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    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

    ReadyAPI

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, and ServiceV Pro) is a REST and SOAP API functional testing tool that enables software developers, QA engineers, and manual testers to work together to create, maintain, and execute complex end-to-end API tests in their CI/CD pipelines without needing to code.N/A
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    Layer7 API SecurityReadyAPI
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    Pricing Offerings
    Layer7 API SecurityReadyAPI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Layer7 API SecurityReadyAPI
    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
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    SmartBear
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    Layer7 API SecurityReadyAPI
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of Layer7 API Security and ReadyAPI
    Feature
    Layer7 API Security
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    ReadyAPI
    -
    Ratings
    API access control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API usage data9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API user onboarding7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API versioning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    OCI API Management
    Score7.9 out of 10
    SoapUI Open Source
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Layer7 API SecurityReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Layer7 API SecurityReadyAPI
    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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    SmartBear
    As stated, we do a LOT of API testing, the swaggerhub import makes it easy to add APIs. This is very well-suited, as well as easy management of the steps/cases/suites inside of ReadyAPI. The one thing I do wish ReadyAPI was better suited for is changes to data, we have a lot of test cases in ReadyAPI and if we make a change to how the backend data is structured, one-by-one adjustments need to be made to the steps. Less appropriate, UI testing.
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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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    SmartBear
    • Ease of use (ability to automatically import API definitions, Jenkins integration for running in the pipeline).
    • Detailed test reports (allow to easily identify weak spots during both functional and performance testing).
    • One platform for all tests (allows to closely couple and reuse existent tests).
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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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    SmartBear
    • Needs good documentation
    • Need to improve the performance of the tool
    • Setup is very complex and for such [a] commercial tool, it should easy and straightforward
    • Tool says it supports security testing but in reality, it is not at an extensive level.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    The only reason this isn't a '10' is because of the cost. This product is definitely meant for organizations who are serious about making sure they invest in the full ecosystem of API design, development, maintenance. But there is a significant cost associated with this investment. and because of this cost (and the non-tangible output for executives), it is a difficult line-item to justify in this post-pandemic environment.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    SoapUI allows us to combine multiple tests and adhere
    to the sequence that they need to run in order to complete successfully.
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing
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    Reliability and Availability
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    Soap UI has managed to continuously build on it's solid foundation and keep improving by each release. It is by far the most dependable and accurate testing tool out there of its kind. Available via connecting to VM's created as SoapUI test machines give access to it anytime, anywhere practically.
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    Performance
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing.
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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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    SmartBear
    To be honest, we didnt had much issues with the support, as there is already plenty of online communities available for help. But if ever there were some minor issues with the membership or the certificates, the tech support was always quick and efficient enough to resolve the issue ASAP
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    Implementation Rating
    Broadcom
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    SmartBear
    no very easy but lacks documentation
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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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    SmartBear
    ReadyAPI provides intuitive GUI capabilities compared to their own open source product. When compared to Postman, ReadyAPI also supports SOAP based services, which is a saver especially when integrating with legacy or other third party systems.
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    Scalability
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing. However, I have read that added monitoring tools have been added, which if so the 7 could possibly go to a 8 or 9.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • Very fast implementation and is easy to learn & use.
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    SmartBear
    • Very quick regression testing, hence having the testing results very soon, even the same day of deployment
    • for same above reason, it can save money for corporation (so no tedious, costly and erroneous manual testings)
    • The test reports are compatible with TestNG, so the corporation can integrate the reports in our Autamation frameworks such as Allure or Jira Zephyr
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