Apigee vs Layer7 API Management vs TIBCO Cloud API Management comparison

Google and Broadcom are both solutions in the API Management category. Google is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3, while Broadcom is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.6. Google holds a 12.8% mindshare in APIM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.9% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Apigee

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92% willing to recommend

Layer7 API Management

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90% willing to recommend

TIBCO Cloud API Management

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957 Views
799 Comparison Views

86% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Apigee, Layer7 API Management, and TIBCO Cloud API Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 12.8%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 2.9%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ShawkyFoda

Senior Consultant at Goverment

Provides high visibility and control with good traffic monitoring

Analytics is one of the areas needing enhancement, specifically more visibility and control over traffic to improve capacity management and high availability. The replication process between Master and Slave for disaster recovery takes too long. Dependencies on analytics impact the performance of the user interface, which should be separate. The complex setup process on-premises, especially with multi-node installations, could also be improved. Additional control in product declarations, based on operations like POST and GET, is needed.

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NikhilChaudhari

Senior Associate Software at Intelliswift Software

Valued for its drag-and-drop functionalities, the available policy options, and the excellent security features

I work as a PG developer, primarily dealing with Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft API management. My focus is mainly on VM management platforms such as Layer7 and Apigee Layer7 API Management is most valued for its drag-and-drop functionalities, the available policy options, and the excellent…

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Amitava Roy

Principal Enterprise Architect (Cognizant Digital Business) at Cognizant

Offers pre-built packages for quick and easy onboarding of APIs but configuration is not that easy

The configuration is not that easy. It's not that user-friendly, and security-wise when you try to implement the security layer on top of it, it's not that easy either. There are certain things where the performance is not that great. When the traffic is huge, we see some lag in performance.

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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 ease of creating policies has been the most useful of the solution's features. It's a quick ramp-up time. It's easy for our support staff to implement the policies in the API management layer."

"I like implementing different policies, for example, rate-limiting policy."

"It's a good return on my investment."

"A special feature is configuring target servers, proxy config, and Cert related security, which regularizes incoming traffic from cloud users or external applications to internal applications in a secured manner."

"It nice and easy for the clients and those using the product to access the product's help resources."

"We can customize the dashboard."

"Its customer service is good."

"I think the most valuable features are the security features. Of course, the user access control is the same as the security. The other very important issue is the sandboxing capability of Apigee."

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"There are many security policies within this solution that help to prevent attacks. We are also able to implement TLS to allow us to look at the application from the backend. There are workflows inside of the gate that help us a lot to implement customers and improve user experience. Our customers are also able to move from a customized creative view to taking advantage of AI bot solutions."

"Key features include: lightweight mediation, transformation from JSON to XML and XML to JSON, API portal and API key management, the Developer Portal, and Circuit Breaker is a cool feature, too."

"Compared to other vendors, this product is much faster in coming up with new features, which is good."

"The scalability has been good. We haven't had to scale up a whole lot, even with all the extra transactions we're running through it. We're in the area of about 2 and 1/2 million OAuth tokens issued per hour, and it's performing fine with that."

"They have got a very compelling platform that enables organizations to easily develop and roll out mobile applications."

"Security is the most important parameter of the solution, for me, because whenever you are exposing your APIs to third-parties, it is critical that the data remains anonymous and that data is retained within the system, that it is not leaked. CA API Management provides good security features."

"Almost all security features are available out-of-the-box and can be deployed rapidly."

"It is a stable product."

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"It is easy to work with ."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management has brought numerous benefits for our organization, especially in product maturity and support."

"Very few outages or SLA issues."

"Conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols and management console (can manage individually throttled settings to manage our service levels for customers)."

"When we did the product evaluation, we saw that TIBCO Mashery offers end-to-end API life cycle management. It provides all API features that are required for managing the complete life cycle. It includes the developer portal and tools for API monitorization. The out-of-box security features that TIBCO Mashery provides are enterprise-grade, which gives it an edge over other API products."

"We can completely manage the APIs at the org level and BU (business unit) level."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to have different packages based on the API keys. The same core system can have different packages based on different environments."

"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."

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Cons

"The solution is pretty expensive."

