3scale API Management vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

Red Hat and WSO2 are both solutions in the API Management category. Red Hat is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.8, while WSO2 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Red Hat holds a 2.2% mindshare in APIM, compared to WSO2’s 4.7% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Red Hat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

3scale API Management

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91% willing to recommend

WSO2 API Manager

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between 3scale API Management and WSO2 API Manager 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.

To learn more, read our detailed 3scale API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager Report (Updated: October 2024).

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3scale API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager

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Categories and Ranking

3scale API Management

Ranking in API Management

13th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 API Manager

Ranking in API Management

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of 3scale API Management is 2.2%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 4.7%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Jose Luis Bonilla

CIO at Banco Pichincha España

Provides cost savings while maintaining the same functionality and capabilities

There were two main reasons for consideration. One of them was the cost. It is true that the other solution had more capabilities, but we didn't have plans to use them. We didn't need them, but the cost was slightly higher. Also, we were already working with the Red Hat solution and integrating it with some other solutions we have in place. It was better and more convenient for us. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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VishalSingh14

IT Engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd

Easy to deploy APIs and easy to manage CORS configuration

I have used WSO2 Store and WSO2 API Manager at the architecture level. I worked on two versions, namely WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0 and 5.7.0. I have also worked with WSO2 Identity Server versions 5.7 and 5.11. There are certain things that Apigee handles better than WSO2 API Manager. The user interface of WSO2 API Manager is much easier than that of Apigee. The scope of flexibility was much greater in Apigee. In WSO2 API Manager, we had little flexibility and were restricted to a specific software or tool. On the other hand, we had the scope of customization in Apigee.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is quite lightweight, and the installation is very easy. It's like a two-click installation."

"3scale API Management's best feature is API management."

"It's good that they aren't adding a lot of features like ESP, etc. It's okay with just being a gateway."

"The product is stable."

"To me, the most valuable feature of 3scale API Management is that it lets you add a backend to the product. I also like that you can integrate it well with OpenShift clusters, making 3scale API Management a useful solution."

"The standard deployment is very simple."

"I like the API automation."

"The most valuable features are the gateway and security features."

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"Yes WSO2 API Manager is scalable"

"I think the best part about WSO2 API Manager is that it's highly customizable because it's open-source. The partnership model is quite lucrative for us, it helps us to go and pitch to our customers. You can build a lot of business models yourself that you want to use. You are able to do a lot of the solutions."

"WSO2 API Manager provides OAuth2 token capabilities that our customers use to interact, onboard new customers, and provide approvals whenever a customer is onboarded."

"API management lifecycle is the most valuable."

"WSO2 API Manager provides strong internal API security, including token-based authentication and HTTPS support for various formats like REST. However, the newer API security features that are emerging are not available yet. They might be in development, but for now, internal API security is well-covered."

"Functionality-wise, I like WSO2 API Manager - Publisher API and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus."

"The solution is open-source."

"WSO2 API Manager is easy to use."

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Cons

"We tried to use the portal, but we decided that it wasn't enough. The content management system (CMS) is not easy to use if you want to customize things, and it's hard to get someone who has the knowledge to work with the CMS."

"I believe the CMS part of it has room for improvement though. That is where you write a couple of things if you want to publish your API. It's based on liquid scripting, which doesn't seem like the obvious ones to script with."

"It would be helpful to improve the customization features so that the customer can do it based on their own needs."

"What was suggested by Red Hat was a crucial part of the configuration, but when we started to ask about the supportability of this configuration, Red Hat said only some parts of the configuration would be supported."

"The product is not that flexible for developers. It's less flexible and rigid. It's not easy to make changes or customize it."

