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Layer7 API Gateway vs. Mule ESB

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Layer7 API Gateway
Score 7.8 out of 10
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The Layer7 API Gateway (formerly CA API Gateway) from Broadcom company CA Technologies is an extensible, scalable, high-performance gateway to connect your most important data and applications across any combination of cloud, container or on-premises environments. Layer7 API Gateway is available as a standalone solution or as part of Layer7 API Management.N/A
Mule ESB
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Mule ESB, from Mulesoft, is an open source middleware solution.N/A
Pricing
Layer7 API GatewayMule ESB
Editions & Modules
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Layer7 API GatewayMule ESB
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Layer7 API GatewayMule ESB
Considered Both Products
Layer7 API Gateway

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Mule ESB
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Anonymous
Chose Mule ESB
Hands down, Mule is more cost-effective than Informatica, either on-prem or cloud, and the value only goes up form there. Reusability and ease of creation makes in-house training simple and the end result is we leverage Mule for much more than what we initially considered it …
Deepak Kushwaha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Deepak Kushwaha
Tech Arch Sr. Analyst
Chose Mule ESB
I have worked with Oracle SOA Suite and I think if you have APIs with most of the integration with databases (majorly Oracle DB) then you should use Oracle SOA Suite instead of Mule. Oracle SOA Suite is most suitable to call most of the DB objects (i.e. procedures , functions, …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Mule ESB
It is a great product, just very expensive and did not have the connectors. For larger companies it works well and is very reliable, but it requires special skills and support staff to manage the performance and scaling attributes. Both tools can do the job, it just depends …
KamaL Vachiravel | TrustRadius Reviewer
KamaL Vachiravel
Mule ESB, API and CloudHub Integration Lead
Chose Mule ESB
It doesn't have API . We have to go for another API manager. But in Mule, it has both API manager and ESB
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Medium-sized Companies

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Score 8.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Layer7 API GatewayMule ESB
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User Testimonials
Layer7 API GatewayMule ESB
Likelihood to Recommend
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Well Suited for:
  • REST APIs.
  • Rapid API Development.
  • Most suitable for integration with SFDC.
  • Batch processing.
  • Parallel processing.
Less appropriate for:
  • Integration with Database.
  • Exposing SOAP services.
  • Small organizations, because it is super costly.
Deepak Kushwaha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Deepak Kushwaha
Tech Arch Sr. Analyst
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Pros
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  • As an ESB it provides great flexibility to add/remove systems in the integration easily. Highly scalable.
  • Supports any kind of system to be integrated, Supports Java.
  • Lightweight.
Ankit Goyal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ankit Goyal
Technical Consultant
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Cons
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  • Logging the Database query in production with out changing the log4j level
KamaL Vachiravel | TrustRadius Reviewer
KamaL Vachiravel
Mule ESB, API and CloudHub Integration Lead
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Alternatives Considered
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Hands down, Mule is more cost-effective than Informatica, either on-prem or cloud, and the value only goes up form there. Reusability and ease of creation makes in-house training simple and the end result is we leverage Mule for much more than what we initially considered it for. Having used Oracle and TIBCO before as well, I find they are the tools of yesterday, not able to keep up in terms of functionality or price. Jitterbit would be a more relevant comparison, but Mule won out in the bake-off we did between them.
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Return on Investment
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  • Created a means to have a synergy with developers - quickly made us productive
  • Ease of integration with Mule connectors - quicker releases
  • Initial configuration was a challenge. Would have been more challenging without Mule Support
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Anonymous
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