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."It allows us to keep clear traceability of the changes made in each of our APIs."
"It has improved API governance and gives analytics to API performance."
"API Management makes dealing with APIs easier. It'll help you to move ahead on your API application journey. The solution allows developers to create more advanced security policies"
"It is a stable product."
"The most valuable feature of Layer7 API Management is that their policy is really easy to develop and it is flexible."
"Layer7 API Management's availability on an on-premises deployment model, actually decreases the production time if its users have any issues at the server level."
"The Mobile API Gateway is also great."
"The product supports more than just HTTP protocols; it also caters to JMS and FTP protocols."
"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 most valuable features for us are security and centralization."
"The initial setup isn't overly difficult."
"The security, the authentication, and the publishing qualities are great."
"There is room for improvement in terms of innovation and investment, especially when compared to other leading products in the market."
"The architecture of the solution does not allow for flexibility in using different components for the gateway architecture."
"The product needs to keep up with newer trends even though customers might not be requesting it yet."
"CA double up portal is a pain. It is something that we are struggling with right now."
"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 product's initial setup phase is not very straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The Portal lacks maturity. Since the move from Portal 3.x to 4.x, a lot of features were removed. It is slowly coming back. I can see a lot of changes are done in the "background" to decouple components and make it more flexible. Those changes are just not getting to the UI side quick enough."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
"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."
"We'd like it if they could reduce the cost without sacrificing on features."
"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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