# Best API Management Tools - Page 6

## How Many API Management Tools Products Does G2 Track?

**Total Products under this Category:** 144

### Category Stats (Aug 2026)

- **Average Rating:** 4.48/5 The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
- **Top Trending Product:** IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (+0.5%) - Among all products in this category, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration recorded the largest rating increase compared to last month

_Last updated: August 01, 2026_

## How Does G2 Rank API Management Tools Products?

**Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:**

- 30 Analysts and Data Experts
- 11,600+ Authentic Reviews
- 144+ Products
- Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

## G2 Grid® for API Management Tools
 ![G2 Grid® for API Management Tools plotting products by satisfaction and market presence](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-management/grids.png?focus%5B%5D=20238&focus%5B%5D=23331&focus%5B%5D=4208&focus%5B%5D=15884&focus%5B%5D=17294&focus%5B%5D=1316415&focus%5B%5D=20160&focus%5B%5D=13694)

Highlighted products: Postman, Celigo, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Workato, Kong Konnect, Apidog, Amazon API Gateway, and Apigee Edge.

Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-management/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=postman&focus%5B%5D=celigo&focus%5B%5D=mulesoft-anypoint-platform&focus%5B%5D=workato&focus%5B%5D=kong-inc-kong-konnect&focus%5B%5D=apidog&focus%5B%5D=amazon-api-gateway&focus%5B%5D=apigee-edge)

**Sponsored**

### Apigee Edge

Manage, secure, scale, and analyze your APIs with Apigee Edge

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### [Magic xpi Integration Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/magic-xpi-integration-platform/reviews)

One platform for dynamic, limitless connectivity A code-free, low maintenance approach - Magic xpi integrates all of your business systems on the cloud, on-premises or in hybrid deployments so your company can maximize its opportunities. With 100+ pre-built and certified connectors, you’ll be able to easily connect apps, databases, APIs, platforms and more in the cloud and on-premise, maximizing the potential of your third-party technologies and delivering a 360° view of your business. Learn more: https://www.magicsoftware.com/integration-platform/xpi/

**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Magic xpi Integration Platform?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Magic xpi Integration Platform?

- **Seller:** [Magic Software](https://www.g2.com/sellers/magic-software)
- **Year Founded:** 1983
- **HQ Location:** Irvine, California, United States
- **Twitter:** @MagicSoftware  
7,257 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=eb0cba8ef0a0f1c162494aca173556dad1eb563c96a5bcd27e2d81aa099f5f69&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fmagic-software-enterprises%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
490 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ: MGIC

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Magic xpi Integration Platform?

**["Middleware Capabilities"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/magic-xpi-integration-platform-review-8490875)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Consulting_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/magic-xpi-integration-platform-review-8490875)

**["Great application for interfaces within different systems"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/magic-xpi-integration-platform-review-1558509)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Guillermo V._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/magic-xpi-integration-platform-review-1558509)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Magic xpi Integration Platform?

- [What is Magic xpi Integration Platform used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-magic-xpi-integration-platform-used-for)

### [Parasoft SOAtest](https://www.g2.com/products/parasoft-soatest/reviews)

Get Rapid Feedback From Your CI/CD Pipeline. This API, microservices, and web service testing tool incorporates extensive functional testing along with critical load, performance, and security testing early into Agile development. Gain immediate and intelligent feedback for smarter API testing and on-time releases. Anchored in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), Parasoft SOAtest simplifies the complexity of functional testing across APIs, UIs, databases, and more. Change management systems continuously monitor quality for Agile DevOps environments. Use a single, intuitive interface to meet all your test automation needs. Automate complex API functional, load, performance, and security testing scenarios for over 120 message formats and protocols, covering microservices to mainframe. Test confidently knowing that our change impact analysis continuously monitors APIs. It highlights changes and corresponding test cases for updates and streamlines test refactoring efforts. Test impact analysis identifies the tests that align with code changes to optimize validation and reduce execution time.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 6

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Parasoft SOAtest?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Parasoft SOAtest?

- **Seller:** [Parasoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/parasoft)
- **Year Founded:** 1987
- **HQ Location:** Monrovia, CA
- **Twitter:** @Parasoft  
2,602 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=e0cc1e9b128b54b280c5df9e752a80b9fa4a32248d4a398f37502d4212a72a77&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fparasoft%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
298 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Medium, 17% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Parasoft SOAtest?

**["Amazing product with amazing performance"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/parasoft-soatest-review-6695240)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Emiel d._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/parasoft-soatest-review-6695240)

**["Excellent tool for API Load & Performance Testing"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/parasoft-soatest-review-7463590)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Jayapal C._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/parasoft-soatest-review-7463590)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Parasoft SOAtest?

- [What is Parasoft SOAtest used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-parasoft-soatest-used-for)

### [Xapi Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/xapi-platform/reviews)

Xapi is an API design platform that enables secure and efficient designing and managing of high-quality APIs. With the API design-first approach in mind, Xapi is geared toward documenting API requirements, maintaining API hierarchies, Kanban-based API tracking, API management workflows, and user management. Xapi facilitates productively investing your precious time in crafting your next best API strategy, Otherwise, you would have spent on the nitty-gritty of manual API designing.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 6

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Xapi Platform?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Scalability:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Xapi Platform?

