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Apigee vs Tyk 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)
Tyk
Ranking in API Management
19th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 7.1%, down from 13.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tyk is 1.9%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apigee7.1%
Tyk1.9%
Other91.0%
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.
reviewer2113719 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Internal API gateway has improved security frameworks and now provides unified API visibility
The best features Tyk offers are highly customizable options, effective traffic management, and security, making it easy to configure and use. The customizability of Tyk is evident in our validation of the token—specifically with our internal identity and access management. There were challenges on the network side and in managing token validity and the public key, but Tyk allowed us to configure these aspects effectively. I believe those are the standard out-of-the-box capabilities provided by Tyk that we are using, particularly regarding traffic management and security. Tyk has positively impacted my organization by providing standard API management capabilities, such as a single view for all APIs, discoverability, and role-based access control for overseeing who can see which APIs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The features I found most valuable are how the APIs are published, the whole process of finalizing the API, and then controlling it."
"I think it is the most functional tool on the market."
"The central monitoring feature is the most valuable. It also provides security for the APIs and high availability for our use cases. Apigee is the best product in the industry in comparison to other API management solutions. It helps in fast development, which is a top point. It also supports a lot of industry standards and has excellent documentation."
"One feature I found most valuable in Apigee is its simplicity."
"It has all the features necessary to work in anything from a basic scenario to advanced applications."
"The stability of the solution is good. There aren't issues surrounding bugs or glitches. We don't find that it crashes or freezes. It's pretty reliable."
"It is easy to set up. It is on Google Platform, and there are multiple deployment models they support, which is great."
"The scalability is incredible."
"Other than the limitations with the cloud version everything else is fantastic."
"The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security, I like that it is open-source and that we can expand it in the future, and we also have all the functionalities to manage our APIs."
"The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function."
"Tyk looked like a good product."
"The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security."
"You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic."
"The portal for developers that this solution provides has great functionality."
"Our customers are happy with the features and performance, and I have not heard any complaints with respect to technical support."
 

Cons

"Apigee is more of an entry level solution that does basic things pretty well, but if you want to go more customizable, you want to really look for another solution."
"An area for improvement would be to provide more information while troubleshooting."
"The caching capabilities are somewhat limited."
"I would like to see the support improved. I think the time frame should be shorter for responses when it comes to technical support. This is not the ideal situation you want to be in when you need support."
"Role-based access management needs to be improved. It would also be nice if the solution could be integrated with code versioning systems like Git/Bitbucket."
"What my clients don't like is that the on-premises solution is not being treated and maintained as well as the cloud solution."
"The solution could add even more functionalities."
"Unlike WSA, Apigee does not have a partnership model, something which makes it a bit easier for companies such as ours to go with the former solution."
"I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language."
"We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed."
"We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much."
"We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much."
"Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable."
"We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed."
"It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients."
"It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to other products, Apigee had higher pricing."
"As most of the customers say, the tool is a bit expensive."
"The current version of Apigee is not too expensive, but we are currently in talks with Google to understand their roadmap for Apigee X. However, we anticipate that with the introduction of Apigee X, the pricing will likely increase."
"Apigee has several different licenses you can obtain depending on your needs."
"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."
"It is an expensive solution."
"Pricing options need to be chosen on a case-by-case basis."
"I would like to see the implementation of further options for billing because as it is now, the opportunities you have in terms of a package are limited."
"It had a free version, which suited many of our needs, but not all, but we were happy to go ahead with the licensed version as well, which is the paid version."
"There are different versions and plans available depending on the requirements, so there is flexibility in terms of the pricing."
"The price is low compared to other products of a similar type."
"The cost curve is far smoother, both in terms of volume and the number of calls it's running on, compared to most competitors. So it's a tad more expensive at the very low end, but the curve is nothing like Apigee or some of the others."
"We are using the open-source version of this product, so there are no licensing costs for its use."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise65
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a cloud-based solution. Both solutions are easy to use. Apigee allows for the ability...
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...
What needs improvement with Tyk?
Tyk can improve in terms of AI capabilities, and the developer portal could benefit from enhancements such as user onboarding workflows. The developer community could be better, especially compared...
What is your primary use case for Tyk?
My main use case for Tyk is for internal API gateway. For a banking customer, I have internal APIs and external APIs, where internal APIs are mostly on Kubernetes. For internal API gateway, we have...
What advice do you have for others considering Tyk?
While we could not quantify any commercial improvement, developer experience has definitely improved. I would rate Tyk around an eight on a scale of one to ten because I have worked with other API ...
 

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