We performed a comparison between Apigee, Layer7 API Management, and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in API Management."Apigee provides out-of-the-box policies, so it is ready to use with minimal configuration to those policies. You can govern your API and manage the life cycle of the API completely with the Apigee tool."
"The usability is one of the best aspects of the product."
"It's easy to use and the security features are valuable."
"It's stable."
"Apigee has proven to be one of the best of the breed."
"Its customer service is good."
"Apigee gives you plenty of opportunities to set up your workspace depending on how you want to manage your APIs."
"The initial setup was easy - there was an onboarding document with steps that we followed."
"Has great drag-and-drop features and requires minimal coding."
"There are a couple aspects of performance. One is just speed and uptime, and it's stellar in that regard. The other is, how much effort is it to put it in place in the first place, and then how much effort is it to keep it operational. That's where its real strength is. I'm able to do things quickly and easily that I couldn't do before."
"As an organization grow, you can use CA API Management for authentication purposes through the CA API Gateway. It allows for multiple identity providers with different Active Directories."
"Tech support is fast and responsive."
"The latest version that just came out at the first of October really was a powerful move in the right direction. I was very, very pleased with that because it allows now beginning to use information of things. We've got this IOT infrastructure that we can plug into, and for my use cases there are a lot of outdoor sensors that provide valuable information to my customers."
"It is fairly stable for the Gateway side."
"The solution has numerous configuration options to increase security in communication."
"A big win for CA was the expertise of the local country support plus having support staff on site in a matter of hours, if required."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"When using the Mulesoft Anypoint Platform, it has a wide range of connectors that are readily available to connect with the multiple applications."
"The ease of policy maintenance and API functionality are key features for me. They streamline business processes by allowing configurable control over policies, instead of writing codes and making maintenance more straightforward."
"Anypoint API Manager's most valuable feature is its connectors."
"MuleSoft has given the API solution a 3-tiered architecture. This means that there are multiple channels available in one application. The usability is very high."
"The scalability is good. It's passable."
"We can use both on-premises and cloud setups."
"The stability overall has been pretty great."
"The caching capabilities are somewhat limited. This is more on the developer-oriented capabilities."
"They have an external developer platform that was a little bit painful."
"Since it is based on various open sourced projects, we might have to depend on the fixes provided by those components rather than Apigee directly fixing the issues."
"We do not have control over the installation."
"The solution could add even more functionalities."
"Integration should be improved."
"The ability to work across different management solutions in a plug and play fashion would make it easier for faster uptake."
"The entire user across all the layers should be singly authenticated through an external authentication system."
"The solution should prioritize ease of use and align with the growing trend of cloud-native environments."
"Layer7 API Management should improve the quota policy for the number of API calls."
"The Policy Manager tool that is used to manage the solution is very heavy to use because it is based in Java. Sometimes it takes a long time to load. There could be some improvements to it. If they could make Policy Manager on a web page that would be a good alternative."
"The entire lifecycle management approach needs improvement: from the API management, development, deployment, some of the settings around the quotas, and some security policy applications, etc. for the APIs. We found the Apigee platform a lot more robust in that area."
"As the number of instances increases, its complexity of installation increases if you do not use the OVA."
"I would like for the new release to allow us to speed up code generation. The integration with CICD could also be more seamless."
"It is not possible for clients to migrate to a newer version."
"CA double up portal is a pain. It is something that we are struggling with right now."
"The cost model could be improved."
"I'd like more monitoring and analyzing features included in the future."
"The solution's price is high."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"The log management for this solution needs improvement."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"With respect to the live help, I have language issues because I can't understand some of the things that I hear."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
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