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Layer7 API Management vs TIBCO Cloud 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

Layer7 API Management
Ranking in API Management
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TIBCO Cloud API Management
Ranking in API Management
24th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Layer7 API Management is 2.0%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 1.4%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Layer7 API Management2.0%
TIBCO Cloud API Management1.4%
Other96.6%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
AftabAlam - PeerSpot reviewer
E2E Delivery Expert - Ignite Delivery & Technical Enablement at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Trust and reliability have been established with long-term usage and significant integration benefits
TIBCO Cloud API Management offers API management plus the ability to orchestrate all inbound and outbound API calls. When an API is exposed to the external system, it functions as a single integration. Behind the scenes, you can perform extensive API modeling, aggregation, and downstream systems can have more than one API and give the response back to a single API call. It has many features such as orchestration rule engine, which makes it quite good. TIBCO Cloud API Management has brought numerous benefits for our organization, especially in product maturity and support. Sales and support are strong areas, and I think it is very good. If they do not get the right support, then they should consider other options. The sales and support also provides cost optimization.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CA APIM is the best product in the market."
"The technical support provided is the best."
"Mobile app capabilities is good for building mobile apps to consume developed APIs. Also, the API Portal capabilities are very nice, up to and including the ability to do monetization. Security features are exhaustive, with several adapters to all leading identity suites."
"It's pretty easy to use, and once we have templating set up we can add new APIs, at least through the gateway, and apply the security to them; it takes a minute."
"The actual management of APIs is fundamental to us, as we're a heavy API user/provider. So, obviously, a centralised management platform is important."
"There are many security policies within this solution that help to prevent attacks, and we are able to implement MTLS to lock a channel from the application from the backend while using authentication flows inside of the gateway that help us a lot to implement customers improved user experience."
"Ease of use."
"They have got a very compelling platform that enables organizations to easily develop and roll out mobile applications."
"Very few outages or SLA issues."
"It is easy to work with but it is not stable."
"It has something called packages. In that way, it's good because we have some pre-built packages. So, if you want to onboard different APIs, we can just add them to the package, and it's there."
"TIBCO API gateway is one of the best products available around this space."
"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."
"The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads."
"It is easy to work with ."
"The reason why we selected the solution originally was because of its ability to have a gateway both on-premise and in the cloud. This is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
 

Cons

"The cloud-native architecture of the product needs improvement."
"The overall cost of Layer7 API Management is high, they can improve it by making it less expensive."
"One day, where we can have a microservices gateway and we will not need the classic gateway at all, that is what we want to see."
"Layer7 API Management should improve the quota policy for the number of API calls."
"As a SaaS product, control over some configuration elements and environments is lost."
"There is still room for improvement for the CA API Developer Portal. It is still not on par with where the competitors are."
"Patching/upgrading is a manual process and should be automated."
"I would like to be able to see the publisher role be able to be organized within organizations, so somebody within that role can only manipulate their particular policies."
"They can fix some stability issues and probably make it more user-friendly so that not only an IT savvy person but an end-user can also easily navigate through this solution."
"Policy management has been a bit of a concern."
"The security needs improvement, specifically, propagation of security to an API. Calling other APIs is something that is missing in the product and that makes us think about going to a competitor."
"Monetization is not that great in API management. You need customization."
"We observed delays under heavy load conditions, and without proper tuning, changes could take an extended period to filter and become effective."
"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."
"The way the Agile life cycle works needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards."
"The security needs improvement, specifically, propagation of security to an API."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are some costs for maintenance that we are charged, but that seems fair because we get the support."
"Be aware of additional licenses for your warm standby. Ensure you get plenty of non-production licenses."
"I feel that it is costly for medium-sized companies."
"The price of Layer7 API Management is reasonable compared to Apigee."
"Keep in mind the non-product licensing, e.g., if you opt not to use the embedded SQL."
"Pricing is competitive. CA is ready to offer attractive discounts."
"It's my manager who takes care of the pricing. But I keep on hearing that it's a little pricey, it's on the higher side. That is what he says."
"This solution is a bit more expensive than competitors."
"Its price is pretty reasonable. There are some lightweight API options available in the market, but given the feature set that TIBCO provides, its price is really reasonable."
"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."
"Licensing is quite flexible."
"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise84
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Cloud API Management?
My primary role was to assess the solution from a capability perspective. So, there are some issues with the licensing cost.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud API Management?
There are some areas for improvement in TIBCO Cloud API Management, especially regarding network protocols such as SMPP, SMTP, GVI, SVI, and Diameter which could show performance issues in terms of...
What is your primary use case for TIBCO Cloud API Management?
TIBCO Cloud API Management is used for various purposes, such as in the case of the Apple Watch. When a subscriber comes for the first time to activate the Apple Watch, it connects through the web ...
 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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