Tyk Reviews

archisol67

Solution Architect (Africa Regions) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Jul 23 2019

An inexpensive integration solution that needs more time to develop as a mature product with better brand recognition

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features in Tyk Management are some of the API features. This includes the API versioning, the API catalog, and the API dashboard.

How has it helped my organization?

It really has not improved our organization as the product was never fully implemented in production. The intent was to have the product help us to transform our platform… more»

What needs improvement?

It is a little bit difficult to evaluate what needs to be improved at this point because we were evaluating the product. It is not the first name that comes to mind when… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Tyk has a whole lot of features. You could actually break them up into separate products, maybe like an ESB, the actual API, the security component with a security manager… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

We did not switch products from what we were using after evaluation. We had hoped it would help us scale our options for deployment and reduce costs.

What other advice do I have?

In rating the product overall, I'll give it a seven out of ten. They could really improve on recognition of their brand name, their marketing and their overall appearance… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We were using a few other products including WSO2 and IBM API Connect. Tyk looked like a good product. I think the only reason we didn't go with it was because, from a… more»

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Kamal Doukali

Lead Developer at Eolia Software

Jul 18 2019

Enables us to manage our security and offers us all of the functionalities to manage our APIs

What is most valuable?

The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security. I like that it is open-source and that we can expand it in the future. We also have all the functionalities to manage our APIs. I like that I can manage the dashboard and that the solution offers the possibility… more»

What needs improvement?

I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language.

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

We have used our own API management system in the past, but we decided to switch to Tyk.

What other advice do I have?

I will rate this solution a nine out of ten. If they add extensions for back-end development, I will give a rating of ten.

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What is Tyk?

Tyk is an open source API Gateway that is fast and scalable, an API management platform featuring an API gateway, analytics, developer portal and dashboard. Available in three flavours to best suit your architecture and governance. We offer full cloud or on-premises options, and the best of both worlds with our unique hybrid model. www.tyk.io

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