We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and OpenLegacy 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."It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"This solution gives you a unified way to have your API accessed."
"It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"In terms of most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it."
"The solution is stable."
"Using mainframe programs (not screens), the OpenLegacy services do not require any changes by the mainframe programmers, thus reducing development cycles."
"It is possible to connect a service to a mainframe program or back transaction in a matter of minutes or hours at the most."
"The biggest advantage of OpenLegacy was how simple the technology was. We were able to build out the OpenLegacy parts very quickly. We put together a couple hundred APIs in six months."
"It is possible to solve larger legacy API issues on an enterprise level with this product."
"Using OpenLegacy, the exposure of services is far easier and quicker. In many cases, exposure of services requires just a few clicks and takes only minutes. In very complex cases, it still only takes half a day. Without OpenLegacy, it would take us several months to create the same services."
"OpenLegacy produces a war file which includes everything you need to deploy a Tomcat server."
"OpenLegacy provides a way to go from the outside world to the legacy mainframe, to move the old standard application to a REST API application. New digital services can be created in a few clicks and this can be done easily by COBOL programmers."
"Opens the door to connect modern web products to an old legacy system."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"A lower price would definitely be an improvement."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"The only real problem is that you have to know a lot about what is outside of the API gateway in order to make the best use of it."
"Currently, I'm not facing any issues with Amazon API Gateway, which satisfies my requirements. I'm pretty happy with what Amazon API Gateway offers, but as its pricing is on the higher side, that's one area for improvement in the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of Amazon API Gateway is an improvement in the status checks you get from the monitoring feature of the solution. Currently, you get the number of requests received, the number of reports, etc., but if there are more details than what's given by Amazon API Gateway, that will improve the solution."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"We would also be more than happy if the product had the option to work in the opposite direction – the ability to consume REST/SOW services in the outer world from the mainframe."
"I would like to see SSL out-of-the-box. OpenLegacy certainly does SSL, but it was not the default for our use case. We are currently working with OpenLegacy to cross the SSL bridge and suspect that most users will want to do the same."
"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."
"Debugging and logging for programmers could be better."
"Customer support for the product is slow and not very good. It makes using the product difficult if you need help quickly."
"I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while OpenLegacy is ranked 37th in API Management. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while OpenLegacy is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenLegacy writes "The biggest advantage is how simple the technology was". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas OpenLegacy is most compared with Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager.
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