We performed a comparison between Axway AMPLIFY API Management 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is security."
"The most valuable features are security enforcement and throttling."
"We like the portal for documentation a lot."
"There's drag and drop functionality so that you do not need to have a senior expert developer to make use of the tool. You can get more of your staff trained up to be able to use it as it's not overly technical."
"This platform can be highly scalable."
"The administration tool for this solution is good."
"In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers."
"The best feature of Axway Amplify API Management is its exceptional level of security, which is highly reassuring, coupled with its remarkable capacity to handle substantial volumes of data in impressively efficient turnaround times."
"The product documentation helps the client and/or user to evolve quickly while using the tool."
"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."
"It is helpful to have a central API that is hosted and managed."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"There are a few assertions which are built-in for threat protection. I have used them for vulnerabilities, like for DDoS attacks, XML schema validation, IP restriction, and for cross-domain."
"The most valuable feature is the security with its out-of-the-box policies."
"The level of technical support is good."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"The portal still has room for improvement."
"Areas of improvement include marketing and enhancing the data products area by using ETIs."
"This solution does have some limitations regarding the deployment model."
"The areas for enhancement should be improving certain filters within the solution. Although they are generally functional, there are occasional problems that could be more precisely adjusted. Additionally, the solution performs well within its workload limitations, but it may not be suitable for scaling up or managing a larger volume of transactions through the gateway. To address this, it may be necessary to adopt a unique architecture rather than relying on traditional pre-packaged options."
"In terms of customer service, the company needs to be easier to contact, and the support team needs to understand the situation and the product itself better."
"Team management capabilities could be improved."
"It would be great if they have an asset report. It's hard to get support for that."
"Sometimes we find bugs where certain calls are not returning all the data we need."
"CA double up portal is a pain. It is something that we are struggling with right now."
"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."
"If they had different levels of support available then it would be easier to justify the costs."
"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."
"The UI design could be improved in the next release."
"The solution should prioritize ease of use and align with the growing trend of cloud-native environments."
"The security protocols in CA's product, for financial services, weren't as good as those in API Connect."
"The overall cost of Layer7 API Management is high, they can improve it by making it less expensive."
Axway AMPLIFY API Management is ranked 16th in API Management with 12 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews. Axway AMPLIFY API Management is rated 7.8, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Axway AMPLIFY API Management writes "An API management solution for ESB and B2B integration between systems with security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". Axway AMPLIFY API Management is most compared with Apigee, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and WSO2 API Manager. See our Axway AMPLIFY API Management vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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