We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and webMethods.io Integration 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."From a security standpoint, it works great. It is the right solution for us. It's lightweight, a software-appliance configuration which was easy to deploy and configure."
"Initial setup is straightforward. It is simple and easy to do."
"We definitely get good responses from the technical team and they are quite responsive."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."
"When I have used technical support they helped me a lot. Sometimes they took a long time to respond because we had very complex issues that we asked them for help with, but I think it is a very good service."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"It is fairly stable for the Gateway side."
"I like the tool's scalability."
"There's hardware, software and application integration, providing hosting flexibility."
"Oracle's self-service capabilities, of which we make extensive use, is the most valuable feature."
"Our use case is for integration factory for SAP. It is mostly for SAP integration."
"It's easy to construct new interfaces like apps and client portals."
"The connectivity that the tool provides, along with the functionalities needed for our company's business, are some of the beneficial aspects of the product."
"The solution is scalable."
"The overall cost of Layer7 API Management is high, they can improve it by making it less expensive."
"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."
"The CA API Management solution has good security features, but when it comes to being used in areas like enterprise integration, where it is being used as middleware for all the IT environments, that particular feature is quite limited. It doesn't support as many protocols as an industry standard, competing product should."
"The delivery is bulky in terms of implementation. Its price could also be better. It is a very good product as compared to CA API, Google API, and WSO2 API, but its price is high. From the cloud-native perspective, some new features need to be added. It could also be made simpler to implement."
"The only issue we have is that we have to buy an APM license separately for end-to-end monitoring."
"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."
"Needs to work better with DB2 UDB."
"webMethods.io Integration's installation is complex. It should also improve integration and connectors."
"I am not satisfied with the solution because it takes too much effort to migrate and add new information. The migration could be easier."
"It is difficult to maintain."
"The products, at the moment, are new and there should perhaps be support for the older version of the protocols."
"The product's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Rules engine processes and BPM processes should be improved."
"The solution's release management feature could be better."
Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews while webMethods.io Integration is ranked 29th in API Management with 7 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while webMethods.io Integration is rated 7.8. 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 Integration writes "Though the tool provides great connectivity functionality, it needs to be made more stable". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Akana API Management, whereas webMethods.io Integration is most compared with webMethods Integration Server, SAP Cloud Platform, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management and webMethods CloudStreams. See our Layer7 API Management vs. webMethods.io Integration report.
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