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Layer7 API Management vs Pipedream comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Layer7 API Management
Ranking in API Management
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pipedream
Ranking in API Management
40th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 2.1%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pipedream is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Layer7 API Management2.1%
Pipedream0.4%
Other97.5%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

Integration capabilities excel and support for varied platforms enhances communication across backend systems
We mainly use REST APIs, and the solution's integration capabilities are excellent. It allows communication with a number of back-end providers and data consolidation. The flexibility to develop APIs for various platforms, from front-end applications to ATM machines, is valuable. Code changes and migration are straightforward, and it supports identity and access management integration.
FrankHo - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at MSXI
A tool that ensures that its users see a return on investment from its use
The UI and the fact that the product is not easy to use are areas with shortcomings where improvements are required. Documentation isn't available for everything in the solution, so you may have to figure out a lot of things by yourself. Pipedream is easy to use for someone with tech skills or someone new who is trying to learn how to code. Though it is user-friendly for people with tech skills, it is not at all user-friendly for people who do not have any tech skills. The user interface of Pipedream is very simple compared to the user interfaces of some other products like monday.com or Asana. Asana and monday.com have visually appealing user interfaces. The user interface of Pipedream is not visually appealing at all. The aforementioned details need to be considered for improvement in the solution. I just wish there was a little bit more documentation on how everything worked when it came to deployment since I was a fairly new employee at the company at that time. Sometimes, the workflow wouldn't work fine in Pipedream, and I had to check it myself for errors. Finding the errors in Pipedream is hard to find. I think it would be good if Pipedream had the ability to send an email to notify you that there is an error with the code instead of having to go back in and then look every day or every hour if there was an error in the code.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is better than similar Gateway products that I have used in the past."
"It provides a simple endpoint for applications to call and for customers to call, so it reduces a lot of the complications of API services."
"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."
"The best part about it is that it doesn't stop if something is missing during the installation; it looks for it on its own, and I don't have to be there to do it physically."
"Compared to other tools, like Apigee, this is the best tool that I have used."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."
"Overall, this is a good product."
"The most valuable features of Pipedream are the prebuilt integrations that require no coding."
"The most valuable feature of Pipedream is the ability to use Python code in general."
"The solution enables users to integrate several things."
"It is a developer-friendly platform that allows writing custom scripts."
 

Cons

"Some areas for improvement would be the security the product provides and the response time when a client is making a call with their payload."
"I would not recommend the product based on how it has performed to implement it."
"Layer7 API Management’s price could be reduced."
"If they had different levels of support available then it would be easier to justify the costs."
"Debugging seems a little bit archaic by modern standards. I would like to see better documentation for the development language itself."
"There is a need for the migration of policies, better reporting, and monitoring integration."
"The only issue we have is that we have to buy an APM license separately for end-to-end monitoring."
"Needs to work better with DB2 UDB."
"We faced some server timeouts."
"There is a potential area for improvement in handling loop operations over items."
"Documentation isn't available for everything in the solution, so you may have to figure out a lot of things by yourself."
"They should give more information about trigger failure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Layer7 API Management is cheaper than Apigee."
"For what we are after, the pricing is okay. It is competitive."
"Licenses are required to operate the product, but I don't know much about the validity periods attached to it."
"Our customers found the product’s cost a little higher. They are looking for open-source solutions."
"It is a pricey product, although not extremely overpriced compared to competitors in the market."
"CA API Management has a licensing path. If you want more features, it requires more licenses and more installation time."
"I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."
"This solution is a bit more expensive than competitors."
"The product price is fair and inexpensive than one of the competitors."
"Price-wise, for a company, it is a nice product, but for personal use, it is not very beneficial."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise84
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Questions from the Community

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 ), seeing other products makes the tool's pricing seem high.
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 migration processes, especially with service dependencies. The migration path sometime...
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Also Known As

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

1. IBM  2. Microsoft  3. Oracle  4. Salesforce  5. SAP  6. Cisco  7. Dell  8. HP  9. Adobe  10. VMware  11. Accenture  12. Capgemini  13. Deloitte  14. PwC  15. Ernst & Young  16. Infosys  17. TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)  18. Wipro  19. Cognizant  20. HCL Technologies  21. Tech Mahindra  22. Fujitsu  23. Hitachi  24. NEC  25. NTT Data  26. Ericsson  27. Nokia  28. Siemens  29. AT&T  30. Verizon  31. Vodafone  32. Orange
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