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Apigee vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management vs MuleSoft API Manager comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 8.1%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY API Management is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft API Manager is 4.4%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apigee8.1%
MuleSoft API Manager4.4%
Axway AMPLIFY API Management1.6%
Other85.9%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

IM
consultant at Allstate
Apigee empowers effective API management while needing improvements in technical support
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private cloud. I am not currently utilizing AI in the private cloud with Apigee, but I'm unsure about hybrid and Apigee X.
reviewer2081667 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized gateway has strengthened API security and provides deep traffic analytics
Potential areas of improvement or lack of functions in Axway AMPLIFY API Management is a challenging question because even after working for almost six years, I have not been able to touch everything this tool offers. This tool is very comprehensive and useful. However, from my opinion, when there are different dashboards on which the API platform shows monitoring, I expect Axway AMPLIFY API Management to be more visible in terms of showing pre-historic data. In other words, if there is a very large volume or very large number of transactions going on live in production, sometimes it purges the previous data very quickly, leaving only one or two hours of data. When there is very low volume, it can sustain data up to five days. The visibility of the previous historic database is a feature that could be improved. Different tools can be used to empower this capability, such as Splunk or the ELK stack, which includes Elastic. There are different features that could be used, but Axway as an organization would likely implement their specific products. I am simply providing a very basic opinion anonymously and do not want to sound like I am against this organization.
D.Rajesh Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Improved Integration Efficiency and Potential for Further Enhancements in Monitoring and User Experience
The policies in MuleSoft API Manager are significant features. We get the policies by default, with more than 25 out-of-the-box policies. If any additional requirement exists specific to the customer, there is a custom policy framework. We can build the policy according to our requirement, and deploy and enable it at the API Manager level to consume across different business groups, environments, or organizations altogether within the platform. Developing the custom policy is not challenging; you just need to follow the custom policy framework to implement. The custom policy and the different levels of SLAs of the API Manager are notable. Regarding the monitoring side of the API Manager, MuleSoft provides substantial monitoring with logs, offering search capability, raw data accessibility, and different subscriptions. With the top tier, integration with third-party platforms such as ELK or Splunk becomes unnecessary because all search capabilities, dashboards, and functional monitoring can be built within the platform itself. This is excellent from the monitoring perspective, and there have been recent improvements focusing on observability. For DevOps, if you want to make your continuous integration and continuous deployment effective, irrespective of the tool, there are options to integrate. For example, you can use the Maven plugin, platform APIs, or CLI to build your end-to-end DevOps cycle.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The drag-and-drop and click-through functionalities, alongside minimal code requirements, make Apigee valuable. It is intuitive and user-friendly."
"The analytics feature is quite good."
"The customer service and support are cooperative and effective in providing insights and solutions during challenges."
"Great flexibility with its features."
"Apigee Analytics dashboard is useful to monitor transactions, error percentage, transaction latency, etc."
"The usability is one of the best aspects of the product."
"I'm still evaluating, but in terms of overall performance and stability, it's quite good."
"Its customer service is good."
"I don't believe the Salesforce has been fully utilized yet. It gives us quick engagement."
"The administration tool for this solution is good."
"There's drag and drop functionality so that you do not need to have a senior expert developer to make use of the tool. You can get more of your staff trained up to be able to use it as it's not overly technical."
"Axway is a good product according to Gartner which is why we started to adopt it."
"The best feature of Axway Amplify API Management is its exceptional level of security, which is highly reassuring, coupled with its remarkable capacity to handle substantial volumes of data in impressively efficient turnaround times."
"It provides very strong security functionality to protect information in an easier way."
"In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers."
"The UI and UX are quite good and easy to understand."
"The most valuable feature of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the gateway that is provided."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager's most valuable aspect is it has plenty of features."
"We have all the policies available via drag and drop. It made it very easy."
"The auto-creation of the API documentation is useful."
"The security features are good, and it's easy to configure the end-to-end integration with existing applications."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is a great solution. I like it very much because of its speed of delivery and because it allows API-led integration."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"We have not seen many tickets which tells us it is very stable."
 

