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Axway AMPLIFY API Management 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

Axway AMPLIFY API Management
Ranking in API Management
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tyk
Ranking in API Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY API Management is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tyk is 1.8%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Axway AMPLIFY API Management1.6%
Tyk1.8%
Other96.6%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

AnkitSingh6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Lead Analytics Engineer at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Comprehensive API management has improved monetization and streamlined secure integrations
Axway AMPLIFY API Management could be improved in terms of user interface and navigation, as it could be more user-friendly. There are no helping resources such as question marks or help icons to easily identify elements, making it difficult for new users to learn the platform without some form of training. The configuration and policy setups also require multiple steps, which complicates the process, and it would be easier if some steps could be skipped. Better analytics and reporting capabilities should provide improved trackability for API performance and consumer behavior. Documentation for advanced use cases would help reduce the learning curve. However, when trying to integrate with third parties, it can be quite difficult and requires a lot of authentication and authorization, which is better for security but poses challenges for new users trying to connect with a third party to transfer data between platforms. Additionally, the customization options for the dashboard are very limited, which restricts my ability to customize the entire dashboard meaningfully.
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 most useful features in Axway AMPLIFY API Management, in my opinion, primarily involve the security aspect of the product, which provides us very good methods of securing the network."
"I don't believe the Salesforce has been fully utilized yet. It gives us quick engagement."
"It provides very strong security functionality to protect information in an easier way."
"In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers."
"Its flexibility allows us to adapt to different scenarios."
"There's drag and drop functionality so that you do not need to have a senior expert developer to make use of the tool. You can get more of your staff trained up to be able to use it as it's not overly technical."
"Centralized API Platform allow us better reusability and monitoring"
"My advice for others considering Axway AMPLIFY API Management is that if you want a comprehensive API management solution that includes a good dashboard with analytics, log functionality, monetization, and security, everything comes under one roof, making Axway AMPLIFY API Management a solid choice."
"Customer support is excellent, and their support personnel, along with professional services, know the product really well, resulting in a good experience dealing with them."
"Tyk is a wonderful API management gateway for maintaining enterprise-grade applications."
"Tyk looked like a good product."
"The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function."
"It is a good product for API management."
"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."
"You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic."
 

Cons

"The portal still has room for improvement."
"Ultimately, from a very high-level overview, cloud platforms or Kong could have a slight advantage when compared to Axway AMPLIFY API Management."
"I have experienced issues with Axway AMPLIFY API Management's stability at times, particularly when there are a large number of API calls."
"Areas of improvement include marketing and enhancing the data products area by using ETIs."
"Team management capabilities could be improved."
"It would be great if they have an asset report. It's hard to get support for that."
"We sometimes have issues with some of the functions because they do not work very well."
"They should also improve the way that we upgrade from one version to another. In our case, it's been very troublesome."
"I chose the number eight because I think at the time I ended up using the version and I had not found, or there was not, a way for me to install it locally to study and learn a way of using the tool."
"There are some architectural bottlenecks, including operational complexity and multi-component overhead."
"Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable."
"I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language."
"Compared to Apigee or Kong, I find they excel beyond Tyk, which is the reason for my score."
"We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed."
"In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them."
"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

"The solution is expensive. When you acquire a license you have full access to the solution, unlike other competitors such as Apigee X, where there are fragmented licenses. Some licenses only allow access to certain features while others allow access to more features. Upon procuring this solution's license, you will have full access to the solution, allowing you to experiment with all of its features."
"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."
"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."
"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
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Axway AMPLIFY API Management?
The pricing for Axway AMPLIFY API Management is quite high for small companies, organizations, or teams. The setup cost is also high, and licensing is very limited. They should restructure everythi...
What needs improvement with Axway AMPLIFY API Management?
Axway AMPLIFY API Management could be improved in terms of user interface and navigation, as it could be more user-friendly. There are no helping resources such as question marks or help icons to e...
What is your primary use case for Axway AMPLIFY API Management?
I have used Axway AMPLIFY API Management to expose and manage APIs across different internal and external applications, which helps secure the API, monitor traffic, and control access through polic...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tyk?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is overall good.
What needs improvement with Tyk?
There are some architectural bottlenecks, including operational complexity and multi-component overhead. Unlike single binary modern alternatives like Traefik or Zuul, running a production-ready Ty...
What is your primary use case for Tyk?
Connecting APIs securely with load balancing is my main use case for Tyk. Our applications connect to the AWS cloud microservice from the UI layer to the backend layer, so instead of exposing the a...
 

Also Known As

Vordel Application Gateway, Axway API Management Plus, Axway API Management, AMPLIFY API Management
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Engie Group, Allianz
Trip Advisor, Juniper Networks, AT&T
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