We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management 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: Based on the parameters we compared, Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager seems to be the more desirable product. With overwhelming responses applauding its stability and reliability, it is evident that users of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager are happy with the solution. In addition, users had only positive experiences with service and support, and were satisfied with the ROI. Users consider it to be expensive, but worth the expense.
"We're pretty much using all of the monetizations features out of the API manager so we can put up a portal and have a dev portal and then a prod portal and do rate limiting."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is 90 to 99 percent scalable. We have three instances running in parallel."
"The documentation and configuration of APIs."
"The stability and performance are good. It is easy to install, and it scales well too."
"I like API Management's sandbox feature. It's an environment where you can test out the API before putting it into production and connecting it to a live environment."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is a good, comprehensive solution for enterprise implementation."
"Ease of integration into the entire Microsoft environment."
"We use this solution for API rate limiting and for its security features against DDoS."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"I believe the API connectivity within the cloud marketplace is most valuable."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"We can use both on-premises and cloud setups."
"The most important features are the API management and API development."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The documentation is great; it is always up to date and well-presented."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is a great solution. I like it very much because of its speed of delivery and because it allows API-led integration."
"The implementation has room for improvement and can be more user-friendly."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"I would like to see more security features become available."
"The scalability of this solution could be improved. The volume which the API Management task service can handle needs to be improved. Cost wise, this solution could be optimized."
"Support for GraphQL could be better."
"The solution's integration suite needs improvement."
"I could that the UI could be improved."
"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 pricing is a bit expensive."
"I think that they can bring some transparency in reference to the terms of the microservices architecture."
"I'd like more monitoring and analyzing features included in the future."
"An area for improvement in MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is the process of applying policies because it's manual. It would be great if MuleSoft could make the process easier, particularly by automating it."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"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."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"MuleSoft has advanced features but is slower."
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Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". 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". Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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