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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Anypoint Platform

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Anypoint Platform developed by MuleSoft and acquired by Salesforce in early 2018 is designed to connect apps, data, and devices anywhere, on-premises or in the cloud. This platform was built to offer out-of-the-box connectors as well as tools that architects and developers can adopt quickly to design, build and manage the entire lifecycle of their APIs, applications, and products.N/A

    Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ASupported by SmartBear, Swagger is a set of tools used by developers to design, document, build, and test APIs in the OpenAPI Specification.N/A
    Pricing
    Anypoint PlatformSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Anypoint PlatformSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Anypoint PlatformSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
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    SmartBear
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Anypoint PlatformSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Feature
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
    6.8
    12 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built connectors7.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification7.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration6.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features6.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console7.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Feature
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Swagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    API access control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Anypoint PlatformSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (22 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Anypoint PlatformSwagger Open Source, supported by SmartBear
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is best tool in the market for developing APIs with complex structures communicating with various different types of applications including web applications as well as legacy applications. Also applications including database connectivity for fetching and updating data in the DB tables. I cant think of any scenario which MuleSoft Anypoint Platform could not be used for developing the integrations.
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    SmartBear
    To my opinion Swagger Open Source is a very good tool to quickly produce an api documentation, that how I use it.Swagger can also produce an open api file to generate an api for our application server (Inersystems Iris) but we don't use this functionality for now. We plan to use more Swagger features in the future.
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • API Manager provides easy API Policy Governance. You do not have to manage multiple platforms for managing the policies.
    • Supports hybrid Mule EBS environments. You can configure both CouldHub-based and on-premise-based API using Mulesoft API manager in a similar manner.
    • It's very easy to implement API proxy.
    • User friendly UI.
    • Single platform to manage all.
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    SmartBear
    • Produce documentation
    • user interface to create api definition
    • reusability of data description
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • Has more features than what we really need so we're paying for more than we use. Sort of like paying for an Abrams tank when all we really need is a Toyota Corolla.
    • Not a value product, tends to be expensive.
    • Takes a while for developers to learn to use Mulesoft Anypoint.
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    SmartBear
    • for me the UI can be more simple
    • too many functionnalities when just want to produce doc, can be a separate app
    • A french documentation will be apreciated
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is really very easy to adopt for application integration. Simple UI and easy data weave language allows user to focus on business portion only. The API management and deployment of application are hassle free.
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    SmartBear
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    Anypoint Platform support is very responsive. There is also a huge knowledge base and an active online forum where answers to most questions can be found. When needed support engages the engineering group so adequate solutions or workarounds are always provided.
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    SmartBear
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our APIs) makes it easy to connect to various other platforms. In order to link to these many other systems, connectors and/or components are utilized, and they are simple to configure and integrate.
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    SmartBear
    We use swagger only to generate the API documentation, for testing the APIs, we use Postman. We don't find an other tools for producing API documentation in web pages and also in pdf files. Postman is a good complement for testing APIs on InterSystems IRIS (a powerful application server and DB manager) which implements these APIs.
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • Mulesoft can be used to provide an integration platform to a large number of systems like Salesforce, ODBC, JDBC, SAP, Mongo DB, etc.
    • An excellent option to develop microservices and real-time integrations.
    • Not as robust in handling large data volumes, Informatica is better in that respect.
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    SmartBear
    • Less time to produce our documentation
    • Documentation can be accessed online, this is a plus for our customers and partners
    • Great tools to communicate with other project actors
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    ScreenShots

    Anypoint Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Connect any endpoints using out-of-the-box connectors, dynamic connectivity to API specifications, or by building reusable connectors with Anypoint DevKit™.Screenshot of A reporting suite that provides a real-time view of API consumption trends and operational performance. Analytics provides insight into how your API is being used and informs forward-looking design decisions.Screenshot of A platform to engage with API developers and drive adoption. Share documentation, examples and manage developer access from a single platform.