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We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Layer7 API Management 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon API Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda.""The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support.""In terms of most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it.""The most valuable feature is it has lots of integration.""It is very helpful, with our API-based applications.""It's flexible. It was valuable.""API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks.""It is a stable solution."

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"A big win for CA was the expertise of the local country support plus having support staff on site in a matter of hours, if required.""The Portal API helps us with deployments. It also helps to have a catalog of everything. The replication is also a critical feature for us. It helps to have a more robust architecture and makes our systems are highly available.""We have more than 50 applications in the backend. We monitor the infrastructure through a database monitoring tool. Our daily tasks involve working on P1 incidents, managing change requests, conducting patching updates, working on P2 tickets, backend server certificate renewals, etc.""The Gateway can front our APIs very easily.""You can create little, custom Java assertions that you can insert to do your business logic, which might not be covered by the commercial product out-of-the-box.""Mobile app capabilities is good for building mobile apps to consume developed APIs. Also, the API Portal capabilities are very nice, up to and including the ability to do monetization. Security features are exhaustive, with several adapters to all leading identity suites.""The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward.""What I found most valuable in Layer7 API Management is that you can launch the API from the gateway quickly and securely, making it less complicated to deploy APIs. I also like that Layer7 API Management has a good portal and dashboards and that the dashboards show you statistics regarding how many people used the API, etc."

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Cons
"Monitoring could be improved.""Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency.""The only real problem is that you have to know a lot about what is outside of the API gateway in order to make the best use of it.""The user interface, in general, can be better. The user interface for the entire Amazon cloud can be more friendly. There are some scenarios that are not really easy to manage and configure through the user interface.""The integration could be improved.""The solution could improve signature validation.""Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished.""There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."

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"The Portal lacks maturity. Since the move from Portal 3.x to 4.x, a lot of features were removed. It is slowly coming back. I can see a lot of changes are done in the "background" to decouple components and make it more flexible. Those changes are just not getting to the UI side quick enough.""As a SaaS product, control over some configuration elements and environments is lost.""Layer7 API Management could improve by assing more portal-based capabilities.""They should incorporate deeper monitoring features into the solution to make the offering more complete. Doing so would help to showcase traffic patterns and usage to better engage customers and partners proactively. It would also help with API management and capacity planning.""Some problems with response time.""The interface is Java which is difficult to make look very nice.""There could be more integration options included in the product.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This is a pay-per-use service, where you only pay for what you use."
  • "Fees are volume-based."
  • "There are no licensing fees."
  • "I am satisfied with the price."
  • "There is an annual licensing cost to use Amazon API Gateway."
  • "Amazon API Gateway has various pricing plans, but I cannot give the exact cost, though I can say that it's expensive. On a scale of one to five, I'd rate the pricing for Amazon API Gateway as two, as the solution is one of the most expensive products in the market for API management."
  • "We use all open-source technology."
  • "Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."
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  • "CA has great pricing for gateways, so negotiate with your sales team."
  • "If the CA pricing for API management would be a little lower, they would be able to cover a broader market."
  • "Purchase 4.0 now and wait until they flush out the 4.1 problems."
  • "It depends on your use case of course, how much you want to go with that, because it can get pricey and depends on the size of your company."
  • "Be aware of additional licenses for your warm standby. Ensure you get plenty of non-production licenses."
  • "Do not buy piecemeal."
  • "It's my manager who takes care of the pricing. But I keep on hearing that it's a little pricey, it's on the higher side. That is what he says."
  • "Pricing is competitive. CA is ready to offer attractive discounts."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring… more »
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    Top Answer:Layer7 API Management's availability on an on-premises deployment model, actually decreases the production time if its users have any issues at the server level.
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    3rd
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
    8.6
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    out of 64 in API Management
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    Average Words per Review
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    Also Known As
    CA API Management, CA Live API Creator, Espresso Logic, CA API Gateway
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    Overview

    Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, you can create an API that acts as a "front door" for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from your back-end services, such as workloads running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), code running on AWS Lambda, or any Web application.

    Layer7 API Management is a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to securely expose, manage, and monetize their APIs. 

    It provides features such as API gateway, developer portal, analytics, and security to ensure seamless integration and control over API traffic. 

    With Layer7 API Management, businesses can streamline their API operations and drive innovation.

    Sample Customers
    Autodesk, Fox Digital Consumer Group, iFlix, UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Miovision, Olympusat, PhotoVogue, Royale International Group, Veracode
    1. IBM  2. Microsoft  3. Oracle  4. Salesforce  5. SAP  6. Cisco  7. Dell  8. HP  9. Adobe  10. VMware  11. Accenture  12. Capgemini  13. Deloitte  14. PwC  15. Ernst & Young  16. Infosys  17. TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)  18. Wipro  19. Cognizant  20. HCL Technologies  21. Tech Mahindra  22. Fujitsu  23. Hitachi  24. NEC  25. NTT Data  26. Ericsson  27. Nokia  28. Siemens  29. AT&T  30. Verizon  31. Vodafone  32. Orange
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Retailer21%
    Insurance Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Financial Services Firm28%
    Insurance Company10%
    Retailer8%
    Computer Software Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon API Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon API Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 32 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 108 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and IBM API Connect, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Enterprise, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management report.

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