Layer7 API Management vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

Broadcom and WSO2 are both solutions in the API Management category. Broadcom is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.6, while WSO2 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Broadcom holds a 3.2% mindshare in APIM, compared to WSO2’s 4.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

Layer7 API Management

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90% willing to recommend

WSO2 API Manager

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5,455 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Layer7 API Management and WSO2 API Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Layer7 API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Layer7 API Management

Ranking in API Management

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

110

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 API Manager

Ranking in API Management

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 3.2%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 4.7%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

API Management

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Ronald D'Souza

Presales Consultant for CA Southern Africa at Hyperion Holding Pty Ltd

Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding

I have mainly implemented using Layer 7 API Management. Some of the major challenges we were able to meet with a quick release to market methodology. Some of the tasks which we achieved for our customers were: 1. Translation service from SOAP to REST and vice versa. 2. API service to DB (Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, Snowflake, SAP HANA) -- Created Swagger APIs that were able to perform CRUD operation to the backend API mentioned above and provided routes to query and get data. 3. Integration with Payment gateway service providers to perform (transaction on behalf of the customer with third-party payment gateway service providers white labeled with our APIs ) -- Followed TMF standards for payment gateway integration with the Telcom world. 4. Orchestration of the API. Build multiple microservers and provided orchestration based on route, path, and data in the request and perform actions that would be communicated with multiple APIs and provide a single consolidated response. 5. Provided API-driven security (Oauth 2.0, JWT, SAML, Basic, and a variety of means) to access the API giving the developer the freedom to concentrate only on application/service/microservice and let the gateway handle the threat. 6. Seamless Mutual Authentication allowed good segregation between APIs in the DMZ and internal network.

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VishalSingh14

IT Engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd

Easy to deploy APIs and easy to manage CORS configuration

I have used WSO2 Store and WSO2 API Manager at the architecture level. I worked on two versions, namely WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0 and 5.7.0. I have also worked with WSO2 Identity Server versions 5.7 and 5.11. There are certain things that Apigee handles better than WSO2 API Manager. The user interface of WSO2 API Manager is much easier than that of Apigee. The scope of flexibility was much greater in Apigee. In WSO2 API Manager, we had little flexibility and were restricted to a specific software or tool. On the other hand, we had the scope of customization in Apigee.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Almost all security features are available out-of-the-box and can be deployed rapidly."

"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."

"The latest version that just came out at the first of October really was a powerful move in the right direction. I was very, very pleased with that because it allows now beginning to use information of things. We've got this IOT infrastructure that we can plug into, and for my use cases there are a lot of outdoor sensors that provide valuable information to my customers."

"It impresses me as a product because it never goes down. It always does what it is supposed to do."

"The most valuable feature was the gateway because it has a good dashboard which shows all the hits, misses, and issues, how often you are viewing, what was the response time, etc. The gateway was very easy to deploy."

"Every API that we get from external or from internal goes through this layer first, and it should not be a bottleneck. That was the problem we had before. Now it's no longer a bottleneck. It's more like a throughput, this process is less than 10 milliseconds for any particular API."

"A big win for CA was the expertise of the local country support plus having support staff on site in a matter of hours, if required."

"The mobile access gateway (MAG) is tremendous."

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"It is a scalable solution because it can be scaled horizontally and vertically."

"The main feature — the publication of the API, the management section — is great in general."

"The scalability is fine for our purposes."

"One of the great things about WSO2 API Manager is that it is so easy to adopt. And because it's an open source solution, we're able to extend the implementation any time to suit our company needs better."

"WSO2 API Manager's most valuable features are the simple interface that is easy to use and the APIs lifecycle."

"The solution is open-source."

"Helped us to quickly publish our Microservice APIs and enforcing different policies against them, it comes up with features like Security, Throttling policy and it provides complete access to customize API's which actually saves development effort and time."

"API management lifecycle is the most valuable."

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Cons

"The interface is Java which is difficult to make look very nice."

"Provide complete documentation with examples of usage on its build in assertion/function."

"One area where it certainly needs to improve is the way it allocates requests, in terms of rate limiting. Also, there is no native Kafka connectivity."

"Some users say that the API lacks some features and is lagging behind the competition although that has not been my personal experience."

"The API Development tool can be made more user-friendly by providing folder properties."

"There are old algorithms that the tool does not support - and it shouldn't, in my opinion. But sometimes customers need old algorithms, from old use cases and old applications, migrated to the platform. At those times, there are hiccups that happen."

