Akamai API Gateway vs. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai API Gateway
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Akamai offers their API Gateway, touting easy control and access to enterprise applications via their services.N/A
Anypoint Platform
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
The Anypoint Platform developed by MuleSoft and acquired by Salesforce in early 2018 is designed to connect apps, data, and devices anywhere, on-premises or in the cloud. This platform was built to offer out-of-the-box connectors as well as tools that architects and developers can adopt quickly to design, build and manage the entire lifecycle of their APIs, applications, and products.N/A
Pricing
Akamai API GatewayMuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai API GatewayAnypoint Platform
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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API Management
Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
Akamai API Gateway
7.7
1 Ratings
7% below category average
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
-
Ratings
API access control8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
API usage data8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
API user onboarding8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
API versioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Usage billing and payments7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
API monitoring and logging9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Data Integration
Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
Akamai API Gateway
-
Ratings
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
7.2
12 Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built connectors00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Connector modification00 Ratings7.512 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings7.412 Ratings
Data quality services00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Data security features00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Monitoring console00 Ratings7.512 Ratings
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User Ratings
Akamai API GatewayMuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai API GatewayMuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Akamai
It is really helpful for managing [the] scaling of systems with need and utilizing resources when needed. Also, DevOps support for deployment plans is quite useful when deploying applications. Monitoring systems with graphQL and utilizing them in APIs is quite helpful when used in Microservices systems to identify system capabilities and user utilization of applications.
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Salesforce
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is best tool in the market for developing APIs with complex structures communicating with various different types of applications including web applications as well as legacy applications. Also applications including database connectivity for fetching and updating data in the DB tables. I cant think of any scenario which MuleSoft Anypoint Platform could not be used for developing the integrations.
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Pros
Akamai
  • Graphically representation in GraphQL
  • Scaling system
  • DevOps management
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Salesforce
  • API Manager provides easy API Policy Governance. You do not have to manage multiple platforms for managing the policies.
  • Supports hybrid Mule EBS environments. You can configure both CouldHub-based and on-premise-based API using Mulesoft API manager in a similar manner.
  • It's very easy to implement API proxy.
  • User friendly UI.
  • Single platform to manage all.
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Cons
Akamai
  • Quota enforcement can be simplified
  • Caching mechanism for API with akamai can be improved
  • Gateway configuration can be simplified as details are not much elaborate
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Salesforce
  • Has more features than what we really need so we're paying for more than we use. Sort of like paying for an Abrams tank when all we really need is a Toyota Corolla.
  • Not a value product, tends to be expensive.
  • Takes a while for developers to learn to use Mulesoft Anypoint.
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Usability
Akamai
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Salesforce
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is really very easy to adopt for application integration. Simple UI and easy data weave language allows user to focus on business portion only. The API management and deployment of application are hassle free.
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Support Rating
Akamai
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Salesforce
Anypoint Platform support is very responsive. There is also a huge knowledge base and an active online forum where answers to most questions can be found. When needed support engages the engineering group so adequate solutions or workarounds are always provided.
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Alternatives Considered
Akamai
Akamai [API Gateway] helps better in terms of representation of graphQL and its consumption in monitoring system making a package for deployment speed with monitoring and scaling application with all services and utilizing most of a system without much knowledge of other aspects. Also, [a] user-friendly system helps people to handle [the] system with necessary options
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Salesforce
Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our APIs) makes it easy to connect to various other platforms. In order to link to these many other systems, connectors and/or components are utilized, and they are simple to configure and integrate.
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Return on Investment
Akamai
  • Decrease in time required for deployment and monitoring by significant amount causing less support resources needed
  • Scaling applications on month-end at high usage time has reduced TAT time for issues and no of issues occurring
  • Quota enforcement has allowed [managing] multiple systems and their needs in respective stakeholders hands and reduced infra teams involvement in [the] management of reoccurring problems
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Salesforce
  • Mulesoft can be used to provide an integration platform to a large number of systems like Salesforce, ODBC, JDBC, SAP, Mongo DB, etc.
  • An excellent option to develop microservices and real-time integrations.
  • Not as robust in handling large data volumes, Informatica is better in that respect.
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ScreenShots

Anypoint Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Connect any endpoints using out-of-the-box connectors, dynamic connectivity to API specifications, or by building reusable connectors with Anypoint DevKit™.Screenshot of A reporting suite that provides a real-time view of API consumption trends and operational performance. Analytics provides insight into how your API is being used and informs forward-looking design decisions.Screenshot of A platform to engage with API developers and drive adoption. Share documentation, examples and manage developer access from a single platform.