We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway has a slight edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than Mulesoft Anypoint API in the setup and pricing categories.
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"It provides the flexibility to configure, switch, and manage configurations through cloud permissions or performance settings."
"t is easy for integrations if it is deployed in AWS Services."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"It is a stable solution."
"We can use both on-premises and cloud setups."
"I believe the API connectivity within the cloud marketplace is most valuable."
"The stability overall has been pretty great."
"The developer portal is easy to integrate. It is easy to use, easy to integrate, and I like the developer portal."
"MuleSoft has given the API solution a 3-tiered architecture. This means that there are multiple channels available in one application. The usability is very high."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"The most effective features of Anypoint API Manager for policy enforcement include security enforcement, rate limiting, client enforcement, traffic control, service level agreement policies, and caching policies."
"The most valuable features of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are the API gateway, rate limiting, and orchestration."
"We would like to see more UI-based monitoring."
"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."
"They could include more support tools in the product."
"I am not completely satisfied with Technical Support."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"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."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"An area for improvement in MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is the process of applying policies because it's manual. It would be great if MuleSoft could make the process easier, particularly by automating it."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"Their studio performance is very slow, it requires a lot of memory, and should be improved."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"Not many stand-out features."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve the monitoring because it is very poor quality and not user-friendly. It is not as good as other solutions on the market."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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