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MuleSoft API Manager vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

MuleSoft API Manager
Ranking in API Management
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
WSO2 API Manager
Ranking in API Management
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of MuleSoft API Manager is 6.1%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 4.6%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management
 

Q&A Highlights

it_user1257666 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 30, 2020
 

Featured Reviews

Michael Makanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 21, 2023
The solution automates API documentation well and offers helpful technical support
The solution is missing a monetization module. One of our key use cases is engaging with third parties, so the solution has a disadvantage because you are forced to enter a contract with another third party just for billing. Moreover, there are readily-available connectors, such as Oracle E-Business Suite, but you will have to pay for that. In that way, the solution might get expensive. These connectors should be easily accessible from the marketplace once you have access to the platform, rather than them reselling other products to you. It now defeats the whole purpose of quickly integrating a finance platform without further costs, and you are then forced to redo an already available connector if the budget does not allow you to purchase that connector.
Eric-Winston - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 4, 2024
Conducts regular research and comes up with improvements
It is for Reselling and Integration in our solutions to be sold  to customers This has improved us a software company, where we have integrated the solution to many of our customers, We use the vanilla version of the WSO2 API Manager and integrate additional features ourselves. The basic features…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the low code environment, the drag-and-drop functionality, and the ability to drop the connectors on the fly, which are extremely helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to investigate APIs."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"The most valuable features are API development and API management."
"The most effective features of Anypoint API Manager for policy enforcement include security enforcement, rate limiting, client enforcement, traffic control, service level agreement policies, and caching policies."
"This is a flexible and versatile API management solution that has the power to integrate with more than just API."
"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."
"Yes WSO2 API Manager is scalable"
"This solution is a little bit faster, easier to use, and has better integration than the other solutions I have experienced."
"I think the best part about WSO2 API Manager is that it's highly customizable because it's open-source. The partnership model is quite lucrative for us, it helps us to go and pitch to our customers. You can build a lot of business models yourself that you want to use. You are able to do a lot of the solutions."
"WSO2 API Manager is open-source, which offers a range of features not found in other open-source API tools."
"Functionality-wise, I like WSO2 API Manager - Publisher API and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus."
"The user interface is easy to navigate, and the documentation is extensive. It's open-source, so everything is available, and we can create what we need. That's not necessarily a feature, but it's an advantage."
 

Cons

"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager could improve the monitoring because it is very poor quality and not user-friendly. It is not as good as other solutions on the market."
"The cost model could be improved."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"With respect to the live help, I have language issues because I can't understand some of the things that I hear."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"I would like to see MuleSoft expand the range of APIs you can manage with it beyond HTTP, GIPC, and others."
"The API gateway and API runtime are too heavy, which means that it is not suitable for microservices."
"The setup process could be simpler."
"The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge."
"They are developing another platform called Choreo that allows you to create API itself using the WSO2 programming language Ballerina. It would be great if they added a direct connection between Choreo and API Manager, that would be great. I think they are working on that, but I'm not sure."
"They don't have different URLs for administrators."
"I would improve the product documentation. There are some gaps, and it can be difficult to find the proper documentation for the product if you need to solve something."
"I think they could greatly improve the general UX with their solutions."
"We found WSO2 API Manager to be a bit complex."
"The solution’s interface should be more user-friendly."
"I would like it to be a more stable solution. Maybe in the last version that is approved. For me it would be good if they had a community established version."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is extremely high, and I would rate it one out of ten."
"Pricing can be improved."
"The pricing for this solution is cheaper than GCP and Bluemix."
"The pricing is very expensive, although you get a lot of power from the product."
"The product is expensive."
"I want MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager to be cheaper because when you scale up, it becomes very costly. Price-wise, I'd give it a seven out of ten."
"The product's main drawback is its cost. It's expensive for our company, and their recent change in pricing strategy last year complicated things further. That's the only thing we're not happy with."
"The solution looks more expensive on the surface because it builds all the functions into one core component or into an integrated suite of components."
"We use the open-source version of WSO2 API Manager, there is no cost."
"WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."
"WSO2 API Manager is an open-source solution."
"We have not opted for the paid version of WSO2 but we have implemented the free and open source WSO2 software to a great extent and it is working as per our expectation."
"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."
"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."
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Answers from the Community

it_user1257666 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020
I think the main difference is that WSO2 is open source and you can free download to use it in your on premises platform. But if you are willing to pay for a fully developed product, Mulesoft will provide better support in your full development of API cycle. You may consider their local support for further evaluation. I think the level of support offered by the product vendor is a key considera...
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SK
Jan 2, 2020
We have evaluated WS02, APIGEE, MuleSoft in the past and based on our selection criteria all three scored pretty close with APIGEE with overall high score with a very small difference. However, based on the key driver each one has an advantage such as WS02 on licensing, APIGEE on performance throughput and MuleSoft on robust integration platform. For more information please reach out to me at ksrinivas@techwave.net
KH
Mar 30, 2020
I think the main difference is that WSO2 is open source and you can free download to use it in your on premises platform. But if you are willing to pay for a fully developed product, Mulesoft will provide better support in your full development of API cycle. You may consider their local support for further evaluation. I think the level of support offered by the product vendor is a key consideration for your choice.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Kong Enterprise compare with Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager was designed with its users in mind. Though it is a reasonably complex piece of software, it is easy to install and upgrade. While there are different things that ...
How does Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager compare with Amazon API Gateway?
I have found that Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the best integration tool out there for API management. It is easy to implement and learn; it provides several options for deployment, (including ...
What do you like most about Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies.
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.
What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?
The solution’s interface should be more user-friendly.
What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?
I use the solution in my company from our customers to expose APIs built for being exposed. The tool is also helpful for managing security in the area of APIs and making sure that only those people...
 

Also Known As

Anypoint API Manager
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Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Splunk, Citrix, UCSF, Vertu, State of Colorado, National Post, TiVo, Deakin, LLS, Oldcastle Precast, ParcelPoint, Justice Systems, Ube, Sumitomo Corporation, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Groupe Initiatives, Camelot, Panviva
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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