Akamai API Gateway vs. Boomi

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai API Gateway
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Akamai offers their API Gateway, touting easy control and access to enterprise applications via their services.N/A
Boomi
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Boomi is a cloud-based, on-premise, or hybrid integration platform. It offers a low-code/no-code interface with the capacity for API and EDI connections for integrating with external organizations and systems, as well as compliance with data protection regulations.
$550
per month
Pricing
Akamai API GatewayBoomi
Editions & Modules
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Boomi
$550
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai API GatewayBoomi
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Akamai API GatewayBoomi
Features
Akamai API GatewayBoomi
API Management
Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
Akamai API Gateway
7.7
Ratings
7% below category average
Boomi
-
Ratings
API access control8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
API usage data8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
API user onboarding8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
API versioning7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Usage billing and payments7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
API monitoring and logging9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Data Integration
Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
Akamai API Gateway
-
Ratings
Boomi
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Pre-built connectors00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Connector modification00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Data quality services00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Data security features00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Monitoring console00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Akamai API GatewayBoomi
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai API GatewayBoomi
Likelihood to Recommend
It is really helpful for managing [the] scaling of systems with need and utilizing resources when needed. Also, DevOps support for deployment plans is quite useful when deploying applications. Monitoring systems with graphQL and utilizing them in APIs is quite helpful when used in Microservices systems to identify system capabilities and user utilization of applications.
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Dell Boomi is well-suited as a middleware to talk between systems. I am a personal fan of Dell's products and I enjoy this service. Dell Boomi is very easy to use, even to the less technically-inclined user. It is less appropriate to use in one system alone, but users would still find it functional in one system alone because it helps manage the system's metadata and allows that system to be integrated with other systems in the future.
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Pros
  • Graphically representation in GraphQL
  • Scaling system
  • DevOps management
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  • Pre-built connectors to almost anything which greatly reduce time to release of your integration needs.
  • Easy to use development platform with drag&drop features. Non-technical people could build simple integration processes in no time.
  • Great user community where you can get quick help if needed. Boomi people hang around there a lot.
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Cons
  • Quota enforcement can be simplified
  • Caching mechanism for API with akamai can be improved
  • Gateway configuration can be simplified as details are not much elaborate
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  • More from a development perspective. It is always difficult to use the properties features. It takes a while to understand how the data/variables can be used across an integration.
  • Dell Boomi should also invest more on API Management and not just seen as a ETL,ESB tool.
  • Should roll out features more often based on users reviews.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Dell Boomi has provided us with the ability to connect our campus together using our various existing platforms. There are many supported features and have yet to run into something that we cannot do. Its user interface is very intuitive which would allow users to begin developing fairly easily. There is a myriad of resources available
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Usability
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First of all, as a service (cloud service), we don't need to care about server maintenance any more, no worries about incorrect configurations, about down time. Second, for maintaining, we don't need a large team to do it. And of course, using Dell Boomi instead of manual transaction could help us to avoid people mistake while inputting data or doing transactions.
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Performance
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I would rate Dell Boomi as highly performant. We have used it for 4+ years and have not had any major issues with availability or speed. We also have not observed performance degradation when connecting it with other software solutions.
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Support Rating
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Boomi support was responsive and knowledgable, however being a closed cloud service, it doesn't have good community support. We found the learning curve to be steep and there aren't avenues like google, forums, or blogs that provide community driven insight into the product or how to go about designing solutions using the tool
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Alternatives Considered
Akamai [API Gateway] helps better in terms of representation of graphQL and its consumption in monitoring system making a package for deployment speed with monitoring and scaling application with all services and utilizing most of a system without much knowledge of other aspects. Also, [a] user-friendly system helps people to handle [the] system with necessary options
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MuleSoft and Boomi are built on totally different frameworks. Mulesoft is an API-led network whereas Boomi is an ETL middleware approach. In easy words, Mulesoft can connect to several apps and business units, can create and reuse multiple components. Boomi offers only on-premise and on-cloud integration solutions whereas MuleSoft is capable of providing on-premise, on-cloud as well as hybrid solutions. We can say that MuleSoft is much more flexible and offers multiple integration solutions.
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Return on Investment
  • Decrease in time required for deployment and monitoring by significant amount causing less support resources needed
  • Scaling applications on month-end at high usage time has reduced TAT time for issues and no of issues occurring
  • Quota enforcement has allowed [managing] multiple systems and their needs in respective stakeholders hands and reduced infra teams involvement in [the] management of reoccurring problems
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  • ROI was flat. Coding directly in apps we were knowledgable in would have been faster, but maintenance higher.
  • It brought good process to the integration team that was new, however I wouldn't say it was a huge gain monetarily. It is a valid path out of many paths for integration, but doesn't rule them all.
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