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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    WaveMaker

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AWaveMaker is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) from the company of the same name in Mountain View, California.

    $500

    per user/month

    WSO2 API Platform

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    WSO2 API Manager makes it possible for developers to both develop and manage APIs of different types. Unlike solutions which focus only on managing API proxies, WSO2 API Manager provides tools to develop APIs by integrating different systems as well. It supports a variety of API types from REST, SOAP, GraphQL, WebSockets, WebHooks, SSEs and gRPC APIs with specialized policies and governance for each different type. Being fully open source, its architecture and extensibility…

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    Pricing
    WaveMakerWSO2 API Platform
    Editions & Modules
    WaveMaker Online
    $500
    per user/month
    WaveMaker Enterprise
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    Developer based pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    WaveMakerWSO2 API Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    WaveMakerWSO2 API Platform
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of WaveMaker and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    WaveMaker
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    WSO2 API Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of WaveMaker and WSO2 API Platform
    Feature
    WaveMaker
    -
    Ratings
    WSO2 API Platform
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API access control00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    WaveMakerWSO2 API Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.5
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    WaveMakerWSO2 API Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    WaveMaker Inc
    WaveMaker is a great platform for enterprise and SME's because it can save a lot on resources and time. The price is very low compared to the other competitors of WaveMaker and the best thing about WaveMaker is its no lock-in policy, you can always download the code and work on other IDEs. Overall an amazing platform.
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    WSO2
    It's free! No argument can win a fight with that! And it's the only reason I gave it a 5. If you have no money to spend, and a simple environment you'll have a nice product. But free does come with a price. After 5 years we're still struggling with ports, and analytics (it just won't work without any errors caused by some configuration somewhere). An API Manager should work out of the box. The only configuration expertise that any developer wants to invest in, is the configuration of API's. Not the product itself... Anyone who've seen the training material, just for installing this thing will agree that this is not the way to go. Of all the API Managers out there (we've tried 4), WSO2 is the only one were you need to know how this dragon of a java application works internally. Did I already mention the humongous amount of config files?
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    Pros
    WaveMaker Inc
    • WaveMaker has helped us create internal applications in very short amount of time at a very low cost.
    • The interface is really clean and it is easy to understand, you need not be an expert coder to work on WaveMaker.
    • You can download your developed application and deploy it on any server you wish. There is no lock in whatsoever.
    • The support team is super supportive and they are genuinely interested in solving your problems.
    • WaveMaker helps you develop web and hybrid applications simultaneously, so you will be saving a lot of time and effort.
    • WaveMaker is constantly upgrading and the team makes sure that they inform the users about the upgrades.
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    WSO2
    • Authentication based on OAuth 2.0 and HTTP Basic Authentication.
    • Rate Limiting applied at different levels like Subscriber, API, Resource and Backend.
    • Monitoring by exporting the metrics in Prometheus and traces in Jaeger.
    • Mediation to perform transformation, orchestration etc.
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    Cons
    WaveMaker Inc
    • I believe that for this case, is important the technical support, which solves you or give workarounds that work for your issues. It answers in 24 hours, in labour days.
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    WSO2
    • Better QA testing prior to releases rollout
    • Better support needed
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    Support Rating
    WaveMaker Inc
    There were instances where we had specific requests and the support team was really helpful because they were really concerned about getting me a solution.
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    WaveMaker Inc
    WaveMaker is much cheaper and performs better.
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    WSO2
    Providing better capabilities comparing the overall API lifecycle management, especially the availability of API Integration layer and a strong identity layer of their own which provides an end-to-end API ecosystem that would be advantageous in terms of a large software development initiative.
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    Return on Investment
    WaveMaker Inc
    • WaveMaker has helped us reduce the number of developers working on the application development.
    • It has helped us save a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    • We've moved away from legacy SOAP services where nobody knew what services was used by who. WSO2 eliminated at least 90% of time spend on any service.
    • Creating API's (or actually creating the API Management layer...) is so simple that new developers can get away with it in no time. Again, real time gainer.
    • Since creating API's is so simple, developers are very fast in adopting a kind of "Domain thinking". In comparison with Azure API Manager: Azure does not demand knowledge of "how" the product works, but it's definitely more difficult to get an API up and running in Azure. And for some reason, azure does not promote clean domain driven architecture. Domain Driven architecture is the greatest time saver strategy possible. And WSO2 fits nicely in there.
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