We performed a comparison between Akana API Management and Layer7 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."The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters."
"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."
"Good interface, intuitive solution."
"It's a comprehensive tool that allows us to perform all the necessary tasks in one place."
"The administration interface (Policy Manager) is very easy to understand and use."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"We definitely get good responses from the technical team and they are quite responsive."
"The latest version that just came out at the first of October really was a powerful move in the right direction. I was very, very pleased with that because it allows now beginning to use information of things. We've got this IOT infrastructure that we can plug into, and for my use cases there are a lot of outdoor sensors that provide valuable information to my customers."
"They have got a very compelling platform that enables organizations to easily develop and roll out mobile applications."
"Almost all security features are available out-of-the-box and can be deployed rapidly."
"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."
"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."
"Lacks an integrated billing feature."
"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."
"Layer7 API Management could improve by assing more portal-based capabilities."
"One area where it certainly needs to improve is the way it allocates requests, in terms of rate limiting. Also, there is no native Kafka connectivity."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
"They need a multifactor authentication solution for the API layer and the other layers, as well."
"The solution should prioritize ease of use and align with the growing trend of cloud-native environments."
"We are looking for improvements related to integration. We want to see them add integration tools to the CA bundle. That would be helpful."
"Increase tools for manipulation of JSON messages."
"The API Development tool can be made more user-friendly by providing folder properties."
Akana API Management is ranked 28th in API Management with 3 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews. Akana API Management is rated 8.4, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Akana API Management writes "Authentication mechanism is easy to implement but improvement is needed in documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Akana API Management is most compared with Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Microsoft Azure API Management.
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