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We performed a comparison between 3scale API Management and Oracle API Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"I like the API automation.""The product is stable.""3scale API Management's best feature is API management.""The solution is quite lightweight, and the installation is very easy. It's like a two-click installation.""The most valuable features are the gateway and security features.""It's good that they aren't adding a lot of features like ESP, etc. It's okay with just being a gateway.""The gateway is the most valuable feature because it makes it possible for us to gather all traffic into one proxy, which is a good thing.""The standard deployment is very simple."

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"The most valuable features for us are security and centralization.""It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from Oracle guys.""The initial setup isn't overly difficult.""The security, the authentication, and the publishing qualities are great."

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Cons
"The product is not that flexible for developers. It's less flexible and rigid. It's not easy to make changes or customize it.""We tried to use the portal, but we decided that it wasn't enough. The content management system (CMS) is not easy to use if you want to customize things, and it's hard to get someone who has the knowledge to work with the CMS.""I believe the CMS part of it has room for improvement though. That is where you write a couple of things if you want to publish your API. It's based on liquid scripting, which doesn't seem like the obvious ones to script with.""What was suggested by Red Hat was a crucial part of the configuration, but when we started to ask about the supportability of this configuration, Red Hat said only some parts of the configuration would be supported.""3scale API Management only supports restful APIs and doesn't support SOAP.""It would be helpful to improve the customization features so that the customer can do it based on their own needs.""The user experience could be better. The developer portal is too complex and hard to configure.""What I'd like to improve in 3scale API Management is its route-limiting feature. Currently, I don't know how to do that effectively on the solution, but in Kong, I know how to do it, so I would love to see route-limiting being easily done on 3scale API Management. It would also be good if there was some authentication that you could do from 3scale API Management because Kong offers that functionality out of the box. What I'd love to see in the next release of 3scale API Management is the ability to integrate more plug-ins easily onto the platform, so you'll be able to extend it, and even do customs management. If Red Hat could offer that extension where it allows the internal organization where 3scale API Management is deployed on-premise to integrate its tools on top of 3scale API Management and provide an API for that, that will make the solution very powerful."

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"We'd like it if they could reduce the cost without sacrificing on features.""From an administration and developer point of view, the user interface and user experience are not great.""Before gaining experience with the product, I found that it was not simple to use and things took longer to do than I had anticipated.""Oracle should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach to client needs. It shouldn't always be about pushing additional products."

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  • "I don't think that 3scale is very expensive."
  • "3scale API Management has reasonable pricing, judging from its competitor, Kong. My organization pays yearly for the 3scale API Management license, though I'm unable to give the exact figure because every single day there are new clusters deployed. I'm in charge of three to four clusters in my team, but give or take, it costs a few thousand lakhs."
  • "The cost was around $45,000 per year."
  • "The pricing is affordable, it's cheap."
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  • "Oracle is not a cheap solution and it is not affordable for all of our clients in Portugal."
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    Top Answer:The solution is affordable. I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap.
    Top Answer:The tool can improve API management and UI.
    Top Answer:It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from Oracle guys.
    Top Answer:We opted for a five-year license. It's mid-range, not too high. More affordable than many other options. It's already more affordable than others, especially for small companies it is accommodating… more »
    Top Answer:My main feedback is about the account management. I feel they should connect with clients more frequently, beyond just selling the product. They should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach… more »
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    Overview

    3scale is an API management platform that delivers flexible, highly scalable solutions to package, distribute, control, and monetize your APIs, giving you the power to make the most of your API program.

    • Share company data, content, or services through Web or mobile applications.
    • Provide an API to external organizations, internal teams, or both.
    • Avoid the hassle and constant maintenance of building a solution from scratch.

    3scale delivers centralized API management features through a distributed, cloud-hosted layer. The platform includes built-in features to help you build a more successful API program, including access control, rate limits, payment gateway integration, and developer experience tools.

    Oracle API Management enable you to streamline business and IT objectives by managing the lifecycle of your APIs, outsource application enhancement by empowering developers through API adoption, and add a mobile front to your applications and capture new revenue opportunities with seamless API enablement.

    Sample Customers
    Victor Ops, Coca Cola, The Telegraph, Skava, Orange, Typeform
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Energy/Utilities Company9%
    Retailer7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise36%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    3scale API Management is ranked 11th in API Management with 10 reviews while Oracle API Management is ranked 20th in API Management with 5 reviews. 3scale API Management is rated 7.4, while Oracle API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of 3scale API Management writes "Useful as it lets you add a backend to the product, it integrates well with clusters, and it has exceptional technical support, but route-limiting isn't easy to do on it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle API Management writes "Provides robust security for financial transactions and protects the ERP database from direct exposure". 3scale API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Kong Enterprise, Apigee, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager, whereas Oracle API Management is most compared with Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect.

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