"Layer7 API Management should improve the quota policy for the number of API calls."

"More developer focused tools. They have a nice debugger inside of the program, but when you are developing code with their policies, it is tough to visualize that sometimes as a developer."

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"I would like to see improvements in the speed of the solution as it can be a bit slow compared to other platforms along with addressing memory issues would be beneficial."

"We found WSO2 API Manager to be a bit complex."

"WSO2 API Manager should improve its marketplace subscription model and documentation in order to reach a higher level in the market."

"The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge."

"They don't have different URLs for administrators."

"WSO2 API Manager could improve the API approval system."

"Providing easy configuration for email and SMS notifications, layout and customization of admin and developer landing pages."

"The initial setup can be difficult."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It depends on your use case of course, how much you want to go with that, because it can get pricey and depends on the size of your company."

"I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."

"At the time we bought the product it was a perpetual users license and there has been no need for additional licensing fees."

"This solution is a bit more expensive than competitors."

"For what we are after, the pricing is okay. It is competitive."

"There are some costs for maintenance that we are charged, but that seems fair because we get the support."

"The price of Layer7 API Management is reasonable compared to Apigee."

"APIs can be developed to provide security. We can show them in one single pane of glass, such as the CA API Management API Developer Portal. It is there that we can provide the monetization for their APIs and what is happening on third-party applications, like Paytm or BookMyShow."

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"WSO2 API Manager is quite an expensive tool. I rate the product's pricing a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low and ten is high."

"My previous company paid about 1.2 million dollars, and my current company pays about 300k. Both companies are at the enterprise level."

"The challenge is the increasing pricing, which has led some customers to consider alternatives, like using Spring Boot solutions instead. The rising costs, especially as cores and usage increase, have been a concern, prompting some to migrate to other products."

"It is an open-source product."

"As far as I'm aware, the costs are not minimal but satisfactory."

"I am using the free version."

"The solution costs less than 20,000 euros a year. I'm not sure of the exact number."

"For our projects, we found the pricing to be a little high."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Layer7 API Management?

The solution's technical support is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Layer7 API Management?

Licenses are required to operate the product, but I don't know much about the validity periods attached to it.

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What needs improvement with Layer7 API Management?

Layer7 API Management should have more stability towards the operating system. I think we were planning to go to version 11, and then Layer7 API Management said you need to move from CentOS to some...

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What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?

It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability.

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What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?

In WSO2 API Manager, we had little flexibility and were restricted to a specific software or tool. The entire API publication or API creation was done using a particular pipeline we had developed. ...

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What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?

WSO2 API Manager is a cumulative security-based software, and I had a good experience with it.

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Also Known As

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

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Overview

Layer7 API Management is a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to securely expose, manage, and monetize their APIs.

It provides features such as API gateway, developer portal, analytics, and security to ensure seamless integration and control over API traffic.

With Layer7 API Management, businesses can streamline their API operations and drive innovation.

WSO2 API Manager is a comprehensive platform that allows organizations to design, publish, and manage APIs.

It provides a centralized interface for API governance, security, and analytics.

With features like API monetization and developer portal, it enables businesses to drive innovation and create new revenue streams.

Sample Customers

1. IBM 2. Microsoft 3. Oracle 4. Salesforce 5. SAP 6. Cisco 7. Dell 8. HP 9. Adobe 10. VMware 11. Accenture 12. Capgemini 13. Deloitte 14. PwC 15. Ernst & Young 16. Infosys 17. TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) 18. Wipro 19. Cognizant 20. HCL Technologies 21. Tech Mahindra 22. Fujitsu 23. Hitachi 24. NEC 25. NTT Data 26. Ericsson 27. Nokia 28. Siemens 29. AT&T 30. Verizon 31. Vodafone 32. Orange

1. eBay 2. StubHub 3. Cisco 4. Verizon 5. T-Mobile 6. Vodafone 7. Orange 8. BT Group 9. Telstra 10. Deutsche Telekom 11. Swisscom 12. AT&T 13. Sprint 14. Telefonica 15. O2 16. British Airways 17. Lufthansa 18. Emirates 19. Qatar Airways 20. Etihad Airways 21. Air France 22. KLM 23. American Express 24. Visa 25. Mastercard 26. PayPal 27. Western Union 28. Citibank 29. HSBC 30. Barclays 31. Santander 32. Goldman Sachs

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Layer7 API Management vs. WSO2 API Manager

October 2024

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