 3scale API Management is its route-limiting feature. Currently, I don't know how to do that effectively on the solution, but in Kong, I know how to do it, so I would love to see route-limiting being easily done on 3scale API Management. It would also be good if there was some authentication that you could do from 3scale API Management because Kong offers that functionality out of the box. What I'd love to see in the next release of 3scale API Management is the ability to integrate more plug-ins easily onto the platform, so you'll be able to extend it, and even do customs management. If Red Hat could offer that extension where it allows the internal organization where 3scale API Management is deployed on-premise to integrate its tools on top of 3scale API Management and provide an API for that, that will make the solution very powerful.""What was suggested by Red Hat was a crucial part of the configuration, but when we started to ask about the supportability of this configuration, Red Hat said only some parts of the configuration would be supported.""The product is not that flexible for developers. It's less flexible and rigid. It's not easy to make changes or customize it.""I believe the CMS part of it has room for improvement though. That is where you write a couple of things if you want to publish your API. It's based on liquid scripting, which doesn't seem like the obvious ones to script with.""We tried to use the portal, but we decided that it wasn't enough. The content management system (CMS) is not easy to use if you want to customize things, and it's hard to get someone who has the knowledge to work with the CMS.""3scale API Management only supports restful APIs and doesn't support SOAP.""It would be helpful to improve the customization features so that the customer can do it based on their own needs."

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"They can fix some stability issues and probably make it more user-friendly so that not only an IT savvy person but an end-user can also easily navigate through this solution.""TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy.""It lacks many features at the API gateway compared to other solutions.""Policy management has been a bit of a concern.""The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive.""The way agile life cycle is working needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards. I want to see some improvement on the protocol transformation. That is quite missing now. These are the three main issues.""I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery.""Monetization is not that great in API management. You need customization. Improvements are needed with sandbox local as well as with monetization. Those features are missing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I don't think that 3scale is very expensive."
  • "3scale API Management has reasonable pricing, judging from its competitor, Kong. My organization pays yearly for the 3scale API Management license, though I'm unable to give the exact figure because every single day there are new clusters deployed. I'm in charge of three to four clusters in my team, but give or take, it costs a few thousand lakhs."
  • "The cost was around $45,000 per year."
  • "The pricing is affordable, it's cheap."
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  • "We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."
  • "Its price is pretty reasonable. There are some lightweight API options available in the market, but given the feature set that TIBCO provides, its price is really reasonable."
  • "Licensing is quite flexible."
  • "TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution is affordable. I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap.
    Top Answer:The tool can improve API management and UI.
    Top Answer:The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads.
    Top Answer:TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution. If you have the cost in mind, you can go for TIBCO Cloud API Management. However, we have some limitations, like, even if you have a SOAP API… more »
    Top Answer:We observed delays under heavy load conditions, and without proper tuning, changes could take an extended period to filter and become effective. For instance, adjustments made in the UI sometimes took… more »
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    Also Known As
    Mashery API Management
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    Overview

    3scale is an API management platform that delivers flexible, highly scalable solutions to package, distribute, control, and monetize your APIs, giving you the power to make the most of your API program.

    • Share company data, content, or services through Web or mobile applications.
    • Provide an API to external organizations, internal teams, or both.
    • Avoid the hassle and constant maintenance of building a solution from scratch.

    3scale delivers centralized API management features through a distributed, cloud-hosted layer. The platform includes built-in features to help you build a more successful API program, including access control, rate limits, payment gateway integration, and developer experience tools.

    APIs are critical business assets that form the foundation of digital business enabling new business models, improved operational efficiency, and connected customer experiences. TIBCO Cloud API Management empowers users to maximize the business value of their APIs products through an end-to-end solution that provides full lifecycle API management alongside capabilities for API discovery, implementation and analytics that speed business value realization across your digital ecosystem.

    Sample Customers
    Victor Ops, Coca Cola, The Telegraph, Skava, Orange, Typeform
    uShip, Sabre, TouchTunes, Best Buy, Cisco, Comcast, athenahealth, Coca-Cola Enterprises, CentralIndex.com, Constant Contact, Edmunds.com, FoodEssentials, Getty Images, Klout, Rovi, Rotten Tomatoes, Sportradar, TomTom, ACTIVE.com
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company50%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Media Company10%
    Transportation Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Healthcare Company5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise36%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    3scale API Management vs. TIBCO Cloud API Management
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about 3scale API Management vs. TIBCO Cloud API Management and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    3scale API Management is ranked 11th in API Management with 10 reviews while TIBCO Cloud API Management is ranked 26th in API Management with 10 reviews. 3scale API Management is rated 7.4, while TIBCO Cloud API Management is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of 3scale API Management writes "Useful as it lets you add a backend to the product, it integrates well with clusters, and it has exceptional technical support, but route-limiting isn't easy to do on it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO Cloud API Management writes "Is highly scalable, but monetization and analytics need improvement". 3scale API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Apigee, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager, whereas TIBCO Cloud API Management is most compared with Apigee, Amazon API Gateway, Layer7 API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and IBM API Connect. See our 3scale API Management vs. TIBCO Cloud API Management report.

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