Cons

"I would say that it currently takes too long to set up and deploy and that it is not as short a time to complete the process as it should be."
"The entire user across all the layers should be singly authenticated through an external authentication system."
"An area for improvement would be to provide more information while troubleshooting."
"I don't have any notes for improvement."
"Apigee lacks market presence."
"I am still struggling to understand how we can use Apigee as a hybrid system. The pricing of this solution could also be improved as there are multiple new products coming onto the market at competitive price points."
"Apigee is demanding on the infrastructure so the setup cost is very high for an on-premises deployment."
"It is an expensive solution."
"Ultimately, from a very high-level overview, cloud platforms or Kong could have a slight advantage when compared to Axway AMPLIFY API Management."
"A significant area of improvement for Axway AMPLIFY API Management is the Amplify Central portal, which should help expose APIs on a webpage for potential customers."
"Team management capabilities could be improved."
"The installation process is a bit complex and it could be a lot simpler."
"The product shows a lack of maturity. The setup is difficult, the tech support and community are lacking, and it is not very stable."
"In terms of customer service, the company needs to be easier to contact, and the support team needs to understand the situation and the product itself better."
"The API Mocking tools need to be improved."
"Not a ten because of the pricing and technical support."
"The upgrade is a very messy process; Mule 3.X to 4 or 4.2 requires you have to rewrite the APIs, and it is not just upgrading the build pack with a runtime."
"I'd like to see improvements in API Exchange. Currently, we can only expose APIs publicly. I want to categorize some APIs and expose them just to internal stakeholders. It would be great if they could log in to a developer portal, see our current APIs, view Swagger or RAML docs, and try request-response payloads."
"With respect to the live help, I have language issues because I can't understand some of the things that I hear."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"The solution could be improved in educational and onboarding areas."
"When it comes to pricing, I find it always expensive. The pricing is high, which is the biggest point where some customers are hesitant about adopting it, and their deployment strategy is also more costly due to containerization."
"Monetization and cataloging can be improved."
"I think that they can bring some transparency in reference to the terms of the microservices architecture."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apigee is a pretty expensive solution."
"My clients pay for a license."
"The cost of the licensing is based on the number of API calls that are made."
"If the budget is not a concern then I will choose to go with Apigee over WSA-2, but if it is then I would prefer the latter solution."
"The price of Apigee could be less expensive. The solution can be purchased monthly or annually."
"As most of the customers say, the tool is a bit expensive."
"Based on your usage of the APIs you can take a decision to go with either an on-cloud or OPDK version. Get in touch with the sales representatives of Apigee."
"Apigee is expensive and not cost-effective. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it an eight for the high cost. The changes individuals need to make on their side are costly."
"The solution is expensive. When you acquire a license you have full access to the solution, unlike other competitors such as Apigee X, where there are fragmented licenses. Some licenses only allow access to certain features while others allow access to more features. Upon procuring this solution's license, you will have full access to the solution, allowing you to experiment with all of its features."
"I think that it is pretty expensive."
"When it comes to determining price, the pre-sales team interacts with the customer's primary integration team and the price is negotiated based on the specific usage of the system."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The product is highly priced compared to other advanced software. It is affordable only for tier-one customers."
"I want MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager to be cheaper because when you scale up, it becomes very costly. Price-wise, I'd give it a seven out of ten."
"It is extremely high, and I would rate it one out of ten."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as six and a half to seven."
"The pricing for this solution is cheaper than GCP and Bluemix."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

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Small Business
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Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise65
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Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
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Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise44
 

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Also Known As

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Vordel Application Gateway, Axway API Management Plus, Axway API Management, AMPLIFY API Management
Anypoint API Manager
 

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Sample Customers

Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson
Engie Group, Allianz
Coca-Cola, Splunk, Citrix, UCSF, Vertu, State of Colorado, National Post, TiVo, Deakin, LLS, Oldcastle Precast, ParcelPoint, Justice Systems, Ube, Sumitomo Corporation, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Groupe Initiatives, Camelot, Panviva
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