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TIBCO Cloud API Management pros and cons

Vendor: TIBCO

3.6 out of 5

12 reviews
86% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

TIBCO Cloud API Management offers flexible conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols, supporting both on-premise and cloud deployments. It provides comprehensive API lifecycle tools, though security in the management console requires improvement. Stability and security features aid in API implementation, yet policy management and authentication need refinement. Performance tuning is necessary for heavy loads, and monetization capabilities call for enhancement. Installation process requires better handling of network protocols like SMPP, SMTP, and Diameter.

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PROS

TIBCO Cloud API Management enables conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols and provides management of individually throttled settings for optimal service levels.

It facilitates a new stream of traffic and catalog exposure beyond regular web offerings.

TIBCO Cloud API Management's most valuable feature is the ability to customize packages based on API keys for different environments.

It offers enterprise-grade security features that enhance stability and provide an edge over other API products.

The platform provides comprehensive support for tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and payload enforcement.

CONS

Security requires improvement, especially in propagating security to an API and integrating authentication and security features into Mashery.

There are missing features in API gateway compared to other solutions, and improvements are needed in network protocols like SMPP and SMTP.

Policy management poses concerns, and protocol transformation needs enhancement.

Monetization is not effective and requires more customization along with improvements in sandbox local.

Installation process should be easier, and there's a need to fix stability issues and improve handling of heavy load conditions.

TIBCO Cloud API Management Pros review quotes

Global Head of eCommerce Web Operations at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 31, 2017

Conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols and management console (can manage individually throttled settings to manage our service levels for customers).

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Integration Architect at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 11, 2019

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.

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Nicolas Forgues

Head of Data & Content at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 23, 2020

The reason why we selected the solution originally was because of its ability to have a gateway both on-premise and in the cloud. This is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us.

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Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Mar 16, 2020

The solution is a good general API manager. They have a few propriety features but are offering items that are standard in the industry as well.

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reviewer1537017

Data Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mar 25, 2021

When we did the product evaluation, we saw that TIBCO Mashery offers end-to-end API life cycle management. It provides all API features that are required for managing the complete life cycle. It includes the developer portal and tools for API monitorization. The out-of-box security features that TIBCO Mashery provides are enterprise-grade, which gives it an edge over other API products.

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reviewer1144239

IT Projects & Governance Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 17, 2022

The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability.

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Associate Vice President - Solutions, presales & services at Bahwan CyberTek

May 20, 2022

The control that we have and the security features are very valuable. With regard to API implementation or API orchestration, it works very well in the cloud because as soon as you create an API with one click, you can actually expose your APIs.

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Mohammed Aljazayeerly

Technical and Delivery Manager (Integration) at United Delta

Jul 26, 2022

It is easy to work with .

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Vice President of Technology Services at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Nov 27, 2023

We can completely manage the APIs at the org level and BU (business unit) level.

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Enterprise Architect & Solution Designer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Mar 21, 2024

The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads.

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TIBCO Cloud API Management Cons review quotes

Global Head of eCommerce Web Operations at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 31, 2017

The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive.

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Integration Architect at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 11, 2019

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.

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Nicolas Forgues

Head of Data & Content at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 23, 2020

The security needs improvement, specifically, propagation of security to an API. Calling other APIs is something that is missing in the product and that makes us think about going to a competitor.

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reviewer1310913

Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Mar 16, 2020

Policy management has been a bit of a concern.

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reviewer1537017

Data Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mar 25, 2021

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.

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reviewer1144239

IT Projects & Governance Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 17, 2022

I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery.

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Associate Vice President - Solutions, presales & services at Bahwan CyberTek

May 20, 2022

Monetization is not that great in API management. You need customization. Improvements are needed with sandbox local as well as with monetization. Those features are missing.

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Mohammed Aljazayeerly

Technical and Delivery Manager (Integration) at United Delta

Jul 26, 2022

It lacks many features at the API gateway compared to other solutions.

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Vice President of Technology Services at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Nov 27, 2023

TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy.

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Enterprise Architect & Solution Designer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Mar 21, 2024

We observed delays under heavy load conditions, and without proper tuning, changes could take an extended period to filter and become effective.

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