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Apigee vs OpenLegacy comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Apigee
Ranking in API Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
API Testing Tools (10th)
OpenLegacy
Ranking in API Management
32nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
AI Software Development (94th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 7.0%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenLegacy is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apigee7.0%
OpenLegacy1.3%
Other91.7%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

IM
consultant at Allstate
Apigee empowers effective API management while needing improvements in technical support
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private cloud. I am not currently utilizing AI in the private cloud with Apigee, but I'm unsure about hybrid and Apigee X.
reviewer1042905 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP, Chief Enterprise Integration Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The biggest advantage is how simple the technology was.
I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be. OpenLegacy handles the bread-and-butter TP monitoring stuff, but I am working for one of the six banks in the United States still using the Hogan mainframe, which has a slightly proprietary mechanism. But OpenLegacy currently doesn't have a connector for Hogan. So it would help if they could build one. That would appeal to financial institutions that still use Hogan, like US Bank, Wells Fargo, KeyBank, and Vanguard.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Apigee for me are analytics, security, ease of use, and integration capabilities."
"Apigee gives you plenty of opportunities to set up your workspace depending on how you want to manage your APIs."
"The customer service and support are cooperative and effective in providing insights and solutions during challenges."
"It's easy to use and the security features are valuable."
"I think the most valuable features are the security features, and the other very important issue is the sandboxing capability of Apigee."
"It's stable."
"It is easy to deploy, configure, and monitor the APA."
"The security provided by the solution is excellent."
"OpenLegacy opens the door to connect modern web products to our old legacy system."
"Using mainframe programs (not screens), the OpenLegacy services do not require any changes by the mainframe programmers, thus reducing development cycles."
"Without OpenLegacy, it would take us several months to create the same services."
"The product has helped our business by allowing us to become more efficient in data handling."
"OpenLegacy provides a way to go from the outside world to the legacy mainframe, to move the old standard application to a REST API application. New digital services can be created in a few clicks and this can be done easily by COBOL programmers."
"It is possible to solve larger legacy API issues on an enterprise level with this product."
"The biggest advantage of OpenLegacy was how simple the technology was. We were able to build out the OpenLegacy parts very quickly. We put together a couple hundred APIs in six months."
"Opens the door to connect modern web products to an old legacy system."
 

Cons

"Pricing is an area that can be improved, as it is a little on the higher side."
"We found a glitch in Apigee, and we raised it with them: It's the response overlapping from the API with high traffic."
"An area for improvement would be to provide more information while troubleshooting."
"There should be an integrated continuous integration and continuous deployment approach with Apigee. Currently, for development at a more integrated level, you have set it up yourself."
"Areas like traffic handling of incoming requests, security features between third-parties and Apigee, and between Apigee and internal network servers, resources, or JSON areas, etc."
"I have heard there maybe be some security issues that need to be addressed. If this is the situation I would encourage taking a look at the security matters."
"The hardware is extremely high compared to other similar products."
"I would like to see SOAP services and socket-based connectivity developed."
"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing."
"I would like to see SSL out-of-the-box. OpenLegacy certainly does SSL, but it was not the default for our use case. We are currently working with OpenLegacy to cross the SSL bridge and suspect that most users will want to do the same."
"We would also be more than happy if the product had the option to work in the opposite direction – the ability to consume REST/SOW services in the outer world from the mainframe."
"Debugging and logging for programmers could be better."
"Customer support for the product is slow and not very good. It makes using the product difficult if you need help quickly."
"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."
"I would like to see SSL out-of-the-box. OpenLegacy certainly does SSL, but it was not the default for our use case."
"I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apigee is slightly expensive, but again, it can depend on the type of usage. All things considered, it is slightly expensive."
"The tool is extremely expensive."
"They need to work on the cost of the solution."
"Its price is reasonable for the features they provide and the maturity of the platform."
"In Latin America, Apigee is expensive. It's not for small businesses; it's more for big businesses."
"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."
"It was fairly expensive. I don't know what the standard pricing is. I want to say that it's something like $80,000 for 800 million requests (approximately) a year."
"It is a bit on the expensive side. Its licensing cost is a bit high, and that's where we've seen people going back on their decisions."
"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Construction Company
25%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Insurance Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise66
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Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
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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...
What needs improvement with Apigee?
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private clo...
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