TIBCO Cloud API Management vs WSO2 API Manager comparison

TIBCO and WSO2 are both solutions in the API Management category. TIBCO is ranked #27 with an average rating of 7.0, while WSO2 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.7. TIBCO holds a 0.9% mindshare in APIM, compared to WSO2’s 4.8% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of TIBCO users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

TIBCO Cloud API Management

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85% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

TIBCO Cloud API Management and WSO2 API Manager compete in the API management solutions category. TIBCO Cloud API Management seems to have an edge with better support and flexible pricing, making it suitable for those prioritizing budget and assistance. Meanwhile, WSO2 API Manager offers comprehensive features for its cost.

Features: TIBCO Cloud API Management offers efficient scalability, intuitive integration capabilities, and seamless API design. WSO2 API Manager provides extensive customization options, advanced analytic tools, and API lifecycle management with a user-friendly API store.

Room for Improvement: TIBCO Cloud API Management can improve its stability, resolution time for containerization issues, and responses from technical support. WSO2 API Manager could improve security features for emerging standards, ease of API publishing, and flexibility in supporting user security needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TIBCO Cloud API Management offers a simple deployment process with responsive support. WSO2 API Manager supports a modular deployment model for complex infrastructures with thorough documentation. TIBCO's simplicity and support services are beneficial, while WSO2's modular deployment suits tailored solutions.

Pricing and ROI: TIBCO Cloud API Management provides adaptable pricing, supporting short-term ROI. WSO2 API Manager's initial costs may be higher but offer long-term value with its feature richness. TIBCO appeals to budget-focused users, whereas WSO2 is a value-driven investment.

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO Cloud API Management

Ranking in API Management

27th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 API Manager

Ranking in API Management

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of TIBCO Cloud API Management is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 API Manager is 4.8%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Amitava Roy

Principal Enterprise Architect (Cognizant Digital Business) at Cognizant

Offers pre-built packages for quick and easy onboarding of APIs but configuration is not that easy

The configuration is not that easy. It's not that user-friendly, and security-wise when you try to implement the security layer on top of it, it's not that easy either. There are certain things where the performance is not that great. When the traffic is huge, we see some lag in performance.

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VishalSingh14

IT Engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd

Easy to deploy APIs and easy to manage CORS configuration

I have used WSO2 Store and WSO2 API Manager at the architecture level. I worked on two versions, namely WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0 and 5.7.0. I have also worked with WSO2 Identity Server versions 5.7 and 5.11. There are certain things that Apigee handles better than WSO2 API Manager. The user interface of WSO2 API Manager is much easier than that of Apigee. The scope of flexibility was much greater in Apigee. In WSO2 API Manager, we had little flexibility and were restricted to a specific software or tool. On the other hand, we had the scope of customization in Apigee.

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Pros

"The most valuable aspect of Mashery is its stability."

"The control that we have and the security features are very valuable. With regard to API implementation or API orchestration, it works very well in the cloud because as soon as you create an API with one click, you can actually expose your APIs."

"We can completely manage the APIs at the org level and BU (business unit) level."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to have different packages based on the API keys. The same core system can have different packages based on different environments."

"This has provided a new stream of traffic and exposure of our catalogue beyond the normal web store offering."

"When we did the product evaluation, we saw that TIBCO Mashery offers end-to-end API life cycle management. It provides all API features that are required for managing the complete life cycle. It includes the developer portal and tools for API monitorization. The out-of-box security features that TIBCO Mashery provides are enterprise-grade, which gives it an edge over other API products."

"Very few outages or SLA issues."

"It is easy to work with ."

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"As far as I am aware this solution is the first API Publisher that allows you to create and publish API and to manage the API lifecycle."

"API management lifecycle is the most valuable."

"WSO2 API Manager is open-source, which offers a range of features not found in other open-source API tools."

"Most of the time, we need to install a plug-in without having any lapse in services or restarting the application. The WSO2 platform can do all deployments without any downtime."

