We performed a comparison between Apigee 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: Apigee has a slight edge in this comparison. Apigee is easy to deploy and received high marks for its analytics features. Some MuleSoft Anypoint users say that its deployment can be complex and that it needs better analytics tools.
"Anyone with basic knowledge can build an API."
"The most valuable feature of the current version of Apigee, such as Apigee Edge, is that the maintenance and scalability of the service are not our responsibility. As a SaaS platform, Google takes care of it, ensuring the system is stable. Another valuable feature is the ability to customize the platform extensively. We can add JavaScript functionality to cater to any use case that is not available out of the box."
"Apigee is very easy to use, and you can code in any language."
"The ability to convert from language to language using a single tool."
"The following features are most valuable: API Management, Analytics, Quota, and the Developer Portal."
"Tracing in Apigee is a very good feature."
"A special feature is configuring target servers, proxy config, and Cert related security, which regularizes incoming traffic from cloud users or external applications to internal applications in a secured manner."
"We use it to build API proxies for securing targeted back-ends with an emphasis on Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD)."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is a great solution. I like it very much because of its speed of delivery and because it allows API-led integration."
"The most valuable features are API development and API management."
"The tool has a private area. It also has a cloud deployment option."
"When using the Mulesoft Anypoint Platform, it has a wide range of connectors that are readily available to connect with the multiple applications."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"Anypoint API Manager's most valuable feature is its connectors."
"The security features are good. It's easy to configure the end-to-end integration with existing applications."
"The ESB, the enterprise service bus is what we primarily use. In addition to that, the API management. These are the two tools which we have been using extensively. The enterprise platform."
"They have an external developer platform that was a little bit painful."
"They should improve the monitoring tools for on-premises environments."
"I would like to see SOAP services and socket-based connectivity developed."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved upon. We'd like it if it was less costly."
"Sometimes there are glitches, which means there's still room for improvement in the platform."
"The entire user across all the layers should be singly authenticated through an external authentication system."
"What my clients don't like is that the on-premises solution is not being treated and maintained as well as the cloud solution."
"Apigee on premise is quite complex and it is always moving faster."
"Rather than focusing on numbers, they should focus more on the customer support service."
"The solution's price is high."
"The most important thing that should be improved is that it is too heavy."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"Their analytics needs a lot of improvement. It's really lacking right now."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"MuleSoft has advanced features but is slower."
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Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". 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". Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Amazon API Gateway, WSO2 API Manager and Layer7 API Management, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and Layer7 API Management. See our Apigee vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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Apigee for sure. Not only do you get the benefit of hybrid and on-prem deployments. As a gov entity, you will face those challenges. Over time you might want to use AWS/Azure clouds so you can migrate it accordingly or just use the PAYG on GCP with all the security Bells and Whistles. https://www.gartner.com/review...
I will choose MuleSoft due to its ease of use, integration extendibility, and product roadmap.
MuleSoft API Management is better because of the following reasons:
* Ease of initial setup & configuration
* Most robust features in API management: oath, throttling, and access levels can be done very easily.
* MuleSoft API-led connectivity & Integration solution (you can extend the API management solution with a flexible integration option). You can very easily extend APIM to integration.
* Very Clear Product roadmap including APIM, RPA and multi-cloud implementation.
The cost of both MuleSoft APIM & APIGEE is similar.
Compared to 3scale, Apigee API Management has a better API gateway for security and traffic management.
Apigee is better for API policy enablement compared to 3scale API Management. Apigee provides better support for GraphQL, OData, OAS2.