We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and Microsoft Azure 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."I work for an information security company. CA API Management is capable of using tokens for authorization to manage access control for the APIs."
"Layer7 API Management's availability on an on-premises deployment model, actually decreases the production time if its users have any issues at the server level."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"We can create multiple orgs and set up policies and management. We can also integrate with an APM solution"
"The Gateway can front our APIs very easily."
"The most important features of Layer7 API Management are the basic security functionality and validation checks."
"Tech support is fast and responsive."
"Mobile app capabilities is good for building mobile apps to consume developed APIs. Also, the API Portal capabilities are very nice, up to and including the ability to do monetization. Security features are exhaustive, with several adapters to all leading identity suites."
"The package as a whole is useful for our customers."
"The API management is great."
"The product gives API gateway-related features, like throttling, which are easy to use and low-code/no-code."
"Allows the possibility of VPN technology to connect your gateway directly with on-prem services"
"It's very well integrated with the Azure environment."
"Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work."
"Microsoft Azure API Management has many valuable features. One is the developer portal, that's very useful for teams. The tool also provides layers of security. I also found the caching, automatic documentation, and version management functionalities most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure API Management is monitoring. When compared with Apigee, I prefer Microsoft Azure API Management."
"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."
"The cloud-native architecture of the product needs improvement."
"We have experienced technical difficulties with the product in the past."
"The delivery is bulky in terms of implementation. Its price could also be better. It is a very good product as compared to CA API, Google API, and WSO2 API, but its price is high. From the cloud-native perspective, some new features need to be added. It could also be made simpler to implement."
"The development portal could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in terms of innovation and investment, especially when compared to other leading products in the market."
"Layer7 API Management’s price could be reduced."
"One area where it certainly needs to improve is the way it allocates requests, in terms of rate limiting. Also, there is no native Kafka connectivity."
"The developer console for external users could be improved, especially in the testing site."
"Microsoft Azure API Management could improve by having better integration with third-party solutions."
"There is always room for improvement. There should be more analytics abilities so you can know how much traffic there is. Log Analyzer isn't well integrated with this solution."
"Microsoft Azure API Management needs to improve stability."
"Multi-tenant functionalities is missing from the system, especially when it comes to the developer code of features."
"The documentation could be improved for the customer."
"Maybe the customization could be a bit better."
"The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."
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Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 67 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and IBM API Connect, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and 3scale API Management. See our Layer7 API Management vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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