We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and Oracle API Management 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."I work for an information security company. CA API Management is capable of using tokens for authorization to manage access control for the APIs."
"The solution has numerous configuration options to increase security in communication."
"The level of technical support is good."
"Scalability: API Gateway is easily scalable horizontally and managed easily."
"What I found most valuable in Layer7 API Management is that you can launch the API from the gateway quickly and securely, making it less complicated to deploy APIs. I also like that Layer7 API Management has a good portal and dashboards and that the dashboards show you statistics regarding how many people used the API, etc."
"It is helpful to have a central API that is hosted and managed."
"The most valuable feature of Layer7 API Management is that their policy is really easy to develop and it is flexible."
"It allows us to keep clear traceability of the changes made in each of our APIs."
"The security, the authentication, and the publishing qualities are great."
"The most valuable features for us are security and centralization."
"It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from Oracle guys."
"The initial setup isn't overly difficult."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
"Broadcom's technical support team needs improvement."
"The Policy Manager tool that is used to manage the solution is very heavy to use because it is based in Java. Sometimes it takes a long time to load. There could be some improvements to it. If they could make Policy Manager on a web page that would be a good alternative."
"The overall cost of Layer7 API Management is high, they can improve it by making it less expensive."
"The entire lifecycle management approach needs improvement: from the API management, development, deployment, some of the settings around the quotas, and some security policy applications, etc. for the APIs. We found the Apigee platform a lot more robust in that area."
"Layer7 API Management could have a live API creator feature, so my team can easily create APIs. Right now, the product doesn't have that feature."
"The development portal could be improved."
"As the number of instances increases, its complexity of installation increases if you do not use the OVA."
"We'd like it if they could reduce the cost without sacrificing on features."
"Oracle should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach to client needs. It shouldn't always be about pushing additional products."
"Before gaining experience with the product, I found that it was not simple to use and things took longer to do than I had anticipated."
"From an administration and developer point of view, the user interface and user experience are not great."
Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 110 reviews while Oracle API Management is ranked 20th in API Management with 5 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while Oracle API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle API Management writes "Provides robust security for financial transactions and protects the ERP database from direct exposure". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Microsoft Azure API Management, whereas Oracle API Management is most compared with Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect.
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