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Tyk pros and cons

Vendor: Tyk
3.8 out of 5
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PROS

Tyk allows management of security effectively.
Tyk excels in load balancing with the circuit-breaker feature.
Users can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic with Tyk.
Developer portal provided by Tyk offers great functionality.
Scalability in Tyk is a key factor, facilitating high-volume handling.

CONS

Additional features, such as extensions for .NET core, are desired for back-end support.
Tyk lacks brand recognition, affecting its popularity among clients.
New features may be unstable upon release.
Limited flexibility in Tyk's SaaS version restricts programming capabilities.
Better tools for generating API documentation are needed.
 

Tyk Pros review quotes

VikasAgarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 16, 2022
You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic.
MC
Jul 18, 2019
It is a good product for API management.
MarkDoherty - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 10, 2024
The scalability is very good. That was a key factor in the selection, like how it could be pushed to high volume and scalability, which seemed to be very good.
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JH
Apr 28, 2020
The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function.
Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 16, 2019
The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security.
Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 11, 2022
The portal for developers that this solution provides has great functionality.
 

Tyk Cons review quotes

VikasAgarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 16, 2022
We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much.
MC
Jul 18, 2019
It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients.
MarkDoherty - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 10, 2024
In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them.
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JH
Apr 28, 2020
Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable.
Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 16, 2019
I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language.
Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 11, 2022
We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed.