We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Layer7 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."Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"In terms of scalability, I haven't encountered any issues with API Gateway. We've significantly increased our traffic from hitting it once or twice a minute to now hitting it ten to fifteen times within a minute. In an hour, we're receiving hundreds of hits. So, it's performing excellently."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"t is easy for integrations if it is deployed in AWS Services."
"What I like best about Amazon API Gateway is that it's simple to use, easy to set up, and you can quickly get it up and running. It's a very user-friendly solution. I also didn't experience any issues in terms of Amazon API Gateway interface, integration, or monitoring. The solution runs smoothly."
"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."
"It's a comprehensive tool that allows us to perform all the necessary tasks in one place."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"The most valuable feature of Layer7 API Management is that their policy is really easy to develop and it is flexible."
"The most important features of Layer7 API Management are the basic security functionality and validation checks."
"We have more than 50 applications in the backend. We monitor the infrastructure through a database monitoring tool. Our daily tasks involve working on P1 incidents, managing change requests, conducting patching updates, working on P2 tickets, backend server certificate renewals, etc."
"Tech support is fast and responsive."
"It is a stable product."
"Amazon API Gateway is not as complete as Apigee and needs to be improved by adding more features to become a more robust application."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"We would like to see more UI-based monitoring."
"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"Their support services come at a considerable cost, leaving room for improvement."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"Its support for SAM integration could be made more accessible."
"Currently, I'm not facing any issues with Amazon API Gateway, which satisfies my requirements. I'm pretty happy with what Amazon API Gateway offers, but as its pricing is on the higher side, that's one area for improvement in the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of Amazon API Gateway is an improvement in the status checks you get from the monitoring feature of the solution. Currently, you get the number of requests received, the number of reports, etc., but if there are more details than what's given by Amazon API Gateway, that will improve the solution."
"I would like for the new release to allow us to speed up code generation. The integration with CICD could also be more seamless."
"Some problems with response time."
"Layer7 API Management should improve the quota policy for the number of API calls."
"There could be more integration options included in the product."
"The interface should be improved."
"feel like Apigee's API product is more interactive. You can drag and drop with those, but it's a little more difficult in Layer7. It's less user-friendly compared to that Apigee product."
"The architecture of the solution does not allow for flexibility in using different components for the gateway architecture."
"Layer7 API Management could have a live API creator feature, so my team can easily create APIs. Right now, the product doesn't have that feature."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 16 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 6th in API Management with 15 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.6, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, Kong Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Enterprise, Microsoft Azure API Management and TIBCO Cloud API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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