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Gloo Platform vs Tyk comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Gloo Platform
Ranking in API Management
28th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tyk
Ranking in API Management
20th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Gloo Platform is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tyk is 2.1%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

Gaurav Saini - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers an interpreted language, which doesn't require compilation and good community support
Glue is not mandatory. It's an option. If you have the learning capability to learn Glue quickly, you can go for it. But there are other alternatives where you will find many articles, study material, and certifications on the internet, apart from Glue. So, if Glue is not mandatory for you, go for something else. If you don't have any other option, go for Glue. But it's not easy because Glue is difficult to learn, and it is difficult to remember the syntax. Every time you need support, if you're going to have a bigger integration or connectivity with third-party libraries or services, you won't find many articles or help on the internet. However, the community is there, but you need to spend some time with them to make them understand the issue. Keeping all these points in mind, I would still suggest that if you have an alternative language to go for, you should go for it. Otherwise, go for Glue. It is not easy for a beginner to learn to use Glue for the first time. There are a few videos and courses available, but it's difficult. It's not as easy as other languages, also in terms of available content. So, it's a bit hard. But once you understand the concept, then you can potentially grasp things further. Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten because I didn't use Glue for all purposes. I used it mainly for integration and service connectivity.
MarkDoherty - PeerSpot reviewer
Fastest to get up and running and fewer idiosyncrasies than competitors
In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them. But as a product, it's very difficult to find any major faults.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You don't need many frameworks or other things to run Glue."
"It is a good product for API management."
"The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security."
"The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function."
"You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic."
"The portal for developers that this solution provides has great functionality."
"The scalability is very good. That was a key factor in the selection, like how it could be pushed to high volume and scalability, which seemed to be very good."
 

Cons

"I sometimes face issues with integration."
"In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them."
"Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable."
"It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients."
"We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much."
"I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language."
"We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There are different versions and plans available depending on the requirements, so there is flexibility in terms of the pricing."
"The cost curve is far smoother, both in terms of volume and the number of calls it's running on, compared to most competitors. So it's a tad more expensive at the very low end, but the curve is nothing like Apigee or some of the others."
"It had a free version, which suited many of our needs, but not all, but we were happy to go ahead with the licensed version as well, which is the paid version."
"We are using the open-source version of this product, so there are no licensing costs for its use."
"The price is low compared to other products of a similar type."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Gloo Platform?
I sometimes face issues with integration. For example, integrating third-party services or other services not part of Glue takes a lot of time because there's not much content available on the inte...
What is your primary use case for Gloo Platform?
We have many microservices written in Glue, which trigger based on certain events. The Glue service is responsible for containerizing and running them over the cloud. We use Glue for various purpos...
What advice do you have for others considering Gloo Platform?
Glue is not mandatory. It's an option. If you have the learning capability to learn Glue quickly, you can go for it. But there are other alternatives where you will find many articles, study materi...
What do you like most about Tyk?
The scalability is very good. That was a key factor in the selection, like how it could be pushed to high volume and scalability, which seemed to be very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tyk?
The pricing is actually quite competitive. In Azure environments, it gets beaten by Microsoft API Gateway, but on the other hand, it offers some features that Microsoft lacks. So it really comes do...
What needs improvement with Tyk?
In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly ...
 

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