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.
"API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."
"In terms of scalability, I haven't encountered any issues with API Gateway. We've significantly increased our traffic from hitting it once or twice a minute to now hitting it ten to fifteen times within a minute. In an hour, we're receiving hundreds of hits. So, it's performing excellently."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"It's flexible. It was valuable."
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"It is a stable solution."
"The scalability is good. It's passable."
"The ease of policy maintenance and API functionality are key features for me. They streamline business processes by allowing configurable control over policies, instead of writing codes and making maintenance more straightforward."
"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."
"Offers good integration and flexibility."
"The most valuable features of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are the API gateway, rate limiting, and orchestration."
"The solution has been very stable."
"We can use both on-premises and cloud setups."
"The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies."
"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."
"The solution could improve signature validation."
"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."
"The integration could be improved."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Amazon API Gateway is not as complete as Apigee and needs to be improved by adding more features to become a more robust application."
"I am not completely satisfied with Technical Support."
"The solution's price is high."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"Since most components are situated in the cloud, there's one particular hosted in the cloud. This presents a considerable challenge. While all other components are implemented on-premises, this specific one isn't permitted to be hosted in the cloud as per customer requirements. Shifting this component to an on-premises environment requires a significant effort."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"They should provide training and development programs to enable the skills and capabilities of users."
"The dashboards in Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve."
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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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