We performed a comparison between Akana API Management and Apigee based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in API Management."The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters."
"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."
"Good interface, intuitive solution."
"The use case which I have installed serves the intended purpose."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Apigee is a very lightweight solution."
"It is scalable."
"Apigee is an easy-to-use solution."
"The most valuable feature is monetization."
"The most important feature is the security capabilities and the way it integrates very quickly with other security providers. We have integrated it with Azure and it integrates quite seamlessly."
"We have been using Apigee mostly for proxy FGIs. We also use its security features as well as traffic control features."
"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."
"Lacks an integrated billing feature."
"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."
"The technical support could be improved because their response time is slow."
"The Apigee cloud admin UI could be more user-friendly by adding a few more features."
"When there is an update on a new version or an automatic update, you have to be present and double-check that the update is reflected in the environment with no issues."
"Apigee lacks market presence."
"The account simplification process can be improved."
"As it is now, the rotation of certificates is a manual task and is something that can be improved."
"I would like to see SOAP services and socket-based connectivity developed."
"I would like to see the monitoring, dashboards, and reports improve."
Akana API Management is ranked 28th in API Management with 3 reviews while Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews. Akana API Management is rated 8.4, while Apigee is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Akana API Management writes "Authentication mechanism is easy to implement but improvement is needed in documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". Akana API Management is most compared with MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, WSO2 API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Layer7 API Management.
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