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Red Hat Integration vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

 

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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

Red Hat Integration
Ranking in API Management
33rd
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
WSO2 API Manager
Ranking in API Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Red Hat Integration is 0.1%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 5.0%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

CHEW YONG - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates seamless integration while offering room for OpenShift flexibility
I am still a reseller for IBM products today. I focus on integration solutions. For integration, my clients are using CP4I. For CP4I, I'm using ACE-S, API Connect, and MQ. These are the three products I'm selling from IBM. My clients are using IBM App Connect on-premises. I basically sell open source, specifically Red Hat Integration for integration purposes. Red Hat Integration is part of the Red Hat Integration bundle, which includes two different software solutions bundled together with Red Hat. It's bundled with the OpenShift plus the foundation. I am a Principal Solution Architect. I would be available for them to reach out by email for any questions or comments regarding my review. I want to be a reference for them. I rate Red Hat Integration an eight out of ten.
VishalSingh14 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to deploy APIs and easy to manage CORS configuration
I have used WSO2 Store and WSO2 API Manager at the architecture level. I worked on two versions, namely WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0 and 5.7.0. I have also worked with WSO2 Identity Server versions 5.7 and 5.11. There are certain things that Apigee handles better than WSO2 API Manager. The user interface of WSO2 API Manager is much easier than that of Apigee. The scope of flexibility was much greater in Apigee. In WSO2 API Manager, we had little flexibility and were restricted to a specific software or tool. On the other hand, we had the scope of customization in Apigee.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Red Hat Integration lie in its ease of customization for business needs and the flexibility to design workflows according to specific requirements."
"Real-time event streaming is good because you can do real-time data insight, monitor any event that happens, take the action, and provide a real-time dashboard based on certain data."
"As far as I am aware this solution is the first API Publisher that allows you to create and publish API and to manage the API lifecycle."
"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model."
"WSO2 is very stable."
"WSO2 API Manager is a stable solution."
"Most of the time, we need to install a plug-in without having any lapse in services or restarting the application. The WSO2 platform can do all deployments without any downtime."
"The most beneficial feature of WSO2 API Manager is its capability to use Swagger to define and then populate the API."
"The user interface is easy to navigate, and the documentation is extensive. It's open-source, so everything is available, and we can create what we need. That's not necessarily a feature, but it's an advantage."
"A complete integration suite and a good platform."
 

Cons

"The performance of a few computations for the message broker version could be more stable."
"For fresh graduates and engineers, the setup process can be very difficult."
"The product hasn’t been updated for some time."
"Based on our recent large scaling project, the latency needs to be improved."
"The technical support must be improved."
"Lacks some new features and updated functionalities."
"I would improve the product documentation. There are some gaps, and it can be difficult to find the proper documentation for the product if you need to solve something."
"We found WSO2 API Manager to be a bit complex."
"The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive platform and not suitable for small companies."
"The solution costs less than 20,000 euros a year. I'm not sure of the exact number."
"It is an open-source product."
"We use the open-source version — the free version."
"I am using the free version."
"WSO2 API Manager is a costly solution, and its pricing is not competitive enough compared to other products."
"We have not opted for the paid version of WSO2 but we have implemented the free and open source WSO2 software to a great extent and it is working as per our expectation."
"We use the open-source version of WSO2 API Manager, there is no cost."
"For our projects, we found the pricing to be a little high."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Red Hat Integration?
The most valuable features of Red Hat Integration lie in its ease of customization for business needs and the flexibility to design workflows according to specific requirements.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Integration?
It is an expensive platform and not suitable for small companies. It costs around $30,000 for standard support services and lacks flexibility.
What needs improvement with Red Hat Integration?
The performance of a few computations for the message broker version could be more stable. It requires highly secure functionality with optimal network coverage. We encounter failure issues during ...
What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?
It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability.
What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?
We have encountered some concerns with concurrency. Our integrations do not handle high-volume transactions, and when benchmarking, some issues arose with concurrent testing. It is uncertain whethe...
What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?
We use WSO2 API Manager ( /products/wso2-api-manager-reviews ) to integrate our telecom products with third-party REST APIs. We are orchestrating services where our business process defines the int...
 

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