Amazon API Gateway vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and WSO2 are both solutions in the API Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5, while WSO2 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 14.7% mindshare in APIM, compared to WSO2’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

Amazon API Gateway

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92% willing to recommend

WSO2 API Manager

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5,826 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated 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.

To learn more, read our detailed Amazon API Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager Report (Updated: September 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon API Gateway

Ranking in API Management

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 API Manager

Ranking in API Management

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Amazon API Gateway is 14.7%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 4.6%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Serg Anonymous

Project Manager at Yukon

Jan 31, 2024

Met our expectations and eliminates the need for us to handle rate limiting ourselves

I use it to expose API. So, I primarily use it for publishing our APIs and implementing rate limiting. We mainly use it within our internal services It eliminates the need for us to handle rate limiting ourselves. It completely met our expectations. We have no issues with it. Moreover,…

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Eric-Winston

Senior Manager at Wavenet International Pvt Ltd

Jun 4, 2024

Conducts regular research and comes up with improvements

It is for Reselling and Integration in our solutions to be sold to customers This has improved us a software company, where we have integrated the solution to many of our customers, We use the vanilla version of the WSO2 API Manager and integrate additional features ourselves. The basic features…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."

"It is very helpful, with our API-based applications."

"In terms of most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it."

"Its security feature is the most valuable because it is mainly a security solution. It has easy authentication and authorization, and its integration is also useful."

"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."

"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."

"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."

"The most valuable feature is it has lots of integration."

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"The solution is open source and easy to configure."

"The solution is stable."

"WSO2 API Manager is open-source, which offers a range of features not found in other open-source API tools."

"The flexibility is definitely a highlight. We have flexible mapping capabilities, allowing us to provide common mappings or create custom ones as needed."

"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model."

"API management lifecycle is the most valuable."

"It's a good product."

"WSO2 API Manager is a stable solution."

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Cons

"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."

"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."

"The user interface could be improved, as well as customer support and having a local customer representative in a country."

"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."

"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."

"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."

"We faced a few issues with the documentation."

"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."

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"I can say that user management is not really flexible. So, if I want to create 1,000 store users, I can't do it as a publisher. You have to register as a store user using the store URL."

"The stability is pretty good, but it could be improved."

"WSO2 API Manager could increase their security compliance."

"Lacks some new features and updated functionalities."

"The user interface could be a bit better."

"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."

"The solution could be more user friendly for engineers."

"They don't have different URLs for administrators."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is an annual licensing cost to use Amazon API Gateway."

"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."

"The pricing model for API Gateway is advantageous due to its serverless nature, as it depends on traffic volume."

"Amazon API Gateway is a very cheaply priced product."

"Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."

"The product is expensive."

"I rate the tool's price as seven on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price and ten means high price."

"The solution's price is reasonable."

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"We use the open-source version of WSO2 API Manager, there is no cost."

"WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."

"The solution costs less than 20,000 euros a year. I'm not sure of the exact number."

"There is a subscription-based pricing structure and also the open-sourced version available."

"WSO2 API Manager is a costly solution, and its pricing is not competitive enough compared to other products."

"For our projects, we found the pricing to be a little high."

"As far as I'm aware, the costs are not minimal but satisfactory."

"WSO2 API Manager is an open-source solution."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

14%

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?

Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring, ma...

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How does Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager compare with Amazon API Gateway?

I have found that Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the best integration tool out there for API management. It is easy to implement and learn; it provides several options for deployment, (including ...

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Which is better - Azure API Management or Amazon API Gateway?

If you use Azure products, API Management is a great solution. It solves many of the problems of externalizing web services. For example, when you need versioning, establish a developer portal and ...

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What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?

It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability.

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What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?

The solution’s interface should be more user-friendly.

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What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?

I use the solution in my company from our customers to expose APIs built for being exposed. The tool is also helpful for managing security in the area of APIs and making sure that only those people...

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Comparisons

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Compared 60% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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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.

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

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