Apiary vs webMethods.io comparison

Oracle and IBM are both solutions in the API Management category. Oracle is ranked #38, while IBM is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.7. Oracle holds a 0.6% mindshare in APIM, compared to IBM’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Apiary and webMethods.io compete in the API management and integration platforms sector. webMethods.io is considered superior due to its advanced feature set and integration capabilities, despite Apiary offering favorable pricing and support ratings based on data comparisons.

Features: Apiary offers collaborative API design, testing capabilities, and supports both Swagger (OpenAPI Specification) and API Blueprint. It integrates with GitHub for version management. webMethods.io provides comprehensive integration features, advanced mapping, and orchestrating capabilities suitable for complex environments. It also offers robust connectors, API gateway functionality, and scalable integration solutions.

Room for Improvement: Apiary could improve by enhancing its integration features, providing more robust connectors, and expanding its enterprise capabilities. It would benefit from advanced orchestration features and better scalability for larger environments. webMethods.io might enhance its API governance features, improve user interface friendliness, and offer more competitive pricing options for smaller businesses or startups. It could focus on simplifying its setup process for non-enterprise users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: webMethods.io is known for streamlined deployment and robust support services catering to enterprise-scale implementations. It allows for scalability and quick integration. Apiary offers easy deployment with a focus on API design and prototyping, appealing to agile teams and startups looking for quick project setups.

Pricing and ROI: Apiary's pricing is competitive, making it appealing to startups and mid-sized businesses looking for cost-effective API management. The swift ROI is realized through reduced design and development time. webMethods.io, though having a higher setup cost, justifies its price with enhanced integration features that are beneficial for large enterprises managing extensive API ecosystems. Its ROI is seen in scalability and comprehensive integration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Apiary

Ranking in API Management

38th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

webMethods.io

Ranking in API Management

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (2nd), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (9th), Cloud Data Integration (8th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apiary is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 2.5%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

API Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
webMethods.io	2.5%
Apiary	0.6%
Other	96.9%

API Management

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Phil Wilkins

Enterprise Integration Architect at Capgemini

The ability to configure rules to check for consistency has helped

Apiary provides a free tier of the platform which allows a small group of developers to collaborate easily on the design of open source APIs. In addition to this, it provides mock endpoints allowing people to experiment with the API without depending or having to stand up a real backend. With our clients, using Apiary allows us to very quickly pull together an API definition (particularly when using API Blueprint). The whole API design process for the simpler use cases can be done in a relatively short workshop which makes it a lot easier to agree, publish, version-manage an API definition with suitable documentation. This can then be evolved and enhanced (particularly in the documentation aspects). With the ability to support Swagger (Open API v2 and introducing/ed support for v3) and API Blueprint makes it a very versatile tool.

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Yashraj Makwana

Developer at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers strong integration capabilities and reliable features but needs pricing and scaling improvements

Many things are evolving with the AI buzz in the market. What I would like to see improved or enhanced in webMethods.io in the future is that since webMethods.io is already under IBM, I think IBM will introduce and integrate AI into it. Additionally, regarding what webMethods.io can improve is the license cost. Other cloud players are also providing the same kind of functionality, such as AWS and Azure. webMethods.io is being installed on-premises, but AWS is providing it directly in the cloud. When comparing the license cost and request per minute cost, webMethods.io needs to address that. There are many competitors in the market for this.

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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

"Git integration"

"I do like the overall performance of the solution."

"Quick and easy way to share a new API design with teams."

"In two years, there was one time the service was down for an hour or so."

"I find the generation of mock services very useful, especially when demonstrating for new consumers."

"The ease of mapping... is the single largest feature. It gives us the ability to craft anything. A lot of single-purpose technologies, like Mirth, are good for healthcare messages, but we use webMethods not only for healthcare messages but for other business-related purposes, like integrations to Salesforce or integrations to Office 365. It's multi-purpose nature is very strong."

"The messaging part is the most valuable feature."

"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."

"The cloud version of the solution is very easy to set up."

"Oracle's self-service capabilities, of which we make extensive use, is the most valuable feature."

"What I like the most about the solution is that it comes with ready-made tools like handling security tokens and OAuth."

"In the API gateway, there is a new feature that allows us to filter logs within a payload. This has been a useful feature."

"It's a good tool, and it has a stable messaging broker."

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Cons

"Swagger (OpenAPI Specification) and Blueprint Support"

"The Oracle release cycle is very bad because the patches only update once a year."

"I would like an integrated option to download a Swagger version of the definition."

"With performance, there is room for improvement in regards to if we would like to put another extra layer of security on it, such as SSL. This is affecting their performance quite significantly. They need to improve the process of managing the SSL and other things inside their solutions, so there will not be quite such a significant impact to the performance."

"Perhaps in the area of Microservices, where I think Trading Networks could benefit from some improvements."

"The licensing cost is high compared to other options."

"There are things that could be improved with the webMethods API gateway. One thing is that it's too attached to the integration service and we'd like it to be a little bit more independent. We would like for them to separate operations so that it doesn't rely on the bulky integration server and so that it can be used everywhere."

"The solution should include REST API calls."

"Documentation needs tuning. There is a lot of dependency with SoftwareAG. Even with the documentation at hand, you can struggle to implement scenarios without SAG’s help. By contrast, IBM’s documentation is self-explanatory, in my opinion."

"We need more dashboards and reporting engines that can provide detailed information for management. In short, we need better analytics."

"webMethods.io Integration's installation is complex. It should also improve integration and connectors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is easy to get started with personal (free) accounts, but a subscription is required for additional features."

"There is a free subscription option to start and try the service."

"webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them."

"There is a license needed to use the webMethods Integration Server."

"It is expensive, but we reached a good agreement with the company. It is still a little bit expensive, but we got a better deal than the previous one."

"I would like to see better pricing for the license."

"It is worth the cost."

"Some of the licensing is "component-ized," which is confusing to new users/customers."

"The pricing and licensing costs for webMethods are very high, which is the only reason that we might switch to another product."

"There are no hidden costs in addition to the standard licensing fees for webMethods. For corporate organizations, it's a very cheap or fairly priced product, but for growing or small businesses, it's quite expensive. These businesses would probably need to consider an enterprise services bus at some point. Thus, from a pricing point, it closes out non-cooperate businesses."

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	64

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webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.

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Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API

Overview

Apiary's pioneering APIFlow solution provides the framework and tools for developing application programming interfaces (APIs) that share enterprise services and data and help create modern, cloud-based applications and experiences. APIFlow spans the API creation lifecycle, including design, governance, testing, and documentation, while supporting API Blueprint and OpenAPI industry standardsץ

Oracle

webMethods.io Integration is a powerful integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides a combination of capabilities offered by ESBs, data integration systems, API management tools, and B2B gateways.

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Microsoft, salesforce.com, Bloomberg, GoodData, Viacom, Akamai Technologies, DigitalGlobe

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