Apigee Reviews

We've got quite a large technology footprint and I'm looking after the integration of our banking platform with our payment systems.

The REST API allows for faster user engagement.

The flexibility allows you to quickly run a cloud-native application architecture.

The ability to work across different management solutions in a plug and play fashion would make it easier for faster uptake.

Pricing is an area that can be improved, as it is a little on the higher side. It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors.

I think it would be helpful if Apigee had support for voice-activated activities, rather than having to type.

More intelligence in terms of being able to learn from previous activities would be a good addition in the future.

I have been using Apigee for about two years.

Apigee is used on a daily basis in our payment systems.

It has performed relatively well from a scalability perspective.

We have about 15 users in the company. They are a mixture of engineers, architects, and administrators, with the majority being architects.

In cases where we have a problem and need support, we have an agreement in place with the vendor to help us navigate through it. They are good and respond to our issues quickly.

Apigee was our first choice for this type of product.

The initial setup is of medium complexity. End-to-end, we took about a week to get everything ready. This included the account, the proxies, the target endpoints, etc.

We received assistance from the vendor for our implementation.

Our in-house team is responsible for routine maintenance. This includes backup support, uptime support, patching, applying of certificates, etc. It is an ongoing activity and we also work with the business to continuously improve the integration, so that they are getting the value of the capability of Apigee.

My understanding is that there are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.

My advice for anybody who is considering Apigee is to first do research and an analysis of what they want to use it for, including specific use cases. It is a good tool but it is important to have well-defined requirements to avoid a high implementation cost and rework.

The requirements have to be very well documented and understood by all parties, especially those who will be involved in implementing it. Following this approach is an important step to getting a good return on investment.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

API/proxy lifecycle workflow for API providers is quite good and one of Apigee's strongest features. Also, like the completeness of the CLI and admin REST services, the Edge engine provides powerful, integrated analytics, which are noteworthy.  

Initial setup was not trivial for customer-managed topology.  Proxy versioning seems a bit confusing/buried in the publishing experience, especially for the URI-based versioning approach.

Not in production, we are still evaluating.

Nothing serious; just a bit complex.

We currently use WSO2 API Manager version 1.9x in production, but the solution is no longer meeting our needs.

If you deploy a 6-node+ topology, there are many steps required for initial setup. I feel most of this setup complexity is limited to the initial install, and the future auto-scaling of the gateway workload will be an easier/smoother experience

Setup was done by an internal team with some coaching by the vendor.

We use Apigee in health care, where multiple databases and applications need API. So far, there has been no standardization, but in the near future, there will be standardization towards the FHIR, which will drive interoperability and integration.

Apigee is an easy-to-use solution.

The solution’s scalability could be improved.

Apigee is a stable solution.

The solution’s technical support is good.

It is easy to deploy Apigee from one vendor, but if you are talking about multiple APIs, then it becomes complex. Then, you have to wait for the standardization efforts.

The solution’s pricing could be more competitive.

Apigee is used by one of the largest healthcare groups, which has over 50 hospitals, and each hospital has 50 to 60 applications.

I would recommend Apigee to other users.

Overall, I rate Apigee a nine out of ten.

My company works mainly in the BFSI domain. The tool helps us to build, manage, and run the APIs. 

The tool is one of the earliest API management products and is good. It reduces the Time To Market aspects of products. 

I would like to see better integration and some architectural improvements in future releases of the solution. 

I have been working with the solution for more than six years. 

The product is stable and I would rate its stability a nine of ten. 

I would rate the product's scalability an eight out of ten. 

Google's tech support team is helpful in terms of knowledge transfer. 

Positive

The tool's setup is very simple. You would need around 50 people to maintain the solution. 

The tool offers good returns on investment. 

The product's pricing is fair. You need to pay additional costs for the support. 

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. 

Our primary use case for Apigee is as an API management tool. Our client has a fast platform and they want to go to the next level when it comes to customization. As they are looking to go beyond minimalistic customization, they need multiple versions of servers and several APIs. This was a challenge we solved with Apigee.

The features I found most valuable are how the APIs are published, the whole process of finalizing the API, and then controlling it.

I'd like this solution to improve on releasing new features; I'd like it to be more frequent.

In my opinion, I think that they should start thinking about improving the solution so that they can compete with open source. You get the support in the paid version, but open source features are being introduced much faster than Apigee's. New open source features come out every week. 

I have been working with the Apigee solution for about eight months. 

My impression is that the stability of this solution is good. It's easy to use and stable. The releases take a long time. They do proper testing and introductions. But, when it comes to open source, they keep giving you more features.

I would rate the technical support of this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

Positive

My impression is that the initial setup is seamless. The deployment was done pretty quickly. Our model of deployment is the cloud, more specifically, AWS.

I think that the deployment and maintenance are done by a team of DevOps of six people.

Apigee as a management tool is essential and critical. There is no question when it comes to ROI because this is a mandatory spend from either a policy perspective or an invoicing perspective. When it comes to smaller companies, the pricing might be a bit of a concern.

The smaller companies have a more innovative pricing model, which is why I recommend Apigee when it comes to price. We have a monthly license. I usually work on onboarding the solution for a client for about six months and then I hand it over to them.

We currently have only one customer with Apigee.

I would rate this solution as a whole an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

We want to sell API products and if you want to market the API product that you are building, then definitely you can go for the Apigee or any API product, but if you are in Google Cloud, definitely you can go for Apigee because only Apigee offers current cloud.

The most valuable feature is the API gateway.

I have heard there maybe be some security issues that need to be addressed. If this is the situation I would encourage taking a look at the security matters.

I have been using Apigee for the past two years.

There is good stability with Apigee

Apigee is scalable and we have around one thousand customers currently.

Technical support is good with everything.

Positive

The initial setup is extremely straightforward and not complex at all.

You can do the deployment usually in one month with the documentation provided and it can be done in-house.

Apigee has several different licenses you can obtain depending on your needs.

Previously, I had used IBM Data Power.

I would rate Apigee an eight out of ten.

We use Apigee to share open data for the government. It was a pilot project for one of the  government teams who wanted to start the journey of open data.

The capabilities are very powerful.

Support of integration is what is most challenging in Apigee, as well as the complexity of the components. When setting up an environment, you have many components with open-source content.

When there is an update on a new version or an automatic update, you have to be present and double-check that the update is reflected in the environment with no issues.

The implementation should be easier.

We implemented Apigee six months ago.

Apigee is stable. We have approximately 1,000 users.

This is a scalable solution.

Technical support is very good.

To construct the environment, can take two to three weeks.

The presentation is based on the business and can be done in three to four months.

The iicense is subscription-based.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

It's a very good product. I would rate Apigee a ten out of ten.

We have an API, which I developed using multiple languages and different applications. We have a lot of applications, and they have their individual APIs. We create a proxy for those applications in Apigee, and we expose those proxies to access those APIs.

Apigee didn't exactly improve our organization, but it fulfilled a requirement. There are a few tools in the marketplace, but we thought Apigee was the best for our use case.

Apigee is very easy to use, and you can code in any language, like JavaScript, Java, or any other language. That's really helpful. It's cloud-based, so there's no need for any installation.

Access restrictions can be improved. For example, you can't restrict access to some people or some groups. You have to give them total access. 

I've been using Apigee for about three months. 

Apigee is a stable solution.

I think it depends on your license, but it's highly scalable.

The initial setup is straightforward. We don't need a lot of training for the developers to start working, just a few days at most. It's very easy to start with, and the development effort is also a lot less.

For potential users of Apigee, I'd tell them there's a free version if they want to check it out and have a trial. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Apigee an eight.