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Frends vs Layer7 API Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Frends
Ranking in API Management
37th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Layer7 API Management
Ranking in API Management
16th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Frends is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 1.9%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Layer7 API Management1.9%
Frends0.7%
Other97.4%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

Lauri Vanhanen - PeerSpot reviewer
Development Manager at ELO
Integration platform has simplified logistics workflows and has streamlined complex order handling
The best aspect is that it is very easy to use. The UI is very intuitive, and you can learn it very quickly because the basic principles are straightforward and easy to search. Frends has a great UI, but the UI is missing role-based permissions. You can filter your integrations by roles and add several users to roles, but in the UI, the functionality for this kind of management feature is not optimal. User management or user role management could be improved.
Integration capabilities excel and support for varied platforms enhances communication across backend systems
We mainly use REST APIs, and the solution's integration capabilities are excellent. It allows communication with a number of back-end providers and data consolidation. The flexibility to develop APIs for various platforms, from front-end applications to ATM machines, is valuable. Code changes and migration are straightforward, and it supports identity and access management integration.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best aspect is that it is very easy to use."
"The product has valuable features for version control."
"The user-friendly interface for constructing integration solutions is also a notable benefit."
"One of the benefits is the speed of creating something new. Second, it's replacing the old integration quite fast. Then it is like the visibility of the integration and the possibility to see what is happening in the integration."
"It is fairly stable for the Gateway side."
"Has great drag-and-drop features and requires minimal coding."
"Simple to use and easy to develop APIs."
"The most important features of Layer7 API Management are the basic security functionality and validation checks, and it integrates well."
"The best features of CA API Management are high quality and high reliability."
"You can create little, custom Java assertions that you can insert to do your business logic, which might not be covered by the commercial product out-of-the-box."
"CA API Gateway provides rich policy sets in regards to XML and REST services, is great for all B2B integrations, and is a very agile component to set up and use."
"The level of technical support is good."
 

Cons

"Another enhancement includes the monitoring part. It would be nice to have some sort of maybe mobile app on which we can see how integrations are running if there are some problems, and getting those alerts on the mobile would be really nice."
"It is a new application and lacks some essential features compared to competitors."
"One of the primary areas for improvement is a more mobile-friendly interface for the control center."
"Logging should be better."
"The development toolkit used for creating APIs should be more online and user-friendly."
"Currently the tool provides REST APIs, but they are not easy to use."
"One of the reasons that we chose to go with another tool was because we found that CA API Management was crashing quite often."
"We are looking for improvements related to integration. We want to see them add integration tools to the CA bundle. That would be helpful."
"From the last version, they have added more dashboard support, but there is still a lot they need to improve. In terms of monitoring, it's almost all covered. The interface can be improved, though."
"They should incorporate deeper monitoring features into the solution to make the offering more complete."
"Patching/upgrading is a manual process and should be automated."
"Right now we do not have a user friendly provisioning utility per se, so we have to do it behind the scenes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Recent changes in their pricing have removed this benefit, moving towards process-specific pricing."
"The pricing is quite fair."
"The price of Layer7 API Management is too high and should be reduced. However, it is a good solution in the market."
"Be aware of additional licenses for your warm standby. Ensure you get plenty of non-production licenses."
"CA API Management has a licensing path. If you want more features, it requires more licenses and more installation time."
"It has a reasonable pricing model by instance."
"Layer7 API Management is cheaper than Apigee."
"Do not buy piecemeal."
"Pricing for Layer7 API Management is excellent, so it's an eight out of ten. The product is less expensive than other solutions. Layer7 API Management charges you based on the number of transactions, so the enterprise-level pricing my company got was excellent."
"Our customers found the product’s cost a little higher. They are looking for open-source solutions."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
13%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise84
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Layer7 API Management?
Pricing is more than average. While I am used to Layer7 API Management ( /products/layer7-api-management-reviews ), seeing other products makes the tool's pricing seem high.
What needs improvement with Layer7 API Management?
Broadcom's push for upgrades from version nine to ten, ten to 10.3, and onwards to twelve needs improvement in migration processes, especially with service dependencies. The migration path sometime...
What is your primary use case for Layer7 API Management?
I am not the client. I implement Layer7 API Management ( /products/layer7-api-management-reviews ) for the clients. I have worked on multiple projects as a developer, implementing for Hydro Tasmani...
 

Also Known As

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CA API Management, CA Live API Creator, Espresso Logic, CA API Gateway
 

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