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."It is able to withstand the number of API calls and handle different API requirements to secure, transform, log, and track API usage patterns."
"The administration interface (Policy Manager) is very easy to understand and use."
"The security checking authentication is our primary use case for this solution."
"It has improved API governance and gives analytics to API performance."
"The Gateway can front our APIs very easily."
"The most valuable feature was the gateway because it has a good dashboard which shows all the hits, misses, and issues, how often you are viewing, what was the response time, etc. The gateway was very easy to deploy."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."
"We have all the policies available via drag and drop. It made it very easy."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"It can create high-cost solutions, allowing for a great deal of customization to make it well-suited for specific needs."
"Anypoint is very capable in terms of scalability."
"Offers good integration and flexibility."
"The tool has a private area. It also has a cloud deployment option."
"I believe the API connectivity within the cloud marketplace is most valuable."
"The ease of policy maintenance and API functionality are key features for me. They streamline business processes by allowing configurable control over policies, instead of writing codes and making maintenance more straightforward."
"Needs to work better with DB2 UDB."
"The delivery is bulky in terms of implementation. Its price could also be better. It is a very good product as compared to CA API, Google API, and WSO2 API, but its price is high. From the cloud-native perspective, some new features need to be added. It could also be made simpler to implement."
"The security protocols in CA's product, for financial services, weren't as good as those in API Connect."
"One specific feature that we need is the ability to authenticate directly to the server with API data. It's not complex nowadays. This is a feature that we need and CA doesn't have it."
"The interface should be improved."
"They need a multifactor authentication solution for the API layer and the other layers, as well."
"The development toolkit used for creating APIs should be more online and user-friendly. Deployment and tracking could also be improved. Tools like Apigee provide a complete online experience along with RESTful APIs, to manage all activities. It is a very nice and user-friendly solution compared to CA."
"The developer portal needs to fully supported SOAP services (including WSDL publication with security), it would certainly push adoption for us."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"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."
"Rather than focusing on numbers, they should focus more on the customer support service."
"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."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"They should provide training and development programs to enable the skills and capabilities of users."
"The solution should facilitate the creation of custom connectors for use cases where a user would require extra connectors."
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Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 110 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 49 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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