We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management and WSO2 API Manager based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Many users are heavily invested in Microsoft Azure products, making Microsoft Azure API Management more widely used and trusted. Additionally, WSO2 API lacks some new features and updated functionalities that other API solutions commonly provide. In terms of pricing, however, users are happier with WSO2.
"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."
"Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work."
"It’s easy to set up."
"The UI management is very easy to use."
"It's a very robust tool. So you see that there is a developer portal which can be used by developer or the vendors as well. And other external partners to create keys and manage their own APIs. The other thing is that they have a lot of policies there are too many options within API. So I do the difficult to tell one, but probably I would say, like, proxy sorry. The policies is one of the thing wherein you can just configure the policies and modify the behavior of the APIs."
"I like the API Management functions."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is better because it has a DevOps integration by default."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use and it is a platform that has self-enablement for the customers to be able to register themselves."
"This solution is a little bit faster, easier to use, and has better integration than the other solutions I have experienced."
"It's a good product."
"This is a flexible and versatile API management solution that has the power to integrate with more than just API."
"The most interesting feature is its Mac-based function."
"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model."
"WSO2 API Manager is easy to use."
"A complete integration suite and a good platform."
"WSO2 API Manager's most valuable features are the simple interface that is easy to use and the APIs lifecycle."
"This solution is only available as a cloud-based deployment and it would be very helpful to have an on-premises version."
"If I compare this solution to others I have used in other phases of my life, having APIM being an Azure resource, it is easy to configure and deploy. However, this conversely reduced the flexibility. The difficulty is how do we configure it in a manner that a larger enterprise would probably want it to be. This creates a bit more complexity, working around the constraints of the resource itself. If comparing it to other solutions, it is more of a legacy design with an older approach. The various level components are still around resembling an on-premise type of design similar to other solutions, such as Apigee or Mulesoft. They are still predominantly carrying some legacy design. Which might be suited for organizations where they have a more complex network layout. APIM is easy to deploy, but on the other side of that, it is constrained to how Azure has designed it to be."
"Multi-tenant functionalities is missing from the system, especially when it comes to the developer code of features."
"The developer console for external users could be improved, especially in the testing site."
"There is a limitation of 32 kb of data in the APIs. Having the limitation increase would be a benefit."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"Support for GraphQL could be better."
"From my understanding, there are some constraints around governance and service-to-service intercommunication managing priorities and our own governance."
"I would like it to be a more convenient development platform with the ability to write orchestrations and so on. Our problem with this product is that in my country, we are the only enterprise that has been using this product. We're missing a lot of knowledge from colleagues to consult with, and we also aren't able to recruit people with relevant skills. It is a big problem. The small team that is maintaining this product is the only team that can actually relate to any technical issue. The support that we're getting from the company is not great. There is also a cultural gap there because they're from Sri Lanka, and it is not easy. They're putting in a lot of effort, but they are not meeting our expectations."
"They don't have different URLs for administrators."
"The solution could be more user friendly for engineers."
"The user interface needs to improve, it is a bit outdated."
"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."
"For fresh graduates and engineers, the setup process can be very difficult."
"The technical support must be improved."
"From a product perspective, the first thing is that although the documentation provided by WSO2 is good, it could be much better. We're in the middle of a complex migration, moving away from VMs to Kubernetes with the latest version of WSO2 and good documentation is essential to us right now."
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Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX and 3scale API Management. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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