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    WSO2 API Manager

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    WSO2 API Manager makes it possible for developers to both develop and manage APIs of different types. Unlike solutions which focus only on managing API proxies, WSO2 API Manager provides tools to develop APIs by integrating different systems as well. It supports a variety of API types from REST, SOAP, GraphQL, WebSockets, WebHooks, SSEs and gRPC APIs with specialized policies and governance for each different type. Being fully open source, its architecture and extensibility…

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    WSO2 Choreo

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASince WSO2's June 2021 acquisition of Platformer, the company now offers and supports Choreo, the former Platform IPaaS and low-code cloud native engineering for API Developers.

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    1 project, up to 5 components

    Pricing
    WSO2 API ManagerWSO2 Choreo
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    1 project, up to 5 components. $100 in Choreo infrastructure credits per month.
    Pay-As-You-Go
    $150
    per month Up to 10 projects and 30 components. $150 per component per month. Pass-through infrastructure costs.
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    per year Unlimited projects and components. Discounts based on annual commitments available. Pass-through infrastructure costs, or use a data plane.
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    WSO2 API ManagerWSO2 Choreo
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details1 step is a maximum of 500ms of compute time. An incoming event, message, or outgoing API call is a minimum of 1 step.
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    Features
    WSO2 API ManagerWSO2 Choreo
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of WSO2 API Manager and Choreo by WSO2
    Feature
    WSO2 API Manager
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Choreo by WSO2
    -
    Ratings
    API access control9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    API usage data8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    API user onboarding8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    API versioning9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of WSO2 API Manager and Choreo by WSO2
    Feature
    WSO2 API Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Choreo by WSO2
    8.1
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    WSO2 API ManagerWSO2 Choreo
    Small Businesses
    Amazon API Gateway
    Score8.2 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure API Management
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    OCI API Management
    Score8.2 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    WSO2 API ManagerWSO2 Choreo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    WSO2 API ManagerWSO2 Choreo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    WSO2
    It's free! No argument can win a fight with that! And it's the only reason I gave it a 5. If you have no money to spend, and a simple environment you'll have a nice product. But free does come with a price. After 5 years we're still struggling with ports, and analytics (it just won't work without any errors caused by some configuration somewhere). An API Manager should work out of the box. The only configuration expertise that any developer wants to invest in, is the configuration of API's. Not the product itself... Anyone who've seen the training material, just for installing this thing will agree that this is not the way to go. Of all the API Managers out there (we've tried 4), WSO2 is the only one were you need to know how this dragon of a java application works internally. Did I already mention the humongous amount of config files?
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    WSO2
    While you are developing your code, my case is codes for bots, you'll have more power and if you have an API ally that shows forecasts of latencies and throughputs: Choreo by WS02 is that friend. It is very ideal in giving insights on intelligent data mapping, code anomalies as you develop the codes or applications.
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    Pros
    WSO2
    • Authentication based on OAuth 2.0 and HTTP Basic Authentication.
    • Rate Limiting applied at different levels like Subscriber, API, Resource and Backend.
    • Monitoring by exporting the metrics in Prometheus and traces in Jaeger.
    • Mediation to perform transformation, orchestration etc.
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    WSO2
    • Provides feedback in real time which sorts most of the API performance challenges.
    • Displays the estimated application performance as you compose your code.
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    Cons
    WSO2
    • Better QA testing prior to releases rollout
    • Better support needed
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    WSO2
    • Latency curves may be inaccurate sometimes or provide over/under estimates
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    Alternatives Considered
    WSO2
    Providing better capabilities comparing the overall API lifecycle management, especially the availability of API Integration layer and a strong identity layer of their own which provides an end-to-end API ecosystem that would be advantageous in terms of a large software development initiative.
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    WSO2
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    Return on Investment
    WSO2
    • We've moved away from legacy SOAP services where nobody knew what services was used by who. WSO2 eliminated at least 90% of time spend on any service.
    • Creating API's (or actually creating the API Management layer...) is so simple that new developers can get away with it in no time. Again, real time gainer.
    • Since creating API's is so simple, developers are very fast in adopting a kind of "Domain thinking". In comparison with Azure API Manager: Azure does not demand knowledge of "how" the product works, but it's definitely more difficult to get an API up and running in Azure. And for some reason, azure does not promote clean domain driven architecture. Domain Driven architecture is the greatest time saver strategy possible. And WSO2 fits nicely in there.
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    WSO2
    • over 90 percent accuracy in performance prediction of bots under development
    • It's possible to trace on faulty codes, down to the machine-level details.
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