We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and WSO2 API Manager based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway finishes slightly ahead in this comparison. Amazon is very flexible and offers very good integrations, especially within the Amazon ecosystem. Many WSO2 API Manager users feel the solution has some stability and performance issues, making it less desirable.
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"In terms of scalability, I haven't encountered any issues with API Gateway. We've significantly increased our traffic from hitting it once or twice a minute to now hitting it ten to fifteen times within a minute. In an hour, we're receiving hundreds of hits. So, it's performing excellently."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent."
"WSO2 is very stable."
"The solution is open source and easy to configure."
"Based on the information I have, the solution's most valuable feature is its capability of implementing custom solutions."
"It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability."
"It's a good product."
"The solution is open-source."
"I think the best part about WSO2 API Manager is that it's highly customizable because it's open-source. The partnership model is quite lucrative for us, it helps us to go and pitch to our customers. You can build a lot of business models yourself that you want to use. You are able to do a lot of the solutions."
"This solution is a little bit faster, easier to use, and has better integration than the other solutions I have experienced."
"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."
"They could include more support tools in the product."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"Their support services come at a considerable cost, leaving room for improvement."
"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"I am not completely satisfied with Technical Support."
"I believe better governance and monitoring features would be beneficial."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"They are developing another platform called Choreo that allows you to create API itself using the WSO2 programming language Ballerina. It would be great if they added a direct connection between Choreo and API Manager, that would be great. I think they are working on that, but I'm not sure."
"WSO2 API Manager could improve the API approval system."
"We found WSO2 API Manager to be a bit complex."
"For fresh graduates and engineers, the setup process can be very difficult."
"The stability is pretty good, but it could be improved."
"API Manager is not easy to scale because some of its components lack scalability. It's a difficult point. Especially because companies are so cloud-based these days, microservice scalability is a major thing."
"The price and the complexities attached to the solution are two areas of concern where improvements are required."
"WSO2 API Manager could increase their security compliance."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Microsoft Azure API Management, Apache APISIX and 3scale API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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