- **Seller:** [X-Venture](https://www.g2.com/sellers/x-venture)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** COLOMBO, LK
- **Twitter:** @XapiPlatform  
20 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=80e96d844f2b9052727c86eec1bfe0ea0309e0991f576421e85d81832a7facf8&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fx-venture%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
44 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 83% Small, 17% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Xapi Platform?

**["Promising platform to mange your API Specifications"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/xapi-platform-review-9883612)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Automotive_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/xapi-platform-review-9883612)

**["Platform to leverage on your API first design strategy"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/xapi-platform-review-9054472)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Ishan L._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/xapi-platform-review-9054472)

### [Adaptive Integration Fabric](https://www.g2.com/products/adaptive-integration-fabric/reviews)

Adaptive Integration Fabric enables you to rapidly develop real-time interfaces to difficult-to-access, missional critical legacy data sources in a fraction of the time required by traditional methods. Using our patented integration workflow engine, not only can you access complex data and transactional elements from multiple sources, but also combine and transform these elements into any format needed.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Adaptive Integration Fabric?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Adaptive Integration Fabric?

- **Seller:** [Adaptigent](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adaptigent-d6f44fcd-7a51-48fe-823b-1555891cc6cb)
- **Year Founded:** 1982
- **HQ Location:** Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=f6302d82d07a6a0a1112d65d054b9367266e1f3e13f74f4064631e1c06464736&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fadaptigent%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
73 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Adaptive Integration Fabric?

**["Long Term Strategic Partnership"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/adaptive-integration-fabric-review-4106727)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Financial Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/adaptive-integration-fabric-review-4106727)

**["Using GT Ivory for Services on top of our Mainframe for new UIs"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/adaptive-integration-fabric-review-4108593)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Airlines/Aviation_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/adaptive-integration-fabric-review-4108593)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Adaptive Integration Fabric?

- [What is Ivory Service Architect used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ivory-service-architect-used-for)

### [Blobr](https://www.g2.com/products/blobr/reviews)

Blobr is the developer portal that converts more and boosts sales With Blobr: - distribute APIs on your terms, by deciding access conditions and monetization models; - provide a memorable experience by granting access to a lean interface with docs, code snippets and more, - understand your user behaviour thanks to detailed analytics and take action rapidly.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Blobr?

- **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Blobr?

- **Seller:** [Blobr](https://www.g2.com/sellers/blobr)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** Paris, FR
- **Twitter:** @Blobr\_io  
386 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=d9e8e6d7fe8674a25f0ec2d4f6158dd86540826e91688bde2318374cc3e92431&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fblobr&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
16 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Blobr?

**["Transformative"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/blobr-review-7964639)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Qayyum R._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/blobr-review-7964639)

**["Easy-to-Use API Sharing Solution"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/blobr-review-7962083)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Emil W._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/blobr-review-7962083)

### [EDI Webpad](https://www.g2.com/products/edi-webpad/reviews)

Web app and API to translate, view, edit, create, verify, document, and acknowledge your EDI and flat files in seconds.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind EDI Webpad?

- **Seller:** [EdiNation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/edination)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=7886df2ed926834e5eb248c77dcfa8e5c815d3ab1f0fe3132ced0dba45868834&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2FNo-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of EDI Webpad?

**["Review of EDI Webpad"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/edi-webpad-review-6878326)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/edi-webpad-review-6878326)

**["Facilitates the exchange of data and business docs across variety of platforms and programs"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/edi-webpad-review-7658871)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Miranda G._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/edi-webpad-review-7658871)

### [Layer7 API Gateway](https://www.g2.com/products/layer7-api-gateway/reviews)

Industry-leading API Gateway for partner, developer, mobile, cloud and mobile-to-mainframe access helps you deliver security without sacrificing user experience

**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind Layer7 API Gateway?

- **Seller:** [Broadcom](https://www.g2.com/sellers/broadcom-ab3091cd-4724-46a8-ac89-219d6bc8e166)
- **Year Founded:** 1991
- **HQ Location:** San Jose, CA
- **Twitter:** @broadcom  
63,909 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=093adce8015fea9ef126312884b465dc8e3c20e17dcb12fbb77a7bd82577e7a5&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fbroadcom%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
55,094 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ: CA

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Large, 33% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Layer7 API Gateway?

**["good for securing payment gateways"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/layer7-api-gateway-review-1234129)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Information Technology and Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/layer7-api-gateway-review-1234129)

**["Awesome API tool, you can automate all your virtual service requirement using this tool"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/layer7-api-gateway-review-1220173)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Ansul p._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/layer7-api-gateway-review-1220173)

### [Red Hat 3scale API Management](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-3scale-api-management/reviews)

API management platform that empowers API providers to easily package, distribute, manage and monetize APIs.

