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Layer7 API Management vs TIBCO Cloud API Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

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
TIBCO Cloud API Management
Ranking in API Management
24th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 2.0%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 1.4%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Layer7 API Management2.0%
TIBCO Cloud API Management1.4%
Other96.6%
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.
AftabAlam - PeerSpot reviewer
E2E Delivery Expert - Ignite Delivery & Technical Enablement at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Trust and reliability have been established with long-term usage and significant integration benefits
TIBCO Cloud API Management offers API management plus the ability to orchestrate all inbound and outbound API calls. When an API is exposed to the external system, it functions as a single integration. Behind the scenes, you can perform extensive API modeling, aggregation, and downstream systems can have more than one API and give the response back to a single API call. It has many features such as orchestration rule engine, which makes it quite good. TIBCO Cloud API Management has brought numerous benefits for our organization, especially in product maturity and support. Sales and support are strong areas, and I think it is very good. If they do not get the right support, then they should consider other options. The sales and support also provides cost optimization.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We've got all sorts of threat protection in the API Gateway, from DDoS through to SQL injection and things like that, and this gives us greater agility and confidence that our APIs are secure."
"It is flexible in how it creates custom policies and uses builds with impressive methods."
"Security is the most important parameter of the solution, for me, because whenever you are exposing your APIs to third-parties, it is critical that the data remains anonymous and that data is retained within the system, that it is not leaked. CA API Management provides good security features."
"The product is feature rich and can solve a myriad of use cases."
"CA is the first in the market from the time they acquired Layer 7."
"One of the main ways that CA API Management has improved our company is that we do not require a lot of people to work in developing new security code when they are programming for the APIs."
"You can create little, custom Java assertions that you can insert to do your business logic, which might not be covered by the commercial product out-of-the-box."
"Layer7 API Management is most valued for its drag-and-drop functionalities, the available policy options, and the excellent security features."
"We haven't had any issues with it and it's worked well for a very long time for our company."
"Conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols and management console (can manage individually throttled settings to manage our service levels for customers)."
"Very few outages or SLA issues."
"It is easy to work with ."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to have different packages based on the API keys. The same core system can have different packages based on different environments."
"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."
"We previously didn’t offer any API services to customers, so this has provided a new stream of traffic and exposure of our catalogue beyond the normal web store offering."
"The reason why we selected the solution originally was because of its ability to have a gateway both on-premise and in the cloud."
 

Cons

"In terms of using the tool itself, it is not user-friendly."
"Scalability is a bit tough if it is a production environment."
"I'd rate it an eight out of 10, no solution is perfect."
"The Policy Manager UI is very busy."
"I would say that the quality of technical support is moderate. It’s better than some, but not as good as others."
"Complex to set up and operate. Requires deep understanding of networks, security, as well as API management."
"We'd like to see an updated migration tool. Right now, the migration process works but it is a little clunky because there's not a good tool for migrating it."
"I would not recommend the product based on how it has performed to implement it."
"Stability is our concern because it's very complex to manage and handle."
"They can fix some stability issues and probably make it more user-friendly so that not only an IT savvy person but an end-user can also easily navigate through this solution."
"It lacks many features at the API gateway compared to other solutions."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy."
"I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery."
"The way agile life cycle is working needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards. I want to see some improvement on the protocol transformation. That is quite missing now. These are the three main issues."
"It's not that user-friendly, and security-wise when you try to implement the security layer on top of it, it's not that easy either."
"The way the Agile life cycle works needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think it's competitive. It's not that expensive when you compare CA with the Oracle product."
"The price of Layer7 API Management is too high and should be reduced. However, it is a good solution in the market."
"The product is moderately priced."
"It depends on your use case of course, how much you want to go with that, because it can get pricey and depends on the size of your company."
"At the time we bought the product it was a perpetual users license and there has been no need for additional licensing fees."
"The price of Layer7 API Management is reasonable compared to Apigee."
"There are various licensing models for Layer7 API Management. We have to buy additional licenses to get new versions."
"There are some costs for maintenance that we are charged, but that seems fair because we get the support."
"Licensing is quite flexible."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."
"Its price is pretty reasonable. There are some lightweight API options available in the market, but given the feature set that TIBCO provides, its price is really reasonable."
"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise84
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

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...
What is your primary use case for Layer7 API Management?
I am not the client. I implement Layer7 API Management ( /products/layer7-api-management-reviews ) for the clients. I have worked on multiple projects as a developer, implementing for Hydro Tasmani...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Cloud API Management?
My primary role was to assess the solution from a capability perspective. So, there are some issues with the licensing cost.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud API Management?
There are some areas for improvement in TIBCO Cloud API Management, especially regarding network protocols such as SMPP, SMTP, GVI, SVI, and Diameter which could show performance issues in terms of...
What is your primary use case for TIBCO Cloud API Management?
TIBCO Cloud API Management is used for various purposes, such as in the case of the Apple Watch. When a subscriber comes for the first time to activate the Apple Watch, it connects through the web ...
 

Also Known As

CA API Management, CA Live API Creator, Espresso Logic, CA API Gateway
Mashery API Management
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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