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.
"The stability and performance are good. It is easy to install, and it scales well too."
"Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work."
"It's a very robust tool. So you see that there is a developer portal which can be used by developer or the vendors as well. And other external partners to create keys and manage their own APIs. The other thing is that they have a lot of policies there are too many options within API. So I do the difficult to tell one, but probably I would say, like, proxy sorry. The policies is one of the thing wherein you can just configure the policies and modify the behavior of the APIs."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure API Management are the easy configuration and deployment with automation."
"Ease of integration into the entire Microsoft environment."
"I like the API Management functions."
"The mediation and translation from SOAP to REST technology makes it possible to open up legacy systems that couldn't be opened before."
"This solution is very flexible, and it's very compatible with the other Azure products."
"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."
"This is a good API management product."
"The stability overall has been pretty great."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"One of the more valuable features is the stability of the platform."
"Anypoint is very capable in terms of scalability."
"Offers good integration and flexibility."
"The licensing tiers can be misleading."
"Price is the first thing that comes to mind. It's quite expensive, which could be a barrier for some users."
"They're trying to implement versioning and trying to be able to manage different versions of your API all at the same time, but they're not doing that just quite right yet."
"The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"There is a limitation of 32 kb of data in the APIs. Having the limitation increase would be a benefit."
"API Management's price could be lower."
"In the next release, Azure APIM should include deployment in various environments and CI/CD for deployment."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"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."
"In the next release, Mulesoft should make it easier for people who don't have the native connectors to build their own rather than using the APA from the power platform or outlet."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"One improvement is maybe to add a plugin in the API manager. Let's say an organisation is using SOAP services or legacy APIs. Maybe I don't want to migrate it to rest API, but my plugin should be able to convert Jason to XML. Basically, protocol transformation features in API Manager."
"Licensing costs should be reduced, it's quite expensive."
"Their analytics needs a lot of improvement. It's really lacking right now."
"Monetization and cataloging can be improved."
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Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 67 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". 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". 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, IBM API Connect and Layer7 API Management. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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