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."Compared to other vendors, this product is much faster in coming up with new features, which is good."
"It's a comprehensive tool that allows us to perform all the necessary tasks in one place."
"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."
"It is helpful to have a central API that is hosted and managed."
"The most valuable feature is the security with its out-of-the-box policies."
"Initial setup is straightforward. It is simple and easy to do."
"The solution has numerous configuration options to increase security in communication."
"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 product improved data exchange processes by enhancing communication between various messaging queues. There was a heavy reliance on queues for indexing clusters and data transfer in this particular environment. The product facilitated the transfer of messages from one queue to another, ensuring data flow and processing across different topics."
"Both the cloud and on-premises options are available. Customers can leverage the MuleSoft Cloud platform to deploy the applications or set up their own online infrastructure to deploy applications."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability."
"MuleSoft has given the API solution a 3-tiered architecture. This means that there are multiple channels available in one application. The usability is very high."
"One of the more valuable features is the stability of the platform."
"It provides all of the robust platform-enabled features."
"Anypoint API Manager's most valuable feature is its connectors."
"The overall cost of Layer7 API Management is high, they can improve it by making it less expensive."
"Increase tools for manipulation of JSON messages."
"CA double up portal is a pain. It is something that we are struggling with right now."
"They need a multifactor authentication solution for the API layer and the other layers, as well."
"Provide complete documentation with examples of usage on its build in assertion/function."
"If they had different levels of support available then it would be easier to justify the costs."
"They need a workflow for the API Developer Portal, where the process only allows requests to go to the correct person."
"It needs better mobile features and HA configuration."
"Their studio performance is very slow, it requires a lot of memory, and should be improved."
"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 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."
"I would like to see MuleSoft expand the range of APIs you can manage with it beyond HTTP, GIPC, and others."
"The cost model could be improved."
"Rather than focusing on numbers, they should focus more on the customer support service."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"An area for improvement in MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is the process of applying policies because it's manual. It would be great if MuleSoft could make the process easier, particularly by automating it."
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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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