We performed a comparison between Akana API Management and Apigee based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in API Management."Good interface, intuitive solution."
"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."
"The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters."
"It has all the features necessary to work in anything from a basic scenario to advanced applications."
"Apigee provides good documentation."
"We have been using Apigee mostly for proxy FGIs. We also use its security features as well as traffic control features."
"The analytics feature is quite good."
"A simple platform that's easier to work with than IBM API Connect. Support for it is really good and gives it advantage over other providers."
"Easy interface to monetize and deliver APIs with very easy integration for third-party development environments/delivery."
"I use it because it's simple, it automatically updates, and It hasn't given me any issues."
"One of the best parts of this solution is the implementation as we did not need to use code or out-of-box policies. When it comes to the cloud-based architecture, there is a high level of reliability."
"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."
"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."
"Lacks an integrated billing feature."
"Apigee lacks market presence."
"Apigee could improve by integrating with more identity providers and offering a default authentication module."
"They have an external developer platform that was a little bit painful."
"Drag and drop of features would be more beneficial, rather than manually working on the configuration and updates."
"Sometimes there are glitches, which means there's still room for improvement in the platform."
"Could be more user friendly."
"The integration could be improved within the solution. There is a need to pay more attention to this."
"We are experiencing issues with automation; the production in Apigee is quite time-consuming."
Akana API Management is ranked 28th in API Management with 3 reviews while Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews. Akana API Management is rated 8.4, while Apigee is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Akana API Management writes "Authentication mechanism is easy to implement but improvement is needed in documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". Akana API Management is most compared with MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, WSO2 API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Layer7 API Management.
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