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Amazon API Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager
September 2023
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Updated on Jan 2, 2023

We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and WSO2 API Manager based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: For the most part, users of both solutions say they are easy and straightforward to deploy.
  • Features: Amazon API Gateway users say the solution is simple to use, and users can quickly get it up and running. The solution runs smoothly and offers good interface, integration, and monitoring. Users feel the solution needs to be able to handle both internal and external traffic better; the overall interface is a bit dated and needs some refinement.

    WSO2 API Manager is very fast and has very good integration. Users are able to easily create and publish APIs and manage the entire API lifecycle. Users feel the solution should offer different URLs for administrators and feel security should be better. Additionally, users would like to see some type of SSO single sign-on between tenants to improve the overall multi-tenant environments.
  • Pricing: Both solutions offer open-source options and very competitive pricing plans.
  • Service and Support: Users of both solutions are satisfied with the service and support they have received.

Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway finishes slightly ahead in this comparison. Amazon is very flexible and offers very good integrations, especially within the Amazon ecosystem. Many WSO2 API Manager users feel the solution has some stability and performance issues, making it less desirable.

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Featured Review
Anup Karade
Researched WSO2 API Manager but chose Amazon API Gateway: Easy initial setup and highly stable solution
Clement Hsieh
A scalable and easy-to-use solution that is easy to set up and configure
The tool is easy to manage.
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Pros
"It is a stable solution.""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.""API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks.""It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy.""The solution is stable.""Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda.""All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this.""The most valuable feature is it has lots of integration."

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"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model.""The solution is stable.""The solution is open source and easy to configure.""The documentation is good.""The scalability is fine for our purposes.""The product is easy to use.""WSO2 API Manager is a stable solution.""The user interface is easy to navigate, and the documentation is extensive. It's open-source, so everything is available, and we can create what we need. That's not necessarily a feature, but it's an advantage."

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Cons
"We would like to see more UI-based monitoring.""Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors.""Amazon API Gateway is not as complete as Apigee and needs to be improved by adding more features to become a more robust application.""I believe better governance and monitoring features would be beneficial.""There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access.""Its support for SAM integration could be made more accessible.""Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished.""The pricing could be improved. In cases where customers require real-time sync or real-time calling groups with IoT, the volume of data and time lag become a concern."

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"WSO2 API Manager can be improved a lot relating to usability""The user interface could be a bit better.""We found WSO2 API Manager to be a bit complex.""The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge.""We had some problems with the reverse proxy not being able to invoke fully qualified domain names, so we have to build some custom scripts to solve this issue.""The initial setup can be difficult.""The product hasn’t been updated for some time.""Lacks some new features and updated functionalities."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I am satisfied with the price."
  • "There is an annual licensing cost to use Amazon API Gateway."
  • "Amazon API Gateway has various pricing plans, but I cannot give the exact cost, though I can say that it's expensive. On a scale of one to five, I'd rate the pricing for Amazon API Gateway as two, as the solution is one of the most expensive products in the market for API management."
  • "We use all open-source technology."
  • "Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."
  • "The solution's price is reasonable."
  • "AWS charges for data ingress and egress, which could be further reduced. This would be helpful for customers dealing with large amounts of data coming in or going out from their systems."
  • "It's cost-effective, even as our workload and the number of APIs we manage have increased."

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  • "WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."
  • "We use the open-source version of WSO2 API Manager, there is no cost."
  • "It is costly, around ten thousand per year, per instance"
  • "The solution costs less than 20,000 euros a year. I'm not sure of the exact number."
  • "For our projects, we found the pricing to be a little high."
  • "WSO2 API Manager is a costly solution, and its pricing is not competitive enough compared to other products."
  • "WSO2 API Manager is quite an expensive tool. I rate the product's pricing a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low and ten is high."
  • "I am using the free version."

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    What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?
    Top Answer:WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model.
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    What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?
    Top Answer:WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market.
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    What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?
    Top Answer:We use the solution mainly to protect the frontend and backend proxy APIs. We also use the solution for federating with the identity server. We publish our backend API into WSO2 API Manager and use… more »
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    3rd
    out of 62 in API Management
    Views
    26,899
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    Reviews
    14
    Average Words per Review
    428
    Rating
    8.6
    8th
    out of 62 in API Management
    Views
    10,770
    Comparisons
    7,179
    Reviews
    15
    Average Words per Review
    358
    Rating
    7.9
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    Overview

    Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, you can create an API that acts as a "front door" for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from your back-end services, such as workloads running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), code running on AWS Lambda, or any Web application.

    WSO2 API Manager is a comprehensive platform that allows organizations to design, publish, and manage APIs. 

    It provides a centralized interface for API governance, security, and analytics. 

    With features like API monetization and developer portal, it enables businesses to drive innovation and create new revenue streams.

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    Sample Customers
    Autodesk, Fox Digital Consumer Group, iFlix, UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Miovision, Olympusat, PhotoVogue, Royale International Group, Veracode
    1. eBay 2. StubHub 3. Cisco 4. Verizon 5. T-Mobile 6. Vodafone 7. Orange 8. BT Group 9. Telstra 10. Deutsche Telekom 11. Swisscom 12. AT&T 13. Sprint 14. Telefonica 15. O2 16. British Airways 17. Lufthansa 18. Emirates 19. Qatar Airways 20. Etihad Airways 21. Air France 22. KLM 23. American Express 24. Visa 25. Mastercard 26. PayPal 27. Western Union 28. Citibank 29. HSBC 30. Barclays 31. Santander 32. Goldman Sachs
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Retailer27%
    Computer Software Company27%
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Educational Organization18%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 16 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 15 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.6, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes " A tool that serves as a gateway to support and monitor an organization's services that need to make upgrades easier". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, Kong Enterprise and Layer7 API Management, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Enterprise, Microsoft Azure API Management, 3scale API Management and IBM API Connect. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager report.

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