"iPaaS is something that we would like to see. For example, MuleSoft is kind of an integrated platform as a service (iPaaS), and it provides a lot of out-of-the-box connectors and other such things. This is where Apigee lacks. I'm not sure if that's the roadmap for Apigee, but any improvements on those lines would be helpful where things become easier to implement."

"I see some lagging in regards to integration capacity"

"The pricing for the product was a bit higher. I also found it challenging to manage sometimes."

"Proxy versioning seems a bit confusing/buried in the publishing experience, especially for the URI-based versioning approach."

"Apigee is more of an entry level solution that does basic things pretty well, but if you want to go more customizable, you want to really look for another solution."

"Apigee's user interface could be more straightforward and have more options. Also, it would be nice if it were ready to work out of the box without so much configuration."

"As it is now, the rotation of certificates is a manual task and is something that can be improved."

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"I would like for the new release to allow us to speed up code generation. The integration with CICD could also be more seamless."

"We have experienced technical difficulties with the product in the past."

"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."

"Some problems with response time."

"The implementation of CA API Management was complex. It is a complicated solution. You have to know so much IT knowledge to do the implementation."

"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."

"More developer focused tools. They have a nice debugger inside of the program, but when you are developing code with their policies, it is tough to visualize that sometimes as a developer."

"One of the features that the tool provides is the ability to simply onboard new APIs to an existing security platform. We build all the policies for security upfront, and then we can add those policies pretty simply and straightforwardly to any new API that gets developed in the enterprise."

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"It's not that user-friendly, and security-wise when you try to implement the security layer on top of it, it's not that easy either."

"The way agile life cycle is working needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards. I want to see some improvement on the protocol transformation. That is quite missing now. These are the three main issues."

"Policy management has been a bit of a concern."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy."

"The security needs improvement, specifically, propagation of security to an API. Calling other APIs is something that is missing in the product and that makes us think about going to a competitor."

"There are some areas for improvement in TIBCO Cloud API Management, especially regarding network protocols such as SMPP, SMTP, GVI, SVI, and Diameter which could show performance issues in terms of handling and connection management pooling efficiency."

"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."

"They can fix some stability issues and probably make it more user-friendly so that not only an IT savvy person but an end-user can also easily navigate through this solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apigee is subject to licensing fees."

"The product's pricing is fair. You need to pay additional costs for the support."

"It is a bit on the expensive side. Its licensing cost is a bit high, and that's where we've seen people going back on their decisions."

"Its price is reasonable for the features they provide and the maturity of the platform."

"My clients pay for a license."

"The current version of Apigee is not too expensive, but we are currently in talks with Google to understand their roadmap for Apigee X. However, we anticipate that with the introduction of Apigee X, the pricing will likely increase."

"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."

"In Latin America, Apigee is expensive. It's not for small businesses; it's more for big businesses."

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"Do not buy piecemeal."

"This solution is a bit more expensive than competitors."

"For what we are after, the pricing is okay. It is competitive."

"There are some costs for maintenance that we are charged, but that seems fair because we get the support."

"I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."

"I feel that it is costly for medium-sized companies."

"We weren't comfortable with the pricing of licensing. It was slightly more expensive than its competitors."

"The product is moderately priced."

More Layer7 API Management pricing and cost advice

"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."

"Its price is pretty reasonable. There are some lightweight API options available in the market, but given the feature set that TIBCO provides, its price is really reasonable."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."

"Licensing is quite flexible."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

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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 clou...

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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...

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What do you like most about Apigee?

We can customize the dashboard.

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What do you like most about Layer7 API Management?

The solution's technical support is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Layer7 API Management?

Pricing is more than average. While I am used to Layer7 API Management ( /products/layer7-api-management-reviews ), s...

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What needs improvement with Layer7 API Management?

Broadcom's push for upgrades from version nine to ten, ten to 10.3, and onwards to twelve needs improvement in migrat...

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What do you like most about TIBCO Cloud API Management?

The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token r...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Cloud API Management?

My primary role was to assess the solution from a capability perspective. So, there are some issues with the licensin...

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud API Management?