"It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability."

"It's a good product."

"A complete integration suite and a good platform."

"The most interesting feature is its Mac-based function."

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Cons

"I'd like to see TIBCO integrate authentication and security features into Mashery."

"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."

"It lacks many features at the API gateway compared to other solutions."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management should improve its installation and make it easy."

"Monetization is not that great in API management. You need customization. Improvements are needed with sandbox local as well as with monetization. Those features are missing."

"Policy management has been a bit of a concern."

"The way agile life cycle is working needs improvement. I also want to see more support for open API standards. I want to see some improvement on the protocol transformation. That is quite missing now. These are the three main issues."

"The management console of API and customers' applications are not the most intuitive."

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"I would like it to be a more convenient development platform with the ability to write orchestrations and so on. Our problem with this product is that in my country, we are the only enterprise that has been using this product. We're missing a lot of knowledge from colleagues to consult with, and we also aren't able to recruit people with relevant skills. It is a big problem. The small team that is maintaining this product is the only team that can actually relate to any technical issue. The support that we're getting from the company is not great. There is also a cultural gap there because they're from Sri Lanka, and it is not easy. They're putting in a lot of effort, but they are not meeting our expectations."

"The solution’s interface should be more user-friendly."

"We had some problems with the reverse proxy not being able to invoke fully qualified domain names, so we have to build some custom scripts to solve this issue."

"I can say that user management is not really flexible. So, if I want to create 1,000 store users, I can't do it as a publisher. You have to register as a store user using the store URL."

"Basically, mTLS is a certificate-based communication protocol that WSO2 API Manager doesn't support."

"I would like it to be a more stable solution. Maybe in the last version that is approved. For me it would be good if they had a community established version."

"I think they could greatly improve the general UX with their solutions."

"They are developing another platform called Choreo that allows you to create API itself using the WSO2 programming language Ballerina. It would be great if they added a direct connection between Choreo and API Manager, that would be great. I think they are working on that, but I'm not sure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"Licensing is quite flexible."

"We have secured terms on which we have been happy to renew for a number of years."

"TIBCO Cloud API Management is not an expensive solution."

"For our projects, we found the pricing to be a little high."

"WSO2 API Manager is an open-source solution."

"WSO2 API Manager is a low-cost solution. It is one of the most affordable solutions."

"The solution costs less than 20,000 euros a year. I'm not sure of the exact number."

"The challenge is the increasing pricing, which has led some customers to consider alternatives, like using Spring Boot solutions instead. The rising costs, especially as cores and usage increase, have been a concern, prompting some to migrate to other products."

"It is costly, around ten thousand per year, per instance"

"We have not opted for the paid version of WSO2 but we have implemented the free and open source WSO2 software to a great extent and it is working as per our expectation."

"We use the open-source version — the free version."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

18%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about TIBCO Cloud API Management?

The platform's most valuable features are its capabilities to support security measures such as tokenization, token refresh, throttling, and enforcement of payloads.

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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.

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud API Management?

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What do you like most about WSO2 API Manager?

It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability.

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What needs improvement with WSO2 API Manager?

One area for improvement is monitoring. Dashboards for application monitoring of the APIs would be beneficial, allowing us to check for faulty APIs.

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What is your primary use case for WSO2 API Manager?

We use WSO2 API Manager for our microservices and our APIs, both internally and externally.

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Overview

APIs are critical business assets that form the foundation of digital business enabling new business models, improved operational efficiency, and connected customer experiences. TIBCO Cloud API Management empowers users to maximize the business value of their APIs products through an end-to-end solution that provides full lifecycle API management alongside capabilities for API discovery, implementation and analytics that speed business value realization across your digital ecosystem.

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WSO2 API Manager is a comprehensive platform that allows organizations to design, publish, and manage APIs.

It provides a centralized interface for API governance, security, and analytics.

With features like API monetization and developer portal, it enables businesses to drive innovation and create new revenue streams.

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