We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management and Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager seems to be the more desirable product. With overwhelming responses applauding its stability and reliability, it is evident that users of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are happy with the solution. In addition, users had only positive experiences with service and support, and were satisfied with the ROI. Users consider it to be expensive, but worth the expense.
"Most of the features are valuable to me."
"The solution is reliable and very stable."
"API Management does not take long to deploy."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure API Management are the easy configuration and deployment with automation."
"Easy to integrate API management platform. It is a stable and scalable solution."
"It's easier to use and has more features than Google."
"The Application Gateway we have found to be the most useful in Microsoft Azure API Management. We have integrated the Microsoft Azure API Management with Application Gateway. Application Gateway is a type of load balancer that we are using for the high availability of our API calls."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is 90 to 99 percent scalable. We have three instances running in parallel."
"We can use both on-premises and cloud setups."
"This is a good API management product."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"Anypoint is very capable in terms of scalability."
"The tool has a private area. It also has a cloud deployment option."
"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."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"The licensing tiers can be misleading."
"I'd like to have better flexibility and more capabilities."
"The hybrid part could be improved because API Management is entirely cloud-based, but some of our resources are on-prem, so formatting is an issue. Our goal is dual implementation."
"The product needs to introduce a developer portal."
"Maybe the customization could be a bit better."
"Technical support could be more helpful and responsive."
"The scalability of this solution could be improved. The volume which the API Management task service can handle needs to be improved. Cost wise, this solution could be optimized."
"When you start with Azure API management, you also need to onboard the Azure console and the Azure cloud environment, which comes with a price."
"Monetization and cataloging can be improved."
"When discussing potential enhancements overall, it primarily involves making it more user-friendly and lowering the pricing. There are several aspects that could benefit from improvement, or perhaps a few other areas to consider."
"I would like to see MuleSoft expand the range of APIs you can manage with it beyond HTTP, GIPC, and others."
"Since most components are situated in the cloud, there's one particular hosted in the cloud. This presents a considerable challenge. While all other components are implemented on-premises, this specific one isn't permitted to be hosted in the cloud as per customer requirements. Shifting this component to an on-premises environment requires a significant effort."
"When compared to other integration technologies, it is slightly higher."
"Their studio performance is very slow, it requires a lot of memory, and should be improved."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"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."
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Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 39 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 27 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 8.0, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Easy to set up with good access control but support could be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Streamlines integration for financial services and automotive sectors". Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Enterprise, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Enterprise, Layer7 API Management and IBM API Connect. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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