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Layer7 API Security vs. Mashery (now part of Boomi)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Layer7 API Security

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALayer7 API Management enables enterprises to test and monitor real-time in both development and production environments. Now under the brand Layer7 API Security from Broadcom, the service includes Layer7 API Gateway, and the Layer7 API Developer Portal.N/A

    Mashery (now part of Boomi)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMashery, for a time sold as TIBCO Cloud API Management, was an API management solution whose former capabilities have been added to Boomi's enterprise platform.N/A
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Layer7 API SecurityMashery (now part of Boomi)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Layer7 API SecurityMashery (now part of Boomi)
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of Layer7 API Security and Mashery (now part of Boomi)
    Feature
    Layer7 API Security
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Mashery (now part of Boomi)
    6.9
    23 Ratings
    20% below category average
    API access control9.01 Ratings8.423 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies10.01 Ratings7.723 Ratings
    API usage data9.01 Ratings7.223 Ratings
    API user onboarding7.01 Ratings7.522 Ratings
    API versioning8.01 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments7.01 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging10.01 Ratings6.522 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Layer7 API SecurityMashery (now part of Boomi)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Layer7 API SecurityMashery (now part of Boomi)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    Well suited for publishing internal services with very high security, protecting against attacks, and managing on-demand load. Also good for transform messages and SQL to Rest services. Not appropriate for business logic implementation.
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    Mashery is great when it comes to deployment to your own datacenter and when it comes to managing third party API's like Salesforce using Mashery Cloud version. I would be a little bit more careful when deploying it on Kubernetes as it was not designed for it. New version 5 is re-architected to run more on natively on Kubernetes, but we have not tested it yet.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • SOAP to Rest / Rest to SOAP web services transformation.
    • Secure authorization and authetication (JWT, OpenIP Connect, OAuth, SAML and more). WASP Features as injection protection.
    • Easy rule writing without coding.
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    • Easy integration of the TIBCO Cloud Mashery developer portal allows simple onboarding and user and application management.
    • Configuration of TIBCO Cloud Mashery is both flexible and focused to address the main tasks for an API Management solution.
    • The built-in OAuth Token capabilities provide a quick start to properly manage application access.
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • It would be nice to have an integration with services like Github for managing projects and versions.
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    • The "Control Center" admin dashboard is not performant. We have a lot of configuration data in Mashery (many endpoints, many plans, many users, many keys, etc.) and the website struggles with the volume of data it has to deal with.
    • Their systems have limitations that make it more difficult for us to operate the way we would like. For example, there is a limit to the number of API Definitions we can create, as well as a limit to the number of Endpoints we can define in a Plan.
    • Their support organization leaves a lot to be desired. Responses are slow, and when they do come they are often inadequate. We have to re-phrase the question to get them to answer it differently, or we have to repeatedly follow up to ask for additional clarifying information.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
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    Ease of use.
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    Usability
    Broadcom
    The Layer7 API Management is a great solution, but, sometimes the documentation is not clear or has lack of examples.
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    i find some of the package adding and key are complex . UI experience is bad . Every step need front and backward navigation too much. It would be better if endpoint itself contain package and key addiction option
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
    The support team is good and the response time is reasonable, but (there is always a but), when support inquiries are made by someone experienced, and the question is not trivial, it is boring and takes a long time to get the case escalated to the next level of support.
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    Support has been good overall.
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    Implementation Rating
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
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    Initially it was difficult to understand . after few day , it was easy
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    We evaluated 3 tools and decided on Layer7 API Management because it had the shortest implementation times and fastest learning curve, without losing power of customization and scalability.
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    I've really only looked at Mashery since it has been around a very long time and has a rich feature set. I do know our platform teams are looking into AWS gateway but not sure this product has everything we need.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • Very fast implementation and is easy to learn & use.
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    Discontinued Products
    • As a API Mediation layer it has helped with the troublesome port setup with internal and external clients. Meaning it made that easy to the client that they know where to go for access to an API.
    • The interactive documentation is very well put together and has reduced the time that developers have to go back and forth with each other to figure how to call the API.
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