We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway has a slight edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than Mulesoft Anypoint API in the setup and pricing categories.
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"The solution is stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release."
"It's flexible. It was valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We use it heavily because Azure offers better pricing than its competitors."
"I believe the API connectivity within the cloud marketplace is most valuable."
"Whenever there was an issue, the support was excellent."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to investigate APIs."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"One of the more valuable features is the stability of the platform."
"Their support services come at a considerable cost, leaving room for improvement."
"We faced a few issues with the documentation."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"The pricing could be improved. In cases where customers require real-time sync or real-time calling groups with IoT, the volume of data and time lag become a concern."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"It would be useful to have a more complete development environment for the developer, with different integrative capabilities to manage all the life cycles for the API. I think the full version formula for that is really useful. They should improve the development environment for easier integration."
"There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"In the next release, Mulesoft should make it easier for people who don't have the native connectors to build their own rather than using the APA from the power platform or outlet."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"The product's price should be available for public review since it is not currently available for others to see, making it one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings."
"Migrating any existing middleware platform to Mulesoft is difficult because of the transformation, conversion and integration involved. Better tools are needed to achieve quicker time to market."
"The dashboards in Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"When compared to other integration technologies, it is slightly higher."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". 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". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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