We performed a comparison between Akana API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager 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."
"Good interface, intuitive solution."
"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."
"The tool has a private area. It also has a cloud deployment option."
"The documentation is great; it is always up to date and well-presented."
"We have all the policies available via drag and drop. It made it very easy."
"Anypoint API Manager's most valuable feature is its connectors."
"The security features are good. It's easy to configure the end-to-end integration with existing applications."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"We can use both on-premises and cloud setups."
"MuleSoft has given the API solution a 3-tiered architecture. This means that there are multiple channels available in one application. The usability is very high."
"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."
"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."
"Lacks an integrated billing feature."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"When discussing potential enhancements overall, it primarily involves making it more user-friendly and lowering the pricing. There are several aspects that could benefit from improvement, or perhaps a few other areas to consider."
"With respect to the live help, I have language issues because I can't understand some of the things that I hear."
"They should provide training and development programs to enable the skills and capabilities of users."
"The initial setup, if you go back three or three and a half years, definitely, for us, was complex."
"I would like to see MuleSoft expand the range of APIs you can manage with it beyond HTTP, GIPC, and others."
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Akana API Management is ranked 28th in API Management with 3 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Akana API Management is rated 8.4, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. 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 MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Akana API Management is most compared with Apigee, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager.
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