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Layer7 API Management vs TIBCO Cloud API Management comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Layer7 API Management
Ranking in API Management
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TIBCO Cloud API Management
Ranking in API Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 1.8%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 1.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Layer7 API Management1.8%
TIBCO Cloud API Management1.4%
Other96.8%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

Integration capabilities excel and support for varied platforms enhances communication across backend systems
We mainly use REST APIs, and the solution's integration capabilities are excellent. It allows communication with a number of back-end providers and data consolidation. The flexibility to develop APIs for various platforms, from front-end applications to ATM machines, is valuable. Code changes and migration are straightforward, and it supports identity and access management integration.
AftabAlam - PeerSpot reviewer
E2E Delivery Expert - Ignite Delivery & Technical Enablement at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Trust and reliability have been established with long-term usage and significant integration benefits
TIBCO Cloud API Management offers API management plus the ability to orchestrate all inbound and outbound API calls. When an API is exposed to the external system, it functions as a single integration. Behind the scenes, you can perform extensive API modeling, aggregation, and downstream systems can have more than one API and give the response back to a single API call. It has many features such as orchestration rule engine, which makes it quite good. TIBCO Cloud API Management has brought numerous benefits for our organization, especially in product maturity and support. Sales and support are strong areas, and I think it is very good. If they do not get the right support, then they should consider other options. The sales and support also provides cost optimization.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You can create little, custom Java assertions that you can insert to do your business logic, which might not be covered by the commercial product out-of-the-box."
"If you are truly looking for API management features, CA API Management is the best solution."
"We are very happy with the solution."
"These features result in faster time to market, cut months off project timelines, and enable businesses to prevent from becoming disrupted by high-tech startups."
"It has its own language, which make it possible to design and implement the complete flow using existing services and databases, and to create and aggregate fine-and coarse-grained APIs."
"The out-of-the-box security features are useful. Right now, you can just right-click and drag and drop the assertions with the rate limit. That, as well as the x-amount surge protection, is built in so we can bring that in."
"There are many security policies within this solution that help to prevent attacks. We are also able to implement TLS to allow us to look at the application from the backend. There are workflows inside of the gate that help us a lot to implement customers and improve user experience. Our customers are also able to move from a customized creative view to taking advantage of AI bot solutions."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"The control that we have and the security features are very valuable, and with regard to API implementation or API orchestration, it works very well in the cloud because as soon as you create an API with one click, you can actually expose your APIs."
"The reason why we selected the solution originally was because of its ability to have a gateway both on-premise and in the cloud. This is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads."
"Very few outages or SLA issues."
"We can completely manage the APIs at the org level and BU (business unit) level."
"Conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols and management console (can manage individually throttled settings to manage our service levels for customers)."
"It has something called packages. In that way, it's good because we have some pre-built packages. So, if you want to onboard different APIs, we can just add them to the package, and it's there."
"We previously didn’t offer any API services to customers, so this has provided a new stream of traffic and exposure of our catalogue beyond the normal web store offering."
 

Cons

"It's not stable. I want to publish new APIs with a socket, but it’s not stable enough for this."
"At a high level, I would say the portal is a pain."
"The only issue we have is that we have to buy an APM license separately for end-to-end monitoring."
"I feel there is a lot to improve in terms of providing plug-and-play functionalities, as at the moment it requires a lot of coding in their specific language for implementing a medium-complexity use case."
"As a SaaS product, control over some configuration elements and environments is lost."
"I think it was lacking some documentation around performance tuning and getting the product operationalized so that it could maintain itself."
"The only area I'd say there could be some improvement is some of the documentation perhaps, some of the release notes are not the best."
"Needs to work better with DB2 UDB."
"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."
"The pricing could be improved. It's too expensive right now."
"We observed delays under heavy load conditions, and without proper tuning, changes could take an extended period to filter and become effective."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy."
"It's not that user-friendly, and security-wise when you try to implement the security layer on top of it, it's not that easy either."
"I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery."
"The security needs improvement, specifically, propagation of security to an API. Calling other APIs is something that is missing in the product and that makes us think about going to a competitor."
"It lacks many features at the API gateway compared to other solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you do a TCO of more than five years, then you will see a big jump in costs for some vendors."
"If the CA pricing for API management would be a little lower, they would be able to cover a broader market."
"It's my manager who takes care of the pricing. But I keep on hearing that it's a little pricey, it's on the higher side. That is what he says."
"Licenses are required to operate the product, but I don't know much about the validity periods attached to it."
"There are various licensing models for Layer7 API Management. We have to buy additional licenses to get new versions."
"Layer7 API Management is cheaper than Apigee."
"At the time we bought the product it was a perpetual users license and there has been no need for additional licensing fees."
"It has a reasonable pricing model by instance."
"Its price is pretty reasonable. There are some lightweight API options available in the market, but given the feature set that TIBCO provides, its price is really reasonable."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."
"Licensing is quite flexible."
"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
14%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise84
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Layer7 API Management?
Pricing is more than average. While I am used to Layer7 API Management ( /products/layer7-api-management-reviews ), seeing other products makes the tool's pricing seem high.
What needs improvement with Layer7 API Management?
Broadcom's push for upgrades from version nine to ten, ten to 10.3, and onwards to twelve needs improvement in migration processes, especially with service dependencies. The migration path sometime...
What is your primary use case for Layer7 API Management?
I am not the client. I implement Layer7 API Management ( /products/layer7-api-management-reviews ) for the clients. I have worked on multiple projects as a developer, implementing for Hydro Tasmani...
What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud API Management?
There are some areas for improvement in TIBCO Cloud API Management, especially regarding network protocols such as SMPP, SMTP, GVI, SVI, and Diameter which could show performance issues in terms of...
What is your primary use case for TIBCO Cloud API Management?
TIBCO Cloud API Management is used for various purposes, such as in the case of the Apple Watch. When a subscriber comes for the first time to activate the Apple Watch, it connects through the web ...
What advice do you have for others considering TIBCO Cloud API Management?
We use a local cloud with a Kubernetes solution integrated with the public cloud. We have used the Lifecycle feature in TIBCO Cloud API Management, along with versioning of the APIs. We are looking...
 

Also Known As

CA API Management, CA Live API Creator, Espresso Logic, CA API Gateway
Mashery API Management
 

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Sample Customers

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