We performed a comparison between Apigee 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: Apigee has a slight edge in this comparison. Apigee is easy to deploy and received high marks for its analytics features. Some MuleSoft Anypoint users say that its deployment can be complex and that it needs better analytics tools.
"Apigee is very easy to use, and you can code in any language."
"The opportunity for customization is really vast and it is a really good feature built into the product."
"The security that you have with Apigee is very good and aligns with compliance."
"A very functional solution."
"The ease of creating policies has been the most useful of the solution's features. It's a quick ramp-up time. It's easy for our support staff to implement the policies in the API management layer."
"The use case which I have installed serves the intended purpose."
"I use it because it's simple, it automatically updates, and It hasn't given me any issues."
"If you have numerous applications and high traffic, Apigee is a strong choice for its excellent features and outstanding performance."
"The scalability is good. It's passable."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"The auto-creation of the API documentation is useful."
"The documentation is great; it is always up to date and well-presented."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"It can create high-cost solutions, allowing for a great deal of customization to make it well-suited for specific needs."
"The most valuable features are API development and API management."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"We've encountered challenges in leveraging Connect functionality, prompting us to explore additional tools, such as Fergus, to address implementation and security issues."
"When there is an update on a new version or an automatic update, you have to be present and double-check that the update is reflected in the environment with no issues."
"I have heard there maybe be some security issues that need to be addressed. If this is the situation I would encourage taking a look at the security matters."
"Apigee does not have a testing feature."
"Apigee is not a solution compatible with public clouds, making it one of its shortcomings where improvements are required."
"I'd like this solution to improve on releasing new features; I'd like it to be more frequent."
"The user interface could be better. It could be easier to navigate and more user-friendly."
"Google isn't enthusiastic about supporting older versions. Google is now trying to move all of its clients to X within the cloud."
"Not many stand-out features."
"The dashboards in Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
"One improvement is maybe to add a plugin in the API manager. Let's say an organisation is using SOAP services or legacy APIs. Maybe I don't want to migrate it to rest API, but my plugin should be able to convert Jason to XML. Basically, protocol transformation features in API Manager."
"We find that the enterprise level is lacking scalability."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"I think that they can bring some transparency in reference to the terms of the microservices architecture."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
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Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 49 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". 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". Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Amazon API Gateway, WSO2 API Manager and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Apigee vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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Apigee for sure. Not only do you get the benefit of hybrid and on-prem deployments. As a gov entity, you will face those challenges. Over time you might want to use AWS/Azure clouds so you can migrate it accordingly or just use the PAYG on GCP with all the security Bells and Whistles. https://www.gartner.com/review...
I will choose MuleSoft due to its ease of use, integration extendibility, and product roadmap.
MuleSoft API Management is better because of the following reasons:
* Ease of initial setup & configuration
* Most robust features in API management: oath, throttling, and access levels can be done very easily.
* MuleSoft API-led connectivity & Integration solution (you can extend the API management solution with a flexible integration option). You can very easily extend APIM to integration.
* Very Clear Product roadmap including APIM, RPA and multi-cloud implementation.
The cost of both MuleSoft APIM & APIGEE is similar.
Compared to 3scale, Apigee API Management has a better API gateway for security and traffic management.
Apigee is better for API policy enablement compared to 3scale API Management. Apigee provides better support for GraphQL, OData, OAS2.