We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management 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: Based on the parameters we compared, Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager seems to be the more desirable product. With overwhelming responses applauding its stability and reliability, it is evident that users of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are happy with the solution. In addition, users had only positive experiences with service and support, and were satisfied with the ROI. Users consider it to be expensive, but worth the expense.
"Access control is the most valuable aspect."
"It's easy to use compared to other products. It's easy to set up."
"The ability to easily connect back to Service Fabric is the most important for us."
"It’s easy to set up."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is a good, comprehensive solution for enterprise implementation."
"The mediation and translation from SOAP to REST technology makes it possible to open up legacy systems that couldn't be opened before."
"The UI management is very easy to use."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its importing and publishing."
"The tool has a private area. It also has a cloud deployment option."
"The scalability is good. It's passable."
"The most effective features of Anypoint API Manager for policy enforcement include security enforcement, rate limiting, client enforcement, traffic control, service level agreement policies, and caching policies."
"One of the more valuable features is the stability of the platform."
"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."
"It can create high-cost solutions, allowing for a great deal of customization to make it well-suited for specific needs."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"When using the Mulesoft Anypoint Platform, it has a wide range of connectors that are readily available to connect with the multiple applications."
"Azure is our most expensive resource; it's costly."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"This solution is only available as a cloud-based deployment and it would be very helpful to have an on-premises version."
"The portal where we publish the APIs could be improved. Maybe this is because we didn't configure it. It is quite easy to bypass API management because we have a lot of information shared on the portal, where we publish our APIs. I worry there is potential for a security breach in the API publishing. There needs to be more security available on terms of the way we publish them."
"The documentation could be improved for the customer."
"The licensing fees should be cheaper."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."
"Rather than focusing on numbers, they should focus more on the customer support service."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The initial setup, if you go back three or three and a half years, definitely, for us, was complex."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"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."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"Better documentation to help explain each of the features would be really helpful."
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Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". 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". Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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