We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway has a slight edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than Mulesoft Anypoint API in the setup and pricing categories.
"The solution is solid, robust, and scalable."
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"It is a stable solution."
"The product is really good when it comes to API lifecycle management, and it is not just something that includes the balancing part or the security aspect but also the routing and the fallback mechanism."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The security features are good. It's easy to configure the end-to-end integration with existing applications."
"The tool has a private area. It also has a cloud deployment option."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"The most valuable feature of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the gateway that is provided."
"The auto-creation of the API documentation is useful."
"Both the cloud and on-premises options are available. Customers can leverage the MuleSoft Cloud platform to deploy the applications or set up their own online infrastructure to deploy applications."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"The scalability is good. It's passable."
"The user interface, in general, can be better. The user interface for the entire Amazon cloud can be more friendly. There are some scenarios that are not really easy to manage and configure through the user interface."
"We would like to see more UI-based monitoring."
"It would be useful to have a more complete development environment for the developer, with different integrative capabilities to manage all the life cycles for the API. I think the full version formula for that is really useful. They should improve the development environment for easier integration."
"It's hard to configure. There's a lot of options but it's very hard, it's very confusing."
"I believe that there could be more features associated with analytics since it is an area where the product lacks."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."
"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."
"Migrating any existing middleware platform to Mulesoft is difficult because of the transformation, conversion and integration involved. Better tools are needed to achieve quicker time to market."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve the monitoring because it is very poor quality and not user-friendly. It is not as good as other solutions on the market."
"Licensing costs should be reduced, it's quite expensive."
"The solution's price is high."
"The log management for this solution needs improvement."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"The solution is expensive."
"We find that the enterprise level is lacking scalability."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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