We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager 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."It is flexible in how it creates custom policies and uses builds with impressive methods."
"The Gateway is most important because it is our strategic front door into the company for all APIs."
"Some of the performance matrix that API Gateway gives off, we monitor them via SNMP traps, and then we tie them into our monitoring system. You can actually monitor some of the latencies and some of the performance aspects of both API Gateways, as well back end services. So having that line of sight surely helps in terms DevOps."
"It can be scaled as we need. And it can be used in different regions. We have different data centers in the U.S. and Beijing. We use it on-premise, on-cloud, and it can be hosted and used at any place and scaled across the regions."
"The security checking authentication is our primary use case for this solution."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"I love the API Gateway, especially the architecture, in terms of the composability of the policies. We approach it from a very software-engineering approach.We build on the policies, like legal blocks, and we deploy them throughout different environments. It's been working out great for us."
"The speed and versatility in the implementation of APIs without writing a line of code in any programming language."
"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."
"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 entire offering and suite of tools that this solution provides have been very valuable. We are able to manage APIs on runtime on a cloud basis which has been very useful."
"The product improved data exchange processes by enhancing communication between various messaging queues. There was a heavy reliance on queues for indexing clusters and data transfer in this particular environment. The product facilitated the transfer of messages from one queue to another, ensuring data flow and processing across different topics."
"The most valuable features of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are the API gateway, rate limiting, and orchestration."
"One of the more valuable features is the stability of the platform."
"The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"The product's initial setup phase is not very straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Layer7 API Management could have a live API creator feature, so my team can easily create APIs. Right now, the product doesn't have that feature."
"feel like Apigee's API product is more interactive. You can drag and drop with those, but it's a little more difficult in Layer7. It's less user-friendly compared to that Apigee product."
"They need a multifactor authentication solution for the API layer and the other layers, as well."
"Layer7 API Management could improve by assing more portal-based capabilities."
"I would like to be able to see the publisher role be able to be organized within organizations, so somebody within that role can only manipulate their particular policies."
"The cloud-native architecture of the product needs improvement."
"If they had different levels of support available then it would be easier to justify the costs."
"I think that they can bring some transparency in reference to the terms of the microservices architecture."
"An area for improvement in MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is the process of applying policies because it's manual. It would be great if MuleSoft could make the process easier, particularly by automating it."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The solution is expensive."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"The API gateway and API runtime are too heavy, which means that it is not suitable for microservices."
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Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. 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 MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise and 3scale API Management. See our Layer7 API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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