We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager 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."Compared to other vendors, this product is much faster in coming up with new features, which is good."
"The mobile access gateway (MAG) is tremendous."
"The Gateway is most important because it is our strategic front door into the company for all APIs."
"The most valuable feature of Layer7 API Management is that their policy is really easy to develop and it is flexible."
"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."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"It is flexible in how it creates custom policies and uses builds with impressive methods."
"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."
"Its best feature is that its plugins are somewhat unique in the market. We have budgets, Prime membership, and pre-plugins available in the marketplace that we can use immediately."
"Anypoint is very capable in terms of scalability."
"The security features are good. It's easy to configure the end-to-end integration with existing applications."
"It provides various advantages in the integration field, including support for Azure services and cloud integrations."
"It provides all of the robust platform-enabled features."
"The documentation is great; it is always up to date and well-presented."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to investigate APIs."
"Anypoint API Manager's most valuable feature is its connectors."
"Layer7 API Management could have a live API creator feature, so my team can easily create APIs. Right now, the product doesn't have that feature."
"What is really important is that they offer the solution as a service, on a subscription or monthly basis, which will make it more attractive. That is where the market is headed. There are competitors within the industry that are doing that currently. I would encourage CA to do that."
"Layer7 API Management could improve by assing more portal-based capabilities."
"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."
"CA double up portal is a pain. It is something that we are struggling with right now."
"I would like to be able to see the publisher role be able to be organized within organizations, so somebody within that role can only manipulate their particular policies."
"The product needs to keep up with newer trends even though customers might not be requesting it yet."
"One specific feature that we need is the ability to authenticate directly to the server with API data. It's not complex nowadays. This is a feature that we need and CA doesn't have it."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
"MuleSoft has advanced features but is slower."
"The dashboards in Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"I would like to see more automation. Operations are done manually. It should also automate in the operation."
"With respect to the live help, I have language issues because I can't understand some of the things that I hear."
"I think that they can bring some transparency in reference to the terms of the microservices architecture."
"Anypoint could be improved by making it more open and configurable for small companies, who tend not to consider the solution as it's expensive and requires a lot of costs upfront."
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Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. 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 MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and IBM API Connect, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise and 3scale API Management. See our Layer7 API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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