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WSO2 API Manager

Complete API management platform for designing and managing APIs

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Overview

What WSO2 API Manager does

WSO2 API Manager is a complete API management platform that helps organizations design, implement, manage, and govern APIs. It provides API gateway, developer portal, and comprehensive analytics.

What people use it for

  • Publishing, securing and rate limiting APIs behind a gateway
  • Running an API developer portal with subscription key management
  • Self hosting an open source API management layer on premises

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about WSO2 API Manager.

  • The free open source distribution does not include a subscription to the WSO2 Update service, so continuous improvements and security patches require a paid subscription
  • A commercial production licence is not part of the free download and comes only with a subscription
  • No subscription price is published; Basic Support and Enterprise Support both require contacting sales for a quote
  • 24x7x365 coverage requires Enterprise Support; the general query SLA is one business day
  • A Customer Success Manager is a paid optional add on covering business hours only
  • Consulting services and WSO2 Private Cloud hosting are quoted separately

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of WSO2 API Manager

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

Pricing

What WSO2 API Manager costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Community

Free

  • Core API management
  • Community support

Commercial

On request

  • Enterprise features
  • Technical support
  • SLA

Capabilities

Features

  • API Gateway

    API Gateway capability

  • API Designer

    API Designer capability

  • Developer Portal

    Developer Portal capability

  • LDAP

    Integration with LDAP

  • Okta

    Integration with Okta

  • Keycloak

    Integration with Keycloak

  • Microservices

    Integration with Microservices

  • Java support

    Available on Java

  • Linux support

    Available on Linux

  • Docker support

    Available on Docker

  • Kubernetes support

    Available on Kubernetes

Behind it

Who makes WSO2 API Manager

Company
WSO2
Based in
Mountain View, California, USA
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