TIBCO Cloud API Management vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

TIBCO and WSO2 are both solutions in the API Management category. TIBCO is ranked #28 with an average rating of 7.0, while WSO2 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.7. TIBCO holds a 0.9% mindshare in APIM, compared to WSO2’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of TIBCO users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

TIBCO Cloud API Management

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85% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

TIBCO Cloud API Management and WSO2 API Manager compete in the API management solutions category. TIBCO Cloud API Management seems to have an edge with better support and flexible pricing, making it suitable for those prioritizing budget and assistance. Meanwhile, WSO2 API Manager offers comprehensive features for its cost.

Features: TIBCO Cloud API Management offers efficient scalability, intuitive integration capabilities, and seamless API design. WSO2 API Manager provides extensive customization options, advanced analytic tools, and API lifecycle management with a user-friendly API store.

Room for Improvement: TIBCO Cloud API Management can improve its stability, resolution time for containerization issues, and responses from technical support. WSO2 API Manager could improve security features for emerging standards, ease of API publishing, and flexibility in supporting user security needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TIBCO Cloud API Management offers a simple deployment process with responsive support. WSO2 API Manager supports a modular deployment model for complex infrastructures with thorough documentation. TIBCO's simplicity and support services are beneficial, while WSO2's modular deployment suits tailored solutions.

Pricing and ROI: TIBCO Cloud API Management provides adaptable pricing, supporting short-term ROI. WSO2 API Manager's initial costs may be higher but offer long-term value with its feature richness. TIBCO appeals to budget-focused users, whereas WSO2 is a value-driven investment.

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO Cloud API Management

Ranking in API Management

28th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 API Manager

Ranking in API Management

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 4.6%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Amitava Roy

Principal Enterprise Architect (Cognizant Digital Business) at Cognizant

Offers pre-built packages for quick and easy onboarding of APIs but configuration is not that easy

The configuration is not that 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. There are certain things where the performance is not that great. When the traffic is huge, we see some lag in performance.

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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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Pros

"This has provided a new stream of traffic and exposure of our catalogue beyond the normal web store offering."

"It is easy to work with ."

"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 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."

"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."

"The solution is a good general API manager. They have a few propriety features but are offering items that are standard in the industry as well."

"Very few outages or SLA issues."

"We can completely manage the APIs at the org level and BU (business unit) level."

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"Functionality-wise, I like WSO2 API Manager - Publisher API and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus."

"WSO2 API Manager provides strong internal API security, including token-based authentication and HTTPS support for various formats like REST. However, the newer API security features that are emerging are not available yet. They might be in development, but for now, internal API security is well-covered."

"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."

"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."

"As far as I am aware this solution is the first API Publisher that allows you to create and publish API and to manage the API lifecycle."

"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."

"The scalability is fine for our purposes."

"WSO2 API Manager is a stable solution."

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Cons

"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'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."

"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."

"The way agile life cycle is working needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards. I want to see some improvement on the protocol transformation. That is quite missing now. These are the three main issues."

"We observed delays under heavy load conditions, and without proper tuning, changes could take an extended period to filter and become effective."

"I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery."

"They can fix some stability issues and probably make it more user-friendly so that not only an IT savvy person but an end-user can also easily navigate through this solution."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy."

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"WSO2 API Manager could increase their security compliance."

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

"WSO2 API Manager can be improved a lot relating to usability"

"For fresh graduates and engineers, the setup process can be very difficult."

"The product hasn’t been updated for some time."

"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 can say that user management is not really flexible. So, if I want to create 1,000 store users, I can't do it as a publisher. You have to register as a store user using the store URL."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing is quite flexible."

"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."

"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."

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

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

"It is an open-source product."

"I am using the free version."

"WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."

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

"We use the open-source version — the free version."

"There is a subscription-based pricing structure and also the open-sourced version available."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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.

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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.

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud API Management?

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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?

One area for improvement is monitoring. Dashboards for application monitoring of the APIs would be beneficial, allowing us to check for faulty APIs.

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What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?

We use WSO2 API Manager for our microservices and our APIs, both internally and externally.

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Mashery API Management

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Overview

APIs are critical business assets that form the foundation of digital business enabling new business models, improved operational efficiency, and connected customer experiences. TIBCO Cloud API Management empowers users to maximize the business value of their APIs products through an end-to-end solution that provides full lifecycle API management alongside capabilities for API discovery, implementation and analytics that speed business value realization across your digital ecosystem.

TIBCO

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.

WSO2

Sample Customers

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