We performed a comparison between Apigee and Layer 7 API Management based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Apigee has very high availability and makes it easy for users to manage the entire lifecycle of the API. It offers vast opportunities for easy customization. Users find some of Layer 7 API Management’s tools and features difficult to implement and bulky, causing processes to slow down. Layer 7 could also use more cloud-native features.
"The usability is one of the best aspects of the product."
"The flexibility allows you to quickly run a cloud-native application architecture."
"It is easy to deploy, configure, and monitor the APA."
"The features I found most valuable are how the APIs are published, the whole process of finalizing the API, and then controlling it."
"The most valuable feature is monetization."
"The initial setup was easy - there was an onboarding document with steps that we followed."
"Apigee is a great product with good feedback and recommendations from clients."
"Anyone with basic knowledge can build an API."
"The product documentation helps the client and/or user to evolve quickly while using the tool."
"There are a few assertions which are built-in for threat protection. I have used them for vulnerabilities, like for DDoS attacks, XML schema validation, IP restriction, and for cross-domain."
"It is flexible in how it creates custom policies and uses builds with impressive methods."
"Initial setup is straightforward. It is simple and easy to do."
"They have got a very compelling platform that enables organizations to easily develop and roll out mobile applications."
"The Gateway can front our APIs very easily."
"It is able to withstand the number of API calls and handle different API requirements to secure, transform, log, and track API usage patterns."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"Apigee on premise is quite complex and it is always moving faster."
"The account simplification process can be improved."
"We do not have control over the installation."
"We've encountered challenges in leveraging Connect functionality, prompting us to explore additional tools, such as Fergus, to address implementation and security issues."
"Maintaining and deploying revisions need to be more defined."
"The developer portal's adoption of the OpenAPI standard needs to be improved. In the latest version of the developer portal, they have adopted the OpenAPI standard. This feature, however, can be improved by supporting more characteristics of the OpenAPI standard."
"The integration could be improved within the solution. There is a need to pay more attention to this."
"More documentation on the Open Banking Standard will help."
"I would like to be able to see the publisher role be able to be organized within organizations, so somebody within that role can only manipulate their particular policies."
"One day, where we can have a microservices gateway and we will not need the classic gateway at all, that is what we want to see."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"Provide complete documentation with examples of usage on its build in assertion/function."
"The developer portal needs to fully supported SOAP services (including WSDL publication with security), it would certainly push adoption for us."
"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."
"Broadcom's technical support team needs improvement."
"The security protocols in CA's product, for financial services, weren't as good as those in API Connect."
Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 110 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, WSO2 API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Kong Gateway Enterprise, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect. See our Apigee vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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