We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway 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: Amazon API Gateway finishes slightly ahead in this comparison. Amazon is very flexible and offers very good integrations, especially within the Amazon ecosystem. Many WSO2 API Manager users feel the solution has some stability and performance issues, making it less desirable.
"The solution is stable."
"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."
"It's flexible. It was valuable."
"It is a stable solution."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product is really good when it comes to API lifecycle management, and it is not just something that includes the balancing part or the security aspect but also the routing and the fallback mechanism."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"In terms of scalability, I haven't encountered any issues with API Gateway. We've significantly increased our traffic from hitting it once or twice a minute to now hitting it ten to fifteen times within a minute. In an hour, we're receiving hundreds of hits. So, it's performing excellently."
"Yes WSO2 API Manager is scalable"
"This solution is a little bit faster, easier to use, and has better integration than the other solutions I have experienced."
"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."
"The solution is open-source."
"Helped us to quickly publish our Microservice APIs and enforcing different policies against them, it comes up with features like Security, Throttling policy and it provides complete access to customize API's which actually saves development effort and time."
"It's very scalable, which is one of the best features."
"The most interesting feature is its Mac-based function."
"Functionality-wise, I like WSO2 API Manager - Publisher API and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus."
"We would like to see more UI-based monitoring."
"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."
"The user interface could be improved, as well as customer support and having a local customer representative in a country."
"There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access."
"The integration could be improved."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"Amazon API Gateway is not as complete as Apigee and needs to be improved by adding more features to become a more robust application."
"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"Integration is an area that needs to be improved."
"We had some problems with the reverse proxy not being able to invoke fully qualified domain names, so we have to build some custom scripts to solve this issue."
"I think they could greatly improve the general UX with their solutions."
"Lacks some new features and updated functionalities."
"The stability is pretty good, but it could be improved."
"The user interface could be a bit better."
"WSO2 API Manager could improve the API approval system."
"The price and the complexities attached to the solution are two areas of concern where improvements are required."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 8th in API Management with 33 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Microsoft Azure API Management, Apache APISIX and 3scale API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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