OpenLegacy vs Oracle API Management comparison

OpenLegacy and Oracle are both solutions in the API Management category. OpenLegacy is ranked #35, while Oracle is ranked #20 with an average rating of 9.0. OpenLegacy holds a 0.3% mindshare in APIM, compared to Oracle’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of OpenLegacy users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Oracle API Management and OpenLegacy compete in the API management space. Oracle tends to have an edge in support and pricing, while OpenLegacy is stronger in features despite its price.

Features: Oracle API Management offers significant strengths in security, scalability, and integration with Oracle products. OpenLegacy provides seamless integration with legacy systems and a flexible development environment, which is crucial for modernizing IT infrastructures.

Room for Improvement: Oracle API Management could improve in integrating with non-Oracle products, simplifying its user interface, and enhancing real-time analytics. OpenLegacy may enhance its support for non-legacy systems, reduce setup complexities, and improve cost-effectiveness in broader implementations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle API Management offers a fully integrated experience with comprehensive deployment support suitable for Oracle's ecosystem. OpenLegacy allows straightforward deployment with a focus on integrating older systems, though challenges may arise outside these scenarios. Both provide robust customer service tailored to their primary markets.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle API Management provides an attractive setup cost and satisfactory ROI, especially for buyers within Oracle's environment. OpenLegacy, while requiring a higher initial investment, promises compelling long-term ROI by focusing on efficiencies through legacy system modernizations.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OpenLegacy

Ranking in API Management

35th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle API Management

Ranking in API Management

20th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of OpenLegacy is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle API Management is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer1042905

VP, Chief Enterprise Integration Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The biggest advantage is how simple the technology was.

I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be. OpenLegacy handles the bread-and-butter TP monitoring stuff, but I am working for one of the six banks in the United States still using the Hogan mainframe, which has a slightly proprietary mechanism. But OpenLegacy currently doesn't have a connector for Hogan. So it would help if they could build one. That would appeal to financial institutions that still use Hogan, like US Bank, Wells Fargo, KeyBank, and Vanguard.

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Sagar SampadMall

IT-Operation Head at Granules India Ltd

Provides robust security for financial transactions and protects the ERP database from direct exposure

My main feedback is about the account management. I feel they should connect with clients more frequently, beyond just selling the product. They should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach to client needs. It shouldn't always be about pushing additional products. My main suggestion is focused solely on the account management approach, specifically fostering closer and more proactive client relationships. So, the pricing could also be bit improvement.

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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

"Using mainframe programs (not screens), the OpenLegacy services do not require any changes by the mainframe programmers, thus reducing development cycles."

"OpenLegacy provides a way to go from the outside world to the legacy mainframe, to move the old standard application to a REST API application. New digital services can be created in a few clicks and this can be done easily by COBOL programmers."

"It is possible to connect a service to a mainframe program or back transaction in a matter of minutes or hours at the most."

"Opens the door to connect modern web products to an old legacy system."

"The biggest advantage of OpenLegacy was how simple the technology was. We were able to build out the OpenLegacy parts very quickly. We put together a couple hundred APIs in six months."

"Using OpenLegacy, the exposure of services is far easier and quicker. In many cases, exposure of services requires just a few clicks and takes only minutes. In very complex cases, it still only takes half a day. Without OpenLegacy, it would take us several months to create the same services."

"OpenLegacy produces a war file which includes everything you need to deploy a Tomcat server."

"It is possible to solve larger legacy API issues on an enterprise level with this product."

"The most valuable features for us are security and centralization."

"It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from Oracle guys."

"The initial setup isn't overly difficult."

"The security, the authentication, and the publishing qualities are great."

Cons

"I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be."

"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."

"Debugging and logging for programmers could be better."

"Customer support for the product is slow and not very good. It makes using the product difficult if you need help quickly."

"I would like to see SSL out-of-the-box. OpenLegacy certainly does SSL, but it was not the default for our use case. We are currently working with OpenLegacy to cross the SSL bridge and suspect that most users will want to do the same."

"We would also be more than happy if the product had the option to work in the opposite direction – the ability to consume REST/SOW services in the outer world from the mainframe."

"We'd like it if they could reduce the cost without sacrificing on features."

"Oracle should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach to client needs. It shouldn't always be about pushing additional products."

"From an administration and developer point of view, the user interface and user experience are not great."

"Before gaining experience with the product, I found that it was not simple to use and things took longer to do than I had anticipated."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."

"Oracle is not a cheap solution and it is not affordable for all of our clients in Portugal."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

33%

Insurance Company

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

10%

Healthcare Company

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What do you like most about Oracle API Management?

It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from Oracle guys.

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

We opted for a five-year license. It's mid-range, not too high. More affordable than many other options. It's already more affordable than others, especially for small companies it is accommodating...

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Overview

OpenLegacy helps organizations quickly launch innovative digital services by extending their core back-end systems to the web, mobile and cloud in days or weeks versus months. Our microservice-enabled API integration and management software quickly reduces project backlog by automating and accelerating microservices and API creation, deployment, testing and management from core applications, mainframes and databases. Together, business and IT teams can quickly, easily and securely meet consumer, partner or employee demands for digital services without modernizing or replacing core systems, and without special programming skills or invasive changes to existing systems and architectures. OpenLegacy is designed for ongoing management of microservices APIs and is based on open standards, so our software plays nice with your current technology stack and supports agile, DevOps and continuous development. Learn why leading companies choose OpenLegacy at www.openlegacy.com.

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Oracle API Management enable you to streamline business and IT objectives by managing the lifecycle of your APIs, outsource application enhancement by empowering developers through API adoption, and add a mobile front to your applications and capture new revenue opportunities with seamless API enablement.

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