Compare Kong Enterprise vs. WSO2 API Manager
Kong Enterprise is ranked 8th in API Management with 1 review while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 9th in API Management with 2 reviews. Kong Enterprise is rated 8.0, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Kong Enterprise writes "A combination firewall and anti-virus solution that is dependable and easy to deploy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Good integrations abilities with well-detailed logs". Kong Enterprise is most compared with WSO2 API Manager, Apigee and Microsoft Azure API Management, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Kong Enterprise, Apigee and Tyk.
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This is a solid intrusion prevention system that combines a firewall and antivirus in a single solution. | This is a flexible and versatile API management solution that has the power to integrate with more than just API. |
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The OS upgrades are not as frequent as they should be and they are bulky. | The interface needs to be modernized and made more user friendly so the product continues to have a growing community of users. |
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Views 3,724 Comparisons 3,301 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 838 Avg. Rating 8.0 | Views 2,961 Comparisons 2,517 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 860 Avg. Rating 8.0 |
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| Kong | WSO2 |
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Kong delivers a next generation API platform built for modern architectures. With a lightnight-fast, lightweight, and flexible core, Kong delivers sub-millisecond latency across all your services. Kong's is deployment-, vendor-, and pattern-agnostic, allowing you to run your services how you want, where you want, and with who you want - from baremetal to cloud, monolith to microservices, service mesh, and beyond. | WSO2 API Manager is an open source approach that addresses full API lifecycle management, monetization, and policy enforcement. It allows extensibility and customization, and ensures freedom from lock-in. WSO2 API Manager is a unique open approach to full lifecycle API development, integration and management. As part of the larger WSO2 Integration Agile Platform, it is a central component used to deploy and manage API-driven ecosystems. It’s hybrid integration capabilities further simplify projects that span traditional as well as microservice environments. And unlike other API and lifecycle management products, it is fully open-source allowing for extensibility and customization. |
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| Cargill, Zillow, Ferrari, WeWork, Healthcare.gov, Yahoo! Japan, Giphy, SkyScanner | StubHub, Dialog |
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Software R&D Company37% Comms Service Provider20% Real Estate/Law Firm6% Insurance Company5% | Software R&D Company37% Comms Service Provider13% Financial Services Firm9% Government9% |
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