We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and Microsoft Azure API Management 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."The actual management of APIs is fundamental to us, as we're a heavy API user/provider. So, obviously, a centralised management platform is important."
"The most valuable feature of Layer7 API Management is that their policy is really easy to develop and it is flexible."
"The out-of-the-box security features are useful. Right now, you can just right-click and drag and drop the assertions with the rate limit. That, as well as the x-amount surge protection, is built in so we can bring that in."
"Every API that we get from external or from internal goes through this layer first, and it should not be a bottleneck. That was the problem we had before. Now it's no longer a bottleneck. It's more like a throughput, this process is less than 10 milliseconds for any particular API."
"The Gateway is most important because it is our strategic front door into the company for all APIs."
"Easy to use, nice UI, and good search functionality."
"The security checking authentication is our primary use case for this solution."
"The initial setup process is easy and flexible."
"It's easier to use and has more features than Google."
"Microsoft Azure API Management has many valuable features. One is the developer portal, that's very useful for teams. The tool also provides layers of security. I also found the caching, automatic documentation, and version management functionalities most valuable."
"Easy to integrate API management platform. It is a stable and scalable solution."
"I like API Management's ability to do hybrid cloud stuff."
"The product gives API gateway-related features, like throttling, which are easy to use and low-code/no-code."
"The initial setup is not that complex, but there are certain challenges."
"The UI management is very easy to use."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is 90 to 99 percent scalable. We have three instances running in parallel."
"There is a need for the migration of policies, better reporting, and monitoring integration."
"The development toolkit used for creating APIs should be more online and user-friendly. Deployment and tracking could also be improved. Tools like Apigee provide a complete online experience along with RESTful APIs, to manage all activities. It is a very nice and user-friendly solution compared to CA."
"Increase tools for manipulation of JSON messages."
"The security protocols in CA's product, for financial services, weren't as good as those in API Connect."
"Needs to work better with DB2 UDB."
"we cannot add gateways on the fly because there are a lot of moving parts; endpoint connectivity is one of them. If we add more nodes then the rate-limiting feature is affected. This kind of gateway always has the scalability issue. But, I think CA is coming up with its Microgateway, which is in Beta. If they stabilize their Microgateway platform, we could do very well in terms of scalability."
"It is not possible for clients to migrate to a newer version."
"Layer7 API Management should improve the quota policy for the number of API calls."
"They're trying to implement versioning and trying to be able to manage different versions of your API all at the same time, but they're not doing that just quite right yet."
"Technical support could be more helpful and responsive."
"It should be easier to integrate."
"There is always room for improvement. There should be more analytics abilities so you can know how much traffic there is. Log Analyzer isn't well integrated with this solution."
"Could use clearer configuration when it comes to API policies."
"They should improve the inbuilt policies that they have and that should properly create a deployment architecture as well."
"Microsoft Azure API Management could improve the documentation. The documentation feels like marketing information and not sufficient technical information. Your easiest option is to purchase services from a Microsoft partner and this is their marketing."
"The user interface needs improvement."
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Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 110 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. 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 Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and IBM API Connect, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and 3scale API Management. See our Layer7 API Management vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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