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."It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution is solid, robust, and scalable."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"We definitely get good responses from the technical team and they are quite responsive."
"The security checking authentication is our primary use case for this solution."
"The Gateway can front our APIs very easily."
"The level of technical support is good."
"Containerization and the monetization module are quite unique for an API tool... In addition, the development time and rollout time are pretty quick."
"The product supports more than just HTTP protocols; it also caters to JMS and FTP protocols."
"One of the features that the tool provides is the ability to simply onboard new APIs to an existing security platform. We build all the policies for security upfront, and then we can add those policies pretty simply and straightforwardly to any new API that gets developed in the enterprise."
"The out-of-the-box security features are useful. Right now, you can just right-click and drag and drop the assertions with the rate limit. That, as well as the x-amount surge protection, is built in so we can bring that in."
"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."
"The user interface could be improved, as well as customer support and having a local customer representative in a country."
"Since the first invocation of AWS Lambda takes more than 30 seconds because of Lambda's cold start, Amazon API Gateway blocks that resource, thereby aborting the invocation."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"The user interface, in general, can be better. The user interface for the entire Amazon cloud can be more friendly. There are some scenarios that are not really easy to manage and configure through the user interface."
"From a use cases perspective, you need to have an internal and external gateway. AWS can only handle external traffic so has to be used together with another solution."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"The developer portal needs to fully supported SOAP services (including WSDL publication with security), it would certainly push adoption for us."
"One of the features that the tool provides is the ability to simply onboard new APIs to an existing security platform. We build all the policies for security upfront, and then we can add those policies pretty simply and straightforwardly to any new API that gets developed in the enterprise."
"The delivery is bulky in terms of implementation. Its price could also be better. It is a very good product as compared to CA API, Google API, and WSO2 API, but its price is high. From the cloud-native perspective, some new features need to be added. It could also be made simpler to implement."
"Layer7 API Management could improve by assing more portal-based capabilities."
"One day, where we can have a microservices gateway and we will not need the classic gateway at all, that is what we want to see."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"We are looking for improvements related to integration. We want to see them add integration tools to the CA bundle. That would be helpful."
"We have experienced technical difficulties with the product in the past."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, 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, WSO2 API Manager and IBM API Connect, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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