Layer7 API Security vs. Salt Security API Protection Platform

Layer7 API Security

Salt Security API Protection Platform

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Layer7 API Security	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Layer7 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
Salt Security API Protection Platform	Score 8.5 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	For API-driven organizations, Salt Security is an API security platform that protects internal, external, and third-party APIs. The Salt C-3A Context-based API Analysis Architecture combines coverage and AI-powered big data to discover APIs and exposed sensitive data - continuous and automatic discovery stop attackers in their tracks - block attackers by integrating with inline devices provide remediation insights - for developers to improve API security…	N/A

Pricing

Layer7 API Security

Salt Security API Protection Platform

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Offerings

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Layer7 API Security	Salt Security API Protection Platform
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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	Layer7 API Security	Salt Security API Protection Platform

Features

Layer7 API Security

Salt Security API Protection Platform

API Management

Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
	Layer7 API Security 8.6 1 Ratings 2% above category average	Salt Security API Protection Platform - Ratings
API access control	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
API usage data	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
API user onboarding	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
API versioning	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Usage billing and payments	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
API monitoring and logging	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Layer7 API Security	Salt Security API Protection Platform
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.5 (6 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Layer7 API Security	Salt Security API Protection Platform
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. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security Salt is highly recommended for anyone who wants to discover, monitor and protect their APIs against various types of attacks. Salt should not be used as a SIEM. JH Jose Michael Henrique Security Specialist Read full review
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. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security PII identification in API traffic. Divergence between API traffic and documentation (swagger files). Potential attacks with information to take counter measures. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Broadcom It would be nice to have an integration with services like Github for managing projects and versions. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security The platform could have more options for exporting detailed data from attackers' dashboards. The Attackers dashboard could also have more options of filters in order to support the investigations of the attack. The OAS analysis could present a more detailed view of the found issues. MA Marcel Amorim Senior Security Analyst Read full review
Usability	Broadcom The Layer7 API Management is a great solution, but, sometimes the documentation is not clear or has lack of examples. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security We tried controls offered by the IaaS providers but these were hard to manage and did not provide the visibility we wanted. We also protected APIs with a normal WAF but this was only helpful for assets we knew about and API attacks were not caught by the WAF. TW Tyler Warren Director, IT Security Read full review
Return on Investment	Broadcom Very fast implementation and is easy to learn & use. Incentivized Leonardo Villa Director of Service Delivery Read full review	Salt Security Salt Security API Protection Platform has provided detailed information that is helping us to identify and investigate attacks in our environment MA Marcel Amorim Senior Security Analyst Read full review
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