We performed a comparison between Frends and Layer7 API Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."
"Scalability: API Gateway is easily scalable horizontally and managed easily."
"The solution has numerous configuration options to increase security in communication."
"They have got a very compelling platform that enables organizations to easily develop and roll out mobile applications."
"The speed and versatility in the implementation of APIs without writing a line of code in any programming language."
"The product documentation helps the client and/or user to evolve quickly while using the tool."
"The mobile access gateway (MAG) is tremendous."
"It impresses me as a product because it never goes down. It always does what it is supposed to do."
"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."
"The development portal could be improved."
"They need a workflow for the API Developer Portal, where the process only allows requests to go to the correct person."
"The portal is not the most intuitive and the way things are displayed makes it difficult to find the information we need."
"There is room for improvement in terms of innovation and investment, especially when compared to other leading products in the market."
"We are looking for improvements related to integration. We want to see them add integration tools to the CA bundle. That would be helpful."
"As the number of instances increases, its complexity of installation increases if you do not use the OVA."
"The Portal is not stable."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
Frends is ranked 22nd in API Management with 3 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews. Frends is rated 8.6, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Frends writes "Offers simplicity, ease of customization, and visibility of integrations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Frends is most compared with , whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Microsoft Azure API Management. See our Frends vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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