We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and webMethods.io API 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 important features of Layer7 API Management are the basic security functionality and validation checks."
"The Gateway is most important because it is our strategic front door into the company for all APIs."
"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 Gateway can front our APIs very easily."
"It is fairly stable for the Gateway side."
"The most valuable feature of Layer7 API Management is that their policy is really easy to develop and it is flexible."
"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."
"It is a stable product."
"The performance is good."
"Clients choose webMethods.io API for its intuitive interface, promoting seamless interaction and quick communication between systems."
"The product's initial setup phase is not very straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I would like for the new release to allow us to speed up code generation. The integration with CICD could also be more seamless."
"The entire lifecycle management approach needs improvement: from the API management, development, deployment, some of the settings around the quotas, and some security policy applications, etc. for the APIs. We found the Apigee platform a lot more robust in that area."
"The portal is not the most intuitive and the way things are displayed makes it difficult to find the information we need."
"One day, where we can have a microservices gateway and we will not need the classic gateway at all, that is what we want to see."
"The overall cost of Layer7 API Management is high, they can improve it by making it less expensive."
"We have experienced technical difficulties with the product in the past."
"As the number of instances increases, its complexity of installation increases if you do not use the OVA."
"I would like the solution to provide bi-weekly updates."
"A potential drawback of webMethods.io API is its adaptability to legacy systems, which can vary in compatibility."
Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews while webMethods.io API is ranked 30th in API Management with 2 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while webMethods.io API is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods.io API writes "Offers a strategic toolset for gradual integration advancement". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Microsoft Azure API Management, whereas webMethods.io API is most compared with Apigee and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager. See our Layer7 API Management vs. webMethods.io API report.
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