We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"For developers to be able to come, sign up, or find APIs."
"The most valuable feature is that it enables me to present data in the format that the client wants to consume it. That client might be a visualization tool, that client might be a report, that client might be a customer's API requirements."
"One of the features that the tool provides is the ability to simply onboard new APIs to an existing security platform. We build all the policies for security upfront, and then we can add those policies pretty simply and straightforwardly to any new API that gets developed in the enterprise."
"The Gateway is most important because it is our strategic front door into the company for all APIs."
"It has its own language, which make it possible to design and implement the complete flow using existing services and databases, and to create and aggregate fine-and coarse-grained APIs."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"The initial setup process is easy and flexible."
"Offers good integration and flexibility."
"The ESB, the enterprise service bus is what we primarily use. In addition to that, the API management. These are the two tools which we have been using extensively. The enterprise platform."
"The most valuable feature of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the gateway that is provided."
"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 documentation is great; it is always up to date and well-presented."
"We use it heavily because Azure offers better pricing than its competitors."
"This is a good API management product."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager's most valuable aspect is it has plenty of features."
"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."
"If they had different levels of support available then it would be easier to justify the costs."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
"Layer7 API Management could have a live API creator feature, so my team can easily create APIs. Right now, the product doesn't have that feature."
"The product's initial setup phase is not very straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required."
"As well as the SOA Gateway - that is, the API Gateway; we call it the SOA Gateway - we also are now deploying the developer portal component of the SOA Gateway. That has limitations."
"I feel there is a lot to improve in terms of providing plug-and-play functionalities, as at the moment it requires a lot of coding in their specific language for implementing a medium-complexity use case."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"Their analytics needs a lot of improvement. It's really lacking right now."
"The initial setup, if you go back three or three and a half years, definitely, for us, was complex."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager can improve some of the gateway features. We could use some more customization in creating rules. A lot of the policies are related to the APIs rather than the client. If I want to apply a policy based on a client that is not available."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"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."
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Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. 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 MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management 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 3scale API Management. See our Layer7 API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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