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Apigee vs Frends comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Apigee
Ranking in API Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
API Testing Tools (11th)
Frends
Ranking in API Management
27th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 6.9%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Frends is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apigee6.9%
Frends0.7%
Other92.4%
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.
Lauri Vanhanen - PeerSpot reviewer
Development Manager at ELO
Integration platform has simplified logistics workflows and has streamlined complex order handling
The best aspect is that it is very easy to use. The UI is very intuitive, and you can learn it very quickly because the basic principles are straightforward and easy to search. Frends has a great UI, but the UI is missing role-based permissions. You can filter your integrations by roles and add several users to roles, but in the UI, the functionality for this kind of management feature is not optimal. User management or user role management could be improved.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the best parts of this solution is the implementation as we did not need to use code or out-of-box policies. When it comes to the cloud-based architecture, there is a high level of reliability."
"The solution offers the best API management in the world."
"The most valuable features are low-code play, quick packaging, and production."
"Apigee is among the leaders in API platforms."
"Apigee provides out-of-the-box policies, so it is ready to use with minimal configuration to those policies, and you can govern your API and manage the life cycle of the API completely with the Apigee tool."
"Easy interface to monetize and deliver APIs with very easy integration for third-party development environments/delivery."
"We are achieving five thousand TPS (Throughput per second) on peak load, and managing thousands of proxies against K8s cluster services."
"I use it because it's simple, it automatically updates, and It hasn't given me any issues."
"The best aspect is that it is very easy to use."
"The user-friendly interface for constructing integration solutions is also a notable benefit."
"The product has valuable features for version control."
"One of the benefits is the speed of creating something new. Second, it's replacing the old integration quite fast. Then it is like the visibility of the integration and the possibility to see what is happening in the integration."
 

Cons

"We found a glitch in Apigee, and we raised it with them: It's the response overlapping from the API with high traffic."
"The caching capabilities are somewhat limited. This is more on the developer-oriented capabilities."
"We are experiencing some performance issues."
"The technical support could be improved because their response time is slow."
"The integration could be improved within the solution. There is a need to pay more attention to this."
"Apigee lacks market presence."
"The support is lacking. One of the main reasons it is lacking is because they have different applications bundled together."
"The solution tends to hide the limitations to keep selling the product."
"Logging should be better."
"It is a new application and lacks some essential features compared to competitors."
"One of the primary areas for improvement is a more mobile-friendly interface for the control center."
"Another enhancement includes the monitoring part. It would be nice to have some sort of maybe mobile app on which we can see how integrations are running if there are some problems, and getting those alerts on the mobile would be really nice."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They need to work on the cost of the solution."
"The cost increases as the usage increases."
"It is an expensive solution."
"The solution’s pricing could be more competitive."
"The price of Apigee could be less expensive. The solution can be purchased monthly or annually."
"The prices are comparable."
"Since it was acquired by Google, we can get a license based on our requirements and the cost level will depend on cloud access and support."
"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."
"Recent changes in their pricing have removed this benefit, moving towards process-specific pricing."
"The pricing is quite fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
36%
Educational Organization
11%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise66
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a cloud-based solution. Both solutions are easy to use. Apigee allows for the ability...
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...
What needs improvement with Apigee?
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 clo...
What needs improvement with Frends?
Logging should be better. Third-party software logging should be integrated into the monitors of the front-end integrations, but it does not monitor the third-party connectors through that. Those l...
What is your primary use case for Frends?
We had many different applications for Frends. For file transferring of different types, we modified the files and then used it for logistical processes including warehousing, inventory checkups, a...
What advice do you have for others considering Frends?
If you need an integration platform, I would recommend Frends. I give this product a rating of 8 out of 10.
 

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