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Amazon API Gateway vs MuleSoft API Manager comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 31, 2022
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon API Gateway
Ranking in API Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MuleSoft API Manager
Ranking in API Management
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Amazon API Gateway is 14.7%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft API Manager is 6.1%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management
 

Q&A Highlights

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Oct 28, 2021
 

Featured Reviews

Serg Anonymous - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2024
Met our expectations and eliminates the need for us to handle rate limiting ourselves
I use it to expose API. So, I primarily use it for publishing our APIs and implementing rate limiting. We mainly use it within our internal services It eliminates the need for us to handle rate limiting ourselves. It completely met our expectations. We have no issues with it. Moreover,…
AK
Mar 9, 2023
We use it heavily because it is cheaper than competitors; provides a lot of visualization
I can explain how this solution helped our organization through an example. Let's say, I want to buy my home insurance. I'd go to the market for the digital product and get a quote. Upon accepting the offer, I'll go through payment and then a three-step process for binding. After that, documents will be released to me in a multi-step process. MuleSoft provides a lot of the visualization and you are able to do the mapping and confirmations. It powers some of the connectors out of the box and you're able to connect to the different endpoints. You do not need to write many core basis and this is a great advantage.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable."
"In terms of most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is very helpful, with our API-based applications."
"Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda."
"The most valuable feature is it has lots of integration."
"It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"The product is stable."
"The most important features are the API management and API development."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable features are API development and API management."
"It is a good management tool for controlling purposes."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager's most valuable aspect is it has plenty of features."
"We use it heavily because Azure offers better pricing than its competitors."
"I found the authentication features very valuable, like how the tool provides client IDs and secrets and lets you apply authentication policies. We bought the Titanium package with analytics, which allowed us to do rate limiting and throttling. The API monitoring and alerting were also useful."
"The scalability is good. It's passable."
 

Cons

"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"Their support services come at a considerable cost, leaving room for improvement."
"I believe better governance and monitoring features would be beneficial."
"A lower price would definitely be an improvement."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"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."
"Since the first invocation of AWS Lambda takes more than 30 seconds because of Lambda's cold start, Amazon API Gateway blocks that resource, thereby aborting the invocation."
"We would like to see more UI-based monitoring."
"The log management for this solution needs improvement."
"The API gateway and API runtime are too heavy, which means that it is not suitable for microservices."
"I would like to see more automation. Operations are done manually. It should also automate in the operation."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"Better documentation to help explain each of the features would be really helpful."
"The setup process could be simpler."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model for API Gateway is advantageous due to its serverless nature, as it depends on traffic volume."
"The solution's pricing is cheap and based on the number of requests coming to Amazon API Gateway."
"It is somewhat costly, particularly when it introduces server-related features, which are often scheduled on our end."
"Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."
"There are no licensing fees."
"Fees are volume-based."
"I am satisfied with the price."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The solution looks more expensive on the surface because it builds all the functions into one core component or into an integrated suite of components."
"It is really expensive from a Zimbabwean perspective."
"Anypoint is the most expensive solution on the market, as far as I know, though it's also the most capable."
"It is extremely high, and I would rate it one out of ten."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is an expensive solution."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as six and a half to seven."
"Pricing can be improved."
"The product is highly priced compared to other advanced software. It is affordable only for tier-one customers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?
Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring, ma...
How does Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager compare with Amazon API Gateway?
I have found that Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the best integration tool out there for API management. It is easy to implement and learn; it provides several options for deployment, (including ...
Which is better - Azure API Management or Amazon API Gateway?
If you use Azure products, API Management is a great solution. It solves many of the problems of externalizing web services. For example, when you need versioning, establish a developer portal and ...
How does Kong Enterprise compare with Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager was designed with its users in mind. Though it is a reasonably complex piece of software, it is easy to install and upgrade. While there are different things that ...
What do you like most about Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The product's main drawback is its cost. It's expensive for our company, and their recent change in pricing strategy last year complicated things further. That's the only thing we're not happy with.
 

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Anypoint API Manager
 

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Sample Customers

Autodesk, Fox Digital Consumer Group, iFlix, UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Miovision, Olympusat, PhotoVogue, Royale International Group, Veracode
Coca-Cola, Splunk, Citrix, UCSF, Vertu, State of Colorado, National Post, TiVo, Deakin, LLS, Oldcastle Precast, ParcelPoint, Justice Systems, Ube, Sumitomo Corporation, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Groupe Initiatives, Camelot, Panviva
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