The configuration is not that easy. It's not that user-friendly, and security-wise when you try to implement the secu...

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Comparisons

Microsoft Azure API Management vs Apigee

Compared 24% of the time

IBM API Connect vs Apigee

Compared 10% of the time

WSO2 API Manager vs Apigee

Compared 8% of the time

MuleSoft API Manager vs Apigee

Compared 7% of the time

SwaggerHub vs Apigee

Compared 2% of the time

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Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Layer7 API Management

Compared 14% of the time

Amazon API Gateway vs Layer7 API Management

Compared 13% of the time

MuleSoft API Manager vs Layer7 API Management

Compared 12% of the time

Microsoft Azure API Management vs Layer7 API Management

Compared 8% of the time

IBM API Connect vs Layer7 API Management

Compared 5% of the time

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Microsoft Azure API Management vs TIBCO Cloud API Management

Compared 15% of the time

Kong Gateway Enterprise vs TIBCO Cloud API Management

Compared 10% of the time

MuleSoft API Manager vs TIBCO Cloud API Management

Compared 10% of the time

Amazon API Gateway vs TIBCO Cloud API Management

Compared 9% of the time

IBM API Connect vs TIBCO Cloud API Management

Compared 4% of the time

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Apigee

July 2025

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Layer7 API Management

June 2025

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June 2025

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CA API Management, CA Live API Creator, Espresso Logic, CA API Gateway

Mashery API Management

Overview

Apigee is a platform for developing and managing APIs. Apigee offers an interface for your core services by wrapping them with a proxy layer which is then accessed by other developers. With Apigee, you can design and build APIs and then securely share their services and data without exposing any code.

Because app developers make HTTP requests to an API proxy rather than directly to your services, your services are separated from the developers. All the developer needs to know is the URL of the API proxy endpoint, necessary query parameters, authorization credentials (if they exist), and the response data format.

The API proxy isolates the app developer from your backend service. Therefore, you are free to change the service implementation if the public API remains consistent. By maintaining a consistent frontend API, existing client apps will continue to work regardless of changes on the backend.

Key capabilities of the Apigee API management platform include:

Security: Protect APIs, messages, and backends with configurable policies such as OAuth, API key verification, XML/JSON threat protection, and access control.
API gateway: Secure and mediate the traffic between clients and backends, and between a company’s APIs and the developers who use the APIs.
Developer portal: Attract and engage application developers, enabling them to discover, explore, purchase, and test APIs and register to access and use the APIs.
API console: The console helps developers learn and work with APIs.
API lifecycle management: Manage the process of designing, developing, publishing, deploying, and versioning APIs.
Automated documentation: Automate the development of API documentation and software development kits.
Machine learning: Utilize machine learning and analytics to generate actionable insights and reports.

API monitoring: Apigee offers monitoring tools for API troubleshooting, security, and optimization.

Reviews from Real Users:

Apigee stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its rich developer portal, its advanced analytics, and its central monitoring system.

Carlos R., a software architect at Caja Los Andes writes, “The central monitoring feature is the most valuable. It also provides security for the APIs and high availability for our use cases. Apigee is the best product in the industry in comparison to other API management solutions. It helps in fast development, which is a top point. It also supports a lot of industry standards and has excellent documentation.”

An associate vice president at a tech services company notes, “The analytics function and the developer portal are the two valuable features of Apigee. The analytics part is very good, and the developer portal is quite rich in features. The authentication mechanisms are quite easily built into Apigee, which is something that most of the other products have also now started supporting.”

Google

Layer7 API Management is a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to securely expose, manage, and monetize their APIs.

It provides features such as API gateway, developer portal, analytics, and security to ensure seamless integration and control over API traffic.

With Layer7 API Management, businesses can streamline their API operations and drive innovation.

Broadcom

APIs are critical business assets that form the foundation of digital business enabling new business models, improved operational efficiency, and connected customer experiences. TIBCO Cloud API Management empowers users to maximize the business value of their APIs products through an end-to-end solution that provides full lifecycle API management alongside capabilities for API discovery, implementation and analytics that speed business value realization across your digital ecosystem.

TIBCO

Sample Customers

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