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Apigee vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Apigee
Ranking in API Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
API Testing Tools (10th)
Axway AMPLIFY API Management
Ranking in API Management
18th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 7.1%, down from 13.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY API Management is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apigee7.1%
Axway AMPLIFY API Management1.6%
Other91.3%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

IM
consultant at Allstate
Apigee empowers effective API management while needing improvements in technical support
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private cloud. I am not currently utilizing AI in the private cloud with Apigee, but I'm unsure about hybrid and Apigee X.
reviewer2081667 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized gateway has strengthened API security and provides deep traffic analytics
Potential areas of improvement or lack of functions in Axway AMPLIFY API Management is a challenging question because even after working for almost six years, I have not been able to touch everything this tool offers. This tool is very comprehensive and useful. However, from my opinion, when there are different dashboards on which the API platform shows monitoring, I expect Axway AMPLIFY API Management to be more visible in terms of showing pre-historic data. In other words, if there is a very large volume or very large number of transactions going on live in production, sometimes it purges the previous data very quickly, leaving only one or two hours of data. When there is very low volume, it can sustain data up to five days. The visibility of the previous historic database is a feature that could be improved. Different tools can be used to empower this capability, such as Splunk or the ELK stack, which includes Elastic. There are different features that could be used, but Axway as an organization would likely implement their specific products. I am simply providing a very basic opinion anonymously and do not want to sound like I am against this organization.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's easy to use and the security features are valuable."
"The ease of creating policies has been the most useful of the solution's features. It's a quick ramp-up time. It's easy for our support staff to implement the policies in the API management layer."
"I like implementing different policies, for example, rate-limiting policy."
"Apigee has better scalability than WSA."
"It's stable."
"The developer portal is very useful to customers."
"I'm confident in the stability of the solution, as it is very reliable and has good performance."
"One of the best parts of this solution is the implementation as we did not need to use code or out-of-box policies."
"It provides very strong security functionality to protect information in an easier way."
"We like the portal for documentation a lot."
"Axway is a good product according to Gartner which is why we started to adopt it."
"In general, API governance provides a better experience for providers."
"The most valuable features are security enforcement and throttling."
"There's drag and drop functionality so that you do not need to have a senior expert developer to make use of the tool. You can get more of your staff trained up to be able to use it as it's not overly technical."
"The API portal capability is a valuable feature."
"This product is a ten when it comes to API management."
 

Cons

"Apigee could improve by integrating with more identity providers and offering a default authentication module."
"Technical support model for OPDK should be more exposed and mature in terms of providing support during installation, run, and debug of Apigee in production on OPDK mode."
"Integration should be improved."
"One feature they have to invest time into is the developer portal they use."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved upon. We'd like it if it was less costly."
"What my clients don't like is that the on-premises solution is not being treated and maintained as well as the cloud solution."
"Compared to its competitors, such as Axway AMPLIFY API Management and Layer7 API Management, Apigee could benefit from having more policies to cater to various use cases. This would reduce the need for writing custom JavaScripts. If more features come straight out of the box, we can leverage them instead of writing custom code to achieve the same functionality."
"I would say that it currently takes too long to set up and deploy and that it is not as short a time to complete the process as it should be."
"Axway's queuing messages could be enhanced."
"Not a ten because of the pricing and technical support."
"They should also improve the way that we upgrade from one version to another. In our case, it's been very troublesome."
"Areas of improvement include marketing and enhancing the data products area by using ETIs."
"A significant area of improvement for Axway AMPLIFY API Management is the Amplify Central portal, which should help expose APIs on a webpage for potential customers."
"In terms of customer service, the company needs to be easier to contact, and the support team needs to understand the situation and the product itself better."
"Team management capabilities could be improved."
"The product shows a lack of maturity. The setup is difficult, the tech support and community are lacking, and it is not very stable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution."
"Pricing options need to be chosen on a case-by-case basis."
"Compared to other products, Apigee had higher pricing."
"In Latin America, Apigee is expensive. It's not for small businesses; it's more for big businesses."
"Apigee has several different licenses you can obtain depending on your needs."
"The price of Apigee could be less expensive. The solution can be purchased monthly or annually."
"They need to work on the cost of the solution."
"It is a bit on the expensive side. Its licensing cost is a bit high, and that's where we've seen people going back on their decisions."
"The solution is expensive. When you acquire a license you have full access to the solution, unlike other competitors such as Apigee X, where there are fragmented licenses. Some licenses only allow access to certain features while others allow access to more features. Upon procuring this solution's license, you will have full access to the solution, allowing you to experiment with all of its features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
8%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise65
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a cloud-based solution. Both solutions are easy to use. Apigee allows for the ability...
Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?
Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring, ma...
What needs improvement with Apigee?
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private clo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Axway AMPLIFY API Management?
Regarding pricing for Axway AMPLIFY API Management, I cannot say definitively because it depends on the transactional volume expected by customers. I would not be able to give the final answer, but...
What needs improvement with Axway AMPLIFY API Management?
Potential areas of improvement or lack of functions in Axway AMPLIFY API Management is a challenging question because even after working for almost six years, I have not been able to touch everythi...
What is your primary use case for Axway AMPLIFY API Management?
I am currently working on Axway AMPLIFY API Management, which is the Axway API platform. The main requirement for API management is that the API platform provides security to the different APIs whi...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Vordel Application Gateway, Axway API Management Plus, Axway API Management, AMPLIFY API Management
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson
Engie Group, Allianz
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