Likelihood to Recommend Oracle API Manager is well suited in a business or company that make use of Apis to facilitate access of backend services and data sources by the staff or customers or both. It is also imported in situations where all actions in a system need to be attributed to specific users.
Read full review API mocking, testing, and sharing are all built in functions for StopLight that work quite well. They even have functionality for generating OAI and RAML code as well, which is a huge plus. AS for as areas where StopLight is not appropriate, if you're doing anything other than API testing, StopLight may not be appropriate for use.
Read full review Pros API Manager allows for REST and SOAP API's to be easily created and tracked API Manager allows for only certain people/applications to use the API (does this thru a subscriber service it provides) It also publishes the API's it is tracking so developers can easily know what interfaces already exist. The monitoring ability is a nice feature. The admin person can easily see how and where the APIs are currently being used Read full review OpenAPI support Markdown supports Git integration Read full review Cons Absence of Role-Based Access. A finer grain control on what type of users can call certain API Endpoints is needed. Performance with third-party databases isn't as fast as using Oracle Database. Long learning curve. Although Oracle API Manager provides performance and a vast deal of features, a certain level of expertise is required to effectively make use of them. Read full review Simplicity of set up. Although it's not difficult, there are tools out there that are easier to set up for testing endpoints. Again, it's perfectly functional, but some competitors I think have a more user friendly UI to them. Read full review Alternatives Considered Oracle API Manager is much easier to learn and understand then IBM Data Power Gateway and
IBM API Connect . We selected Oracle API Manager in our company because to have a good intuitive interface with drag and drop features and because beginners and easily get up to speed to use this tool.
Read full review I'd like to also throw Runscope and Fiddler into the mix. Between StopLight and all these competitors, we've chosen StopLight primarily for the support, ease of use, and reliability. Most tools out there today are top-notch, so it really comes down to personal preference and different use-cases. Having used other API testing frameworks, StopLight definitely stacks up against the competition.
Read full review Return on Investment Oracle API Manager supports both REST & SOAP API's. Secure and attributable connection to back-end services and data sources. In addition to creating API's for querying data, you can also create API endpoints that can manipulate the data in the back-end databases. Although Oracle API Manager provides performance and a vast deal of features, to start with it is really important you train your people working on development, deployment and administrators to effectively use Oracle API Manager. Read full review Increased efficiency Improved comminication between backeend and frontend Read full review ScreenShots