We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon API Gateway has a slight edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than Mulesoft Anypoint API in the setup and pricing categories.
"The solution is solid, robust, and scalable."
"The product is really good when it comes to API lifecycle management, and it is not just something that includes the balancing part or the security aspect but also the routing and the fallback mechanism."
"It provides the flexibility to configure, switch, and manage configurations through cloud permissions or performance settings."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."
"I believe the API connectivity within the cloud marketplace is most valuable."
"The most valuable features are API development and API management."
"Both the cloud and on-premises options are available. Customers can leverage the MuleSoft Cloud platform to deploy the applications or set up their own online infrastructure to deploy applications."
"If you adopt the whole platform, you can build composable applications. This will cut your time creating new applications and updating them – once you have everything running – by up to 50%."
"The stability overall has been pretty great."
"The developer portal is easy to integrate. It is easy to use, easy to integrate, and I like the developer portal."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability."
"It can create high-cost solutions, allowing for a great deal of customization to make it well-suited for specific needs."
"The user interface could be improved, as well as customer support and having a local customer representative in a country."
"If I take into consideration the past three to four years, during which I used the tool, I would say that some missing and external configurations were not possible in the product, and it was a bit difficult to manage."
"A lower price would definitely be an improvement."
"It would be useful to have a more complete development environment for the developer, with different integrative capabilities to manage all the life cycles for the API. I think the full version formula for that is really useful. They should improve the development environment for easier integration."
"Its support for SAM integration could be made more accessible."
"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"Their analytics needs a lot of improvement. It's really lacking right now."
"The log management for this solution needs improvement."
"Monetization and cataloging can be improved."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"The product's price should be available for public review since it is not currently available for others to see, making it one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings."
"The solution is expensive."
"Licensing costs should be reduced, it's quite expensive."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". 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". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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