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Layer7 API Management vs TIBCO Cloud API Management 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

Layer7 API Management
Ranking in API Management
15th
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
24th
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 March 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 2.1%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 1.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Layer7 API Management2.1%
TIBCO Cloud API Management1.2%
Other96.7%
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

"It impresses me as a product because it never goes down. It always does what it is supposed to do."
"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."
"It's a comprehensive tool that allows us to perform all the necessary tasks in one place."
"It has improved API governance, gives analytics to API performance, and provided abstraction to the solution providers."
"I would certainly recommend using this product."
"The most valuable feature is that it enables me to present data in the format that the client wants to consume it. That client might be a visualization tool, that client might be a report, that client might be a customer's API requirements."
"It is better than similar Gateway products that I have used in the past."
"CA API Gateway provides rich policy sets in regards to XML and REST services, is great for all B2B integrations, and is a very agile component to set up and use."
"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."
"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."
"The reason why we selected the solution originally was because of its ability to have a gateway both on-premise and in the cloud."
"Conversion to RESTful and SOAP protocols and management console (can manage individually throttled settings to manage our service levels for customers)."
"The control that we have and the security features are very valuable. 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."
"TIBCO API gateway is one of the best products available around this space."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to have different packages based on the API keys. The same core system can have different packages based on different environments."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to have different packages based on the API keys, so the same core system can have different packages based on different environments."
 

Cons

"Needs to work better with DB2 UDB."
"Following Layer7's acquisition of Broadcom, the technical support and sales teams have not been good and both those areas need to be improved."
"The Portal is not stable."
"Currently the tool provides REST APIs, but they are not easy to use."
"We'd like to see an updated migration tool. Right now, the migration process works but it is a little clunky because there's not a good tool for migrating it."
"I think it was lacking some documentation around performance tuning and getting the product operationalized so that it could maintain itself."
"The UI is very dated."
"There is room for improvement in terms of innovation and investment, especially when compared to other leading products in the market."
"I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery."
"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."
"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy."
"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."
"Monetization is not that great in API management. You need customization."
"The pricing could be improved. It's too expensive right now."
"The security needs improvement, specifically, propagation of security to an API."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For what we are after, the pricing is okay. It is competitive."
"CA has great pricing for gateways, so negotiate with your sales team."
"The price of Layer7 API Management is too high and should be reduced. However, it is a good solution in the market."
"There are various licensing models for Layer7 API Management. We have to buy additional licenses to get new versions."
"I feel that it is costly for medium-sized companies."
"Our customers found the product’s cost a little higher. They are looking for open-source solutions."
"It has a reasonable pricing model by instance."
"CA API Management has a licensing path. If you want more features, it requires more licenses and more installation time."
"Licensing is quite flexible."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."
"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

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 do you like most about TIBCO Cloud API Management?
The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Cloud API Management?
My primary role was to assess the solution from a capability perspective. So, there are some issues with the licensing cost.
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...
 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

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