We performed a comparison between Axway AMPLIFY API Management and Layer7 API Management 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."The most valuable features are security enforcement and throttling."
"In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers."
"The administration tool for this solution is good."
"We like the portal for documentation a lot."
"This platform can be highly scalable."
"There's drag and drop functionality so that you do not need to have a senior expert developer to make use of the tool. You can get more of your staff trained up to be able to use it as it's not overly technical."
"This product is a ten when it comes to API management."
"The API portal capability is a valuable feature."
"The benefits are rapid development and deployment of APIs, which means that your information, your ability to handle information, to receive it and to send it, to visualize it, to report on it, to get intelligence out of it, happens fast and happens with accuracy."
"The level of technical support is good."
"When I have used technical support they helped me a lot. Sometimes they took a long time to respond because we had very complex issues that we asked them for help with, but I think it is a very good service."
"Ease of use."
"It's a comprehensive tool that allows us to perform all the necessary tasks in one place."
"The speed and versatility in the implementation of APIs without writing a line of code in any programming language."
"We loved the portal part the most, which had monetization and showed how people were using the stuff. It is a good product as a whole and has a lot of microservices and granular features."
"API Enhanced Portal 4.1 looks very promising. API Gateway policy manager for writing policies is excellent. It is the best in the industry for policy writing."
"The portal still has room for improvement."
"This solution does have some limitations regarding the deployment model."
"Areas of improvement include marketing and enhancing the data products area by using ETIs."
"Team management capabilities could be improved."
"The product shows a lack of maturity. The setup is difficult, the tech support and community are lacking, and it is not very stable."
"The API Mocking tools need to be improved."
"Sometimes we find bugs where certain calls are not returning all the data we need."
"In terms of customer service, the company needs to be easier to contact, and the support team needs to understand the situation and the product itself better."
"The API Development tool can be made more user-friendly by providing folder properties."
"Increase tools for manipulation of JSON messages."
"The security protocols in CA's product, for financial services, weren't as good as those in API Connect."
"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."
"What is really important is that they offer the solution as a service, on a subscription or monthly basis, which will make it more attractive. That is where the market is headed. There are competitors within the industry that are doing that currently. I would encourage CA to do that."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in terms of innovation and investment, especially when compared to other leading products in the market."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
Axway AMPLIFY API Management is ranked 11th in API Management with 12 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 110 reviews. Axway AMPLIFY API Management is rated 7.8, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Axway AMPLIFY API Management writes "An API management solution for ESB and B2B integration between systems with security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Axway AMPLIFY API Management is most compared with Apigee, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Kong Gateway Enterprise and WSO2 API Manager, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Tyk. See our Axway AMPLIFY API Management vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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