"What I'd like to improve in 3scale API Management is its route-limiting feature. Currently, I don't know how to do that effectively on the solution, but in Kong, I know how to do it, so I would love to see route-limiting being easily done on 3scale API Management. It would also be good if there was some authentication that you could do from 3scale API Management because Kong offers that functionality out of the box. What I'd love to see in the next release of 3scale API Management is the ability to integrate more plug-ins easily onto the platform, so you'll be able to extend it, and even do customs management. If Red Hat could offer that extension where it allows the internal organization where 3scale API Management is deployed on-premise to integrate its tools on top of 3scale API Management and provide an API for that, that will make the solution very powerful."

"3scale API Management only supports restful APIs and doesn't support SOAP."

"The user experience could be better. The developer portal is too complex and hard to configure."

"WSO2 API Manager can be improved a lot relating to usability"

"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."

"The user interface needs to improve, it is a bit outdated."

"The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge."

"Basically, mTLS is a certificate-based communication protocol that WSO2 API Manager doesn't support."

"Based on our recent large scaling project, the latency needs to be improved."

"They are developing another platform called Choreo that allows you to create API itself using the WSO2 programming language Ballerina. It would be great if they added a direct connection between Choreo and API Manager, that would be great. I think they are working on that, but I'm not sure."

"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is affordable, it's cheap."

"3scale API Management has reasonable pricing, judging from its competitor, Kong. My organization pays yearly for the 3scale API Management license, though I'm unable to give the exact figure because every single day there are new clusters deployed. I'm in charge of three to four clusters in my team, but give or take, it costs a few thousand lakhs."

"The cost was around $45,000 per year."

"I don't think that 3scale is very expensive."

"It's not expensive, but it could be cheaper."

"For our projects, we found the pricing to be a little high."

"The challenge is the increasing pricing, which has led some customers to consider alternatives, like using Spring Boot solutions instead. The rising costs, especially as cores and usage increase, have been a concern, prompting some to migrate to other products."

"We have not opted for the paid version of WSO2 but we have implemented the free and open source WSO2 software to a great extent and it is working as per our expectation."

"WSO2 API Manager is a costly solution, and its pricing is not competitive enough compared to other products."

"We use the open-source version — the free version."

"We use the open-source version of WSO2 API Manager, there is no cost."

"WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

10%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about 3scale API Management?

The product is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 3scale API Management?

I rate the product’s pricing as two out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with 3scale API Management?

The deployment process could be easier.

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What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?

It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability.

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What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?

In WSO2 API Manager, we had little flexibility and were restricted to a specific software or tool. The entire API publication or API creation was done using a particular pipeline we had developed. ...

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What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?

WSO2 API Manager is a cumulative security-based software, and I had a good experience with it.

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Overview

3scale is an API management platform that delivers flexible, highly scalable solutions to package, distribute, control, and monetize your APIs, giving you the power to make the most of your API program.

Share company data, content, or services through Web or mobile applications.
Provide an API to external organizations, internal teams, or both.
Avoid the hassle and constant maintenance of building a solution from scratch.

3scale delivers centralized API management features through a distributed, cloud-hosted layer. The platform includes built-in features to help you build a more successful API program, including access control, rate limits, payment gateway integration, and developer experience tools.

WSO2 API Manager is a comprehensive platform that allows organizations to design, publish, and manage APIs.

It provides a centralized interface for API governance, security, and analytics.

With features like API monetization and developer portal, it enables businesses to drive innovation and create new revenue streams.

Sample Customers

Victor Ops, Coca Cola, The Telegraph, Skava, Orange, Typeform

1. eBay 2. StubHub 3. Cisco 4. Verizon 5. T-Mobile 6. Vodafone 7. Orange 8. BT Group 9. Telstra 10. Deutsche Telekom 11. Swisscom 12. AT&T 13. Sprint 14. Telefonica 15. O2 16. British Airways 17. Lufthansa 18. Emirates 19. Qatar Airways 20. Etihad Airways 21. Air France 22. KLM 23. American Express 24. Visa 25. Mastercard 26. PayPal 27. Western Union 28. Citibank 29. HSBC 30. Barclays 31. Santander 32. Goldman Sachs

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