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Tyk pros and cons

Vendor: Tyk
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Tyk allows users to manage security effectively.
API management in Tyk is highly praised.
Load balancing with the circuit-breaker function is valuable.
Workflows and limited logic can be set up with Tyk.
Tyk is highly scalable, a key factor in its selection.

CONS

There is a desire for additional features such as extensions for .NET core.
Lacks the brand recognition that makes it popular with clients.
New features are sometimes not immediately stable.
The cloud version has significant limitations regarding flexibility and programming capabilities.
Enhancements are often built ahead of proper customer communication, leading to a mismatch in expectations.
 

Tyk Pros review quotes

Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer at Eolia Software
Jul 16, 2019
The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security.
MC
Solution Architect (Africa Regions) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jul 18, 2019
It is a good product for API management.
JH
Director at funlab inc
Apr 28, 2020
The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function.
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VikasAgarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CTO at Naks Digital Consulting
Feb 16, 2022
You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic.
Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer at Eolia Software
Aug 11, 2022
The portal for developers that this solution provides has great functionality.
MarkDoherty - PeerSpot reviewer
Founding Director at Point Group
Jan 10, 2024
The scalability is very good. That was a key factor in the selection, like how it could be pushed to high volume and scalability, which seemed to be very good.
reviewer2113719 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jan 16, 2026
Customer support is excellent, and their support personnel, along with professional services, know the product really well, resulting in a good experience dealing with them.
 

Tyk Cons review quotes

Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer at Eolia Software
Jul 16, 2019
I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language.
MC
Solution Architect (Africa Regions) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jul 18, 2019
It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients.
JH
Director at funlab inc
Apr 28, 2020
Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable.
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VikasAgarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CTO at Naks Digital Consulting
Feb 16, 2022
We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much.
Kamal Doukali - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer at Eolia Software
Aug 11, 2022
We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed.
MarkDoherty - PeerSpot reviewer
Founding Director at Point Group
Jan 10, 2024
In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them.
reviewer2113719 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jan 16, 2026
Compared to Apigee or Kong, I find they excel beyond Tyk, which is the reason for my score.