**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Red Hat 3scale API Management?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Red Hat 3scale API Management?

- **Seller:** [Red Hat](https://www.g2.com/sellers/red-hat)
- **Year Founded:** 1993
- **HQ Location:** Raleigh, NC
- **Twitter:** @RedHat  
300,769 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=4e0d3729ea76bc2ca4cd8f1f390777549ab9f3d824d6dd01fe584e175b43fe7a&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F3545%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
19,413 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Medium, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Red Hat 3scale API Management?

**["API management solution."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/red-hat-3scale-api-management-review-692280)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Nereida B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/red-hat-3scale-api-management-review-692280)

### [Requestly](https://www.g2.com/products/requestly/reviews)

Requestly is a modern and powerful companion for API Development and Testing. It is an open-source tool purpose-built to speed up and simplify API development workflow for developers and QAs. It is a combination of API Client and HTTP Interceptor that helps create and share API Contracts, testing APIs, and easily mock and integrate them into web and mobile apps. Requestly Benefits: ✅ Open Source: Requestly is open-source tools, giving transparency on how we handle your data. ✅ API Client: A modern & privacy-first API Client with all the features like API Collection, Variables, Scripts. ✅ Intercept HTTPS Traffic: Enables you to watch traffic from the mobile app you are developing for testing and debugging. ✅ HTTP Request Modification: Enables network request and response modification to mock different edge cases and scenarios of a real app. ✅ API Mocks: Creates local and cloud based API mocks to develop and isolate testing of an application. ✅ Record & Bulk mocks: Supports recording traffic of an existing service and create mocks in few seconds. ✅ Team Workspaces: Offers flexibility to work with team and share mocks, request modification rules and API contracts with team. ✅ GraphQL Support: Integrates with GraphQL development flows using different set of filters for GraphQL APIs. Learn more at: https://requestly.com/

**Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 6

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Requestly?

- **Scalability:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Requestly?

- **Seller:** [Requestly](https://www.g2.com/sellers/requestly)
- **Year Founded:** 2021
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, US
- **Twitter:** @requestlyio  
1,571 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=455f4290800a2112df896fb8b574e3791e481a141e4e17c9f38ca2123fe274a6&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Frequestly&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
11 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Do G2 Reviewers Say About Requestly?

_AI-generated summary from verified user reviews_

##### Pros

- Users value the **time-saving capabilities** of Requestly, streamlining tasks through rule-based adjustments and testing.
- Users value the **easy implementation** of Requestly's Cross-Browser Testing, enabling quick testing without extensive development time.
- Users appreciate the **easy implementation** of Requestly, allowing for quick testing without extensive development time.
- Users appreciate the **implementation ease** of Requestly, finding it quick and efficient to set up and use.
- Users find the **setup ease** of Requestly exceptional, enabling quick and efficient implementation without extensive development time.

##### Cons

- Users find the **setup and rule-building process complex** , which can hinder their initial experience with Requestly.
- Users find the **difficult setup** process challenging, requiring time and effort to create effective rules for testing.
- Users find the **learning curve challenging** , as setup and rule-building can be time-consuming and complex.

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Requestly?

**["I've been using it since day one."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/requestly-review-11463345)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Volkan Y._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/requestly-review-11463345)

**["Requestly Makes API Mocking and Request Tweaks Fast and Effortless"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/requestly-review-12978393)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Ravindra N._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/requestly-review-12978393)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Requestly?

- [What is Requestly used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-requestly-used-for)

### [Tetrate.io](https://www.g2.com/products/tetrate-io/reviews)

Tetrate.io provides software solutions, designs and develops an enterprise-grade service mesh platform

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Tetrate.io?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Scalability:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Tetrate.io?

- **Seller:** [Tetrate.io](https://www.g2.com/sellers/tetrate-io)
- **Year Founded:** 2018
- **HQ Location:** Milpitas, California, United States
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=8ff148f7932b50a17ec5b857c17a312638d0f4ec46e81719a77e7964c76cbf60&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ftetrate%2Fabout&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
115 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Tetrate.io?

**["Built on Zero Trust Security Model"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/tetrate-io-review-8403104)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Environmental Services_

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_— Z D._

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### [Torry Harris API Manager](https://www.g2.com/products/torry-harris-api-manager/reviews)

Torry Harris API Manager (TH-APIM ) is a complete package to help manage your APIs and make them into tools that propel your business forward. With TH-APIM, you’ll arm your business with: 1. Mature and marketable APIs, that accelerate your digital transformation program 2. Easy third-party collaboration, helping you create and expand your digital business ecosystem Torry Harris API Manager offers you a secure API Gateway, Authentication Server, Developer Portal or API Store and an API Publisher Portal. Components: 1. API Marketplace / Developer Portal: Access all your APIs in one place. This integrated API store and developer portal helps you monetize your APIs. The API Marketplace is easy to use, lets you track API usage and revenue share through a powerful analytics engine. 2. API Gateway: Deliver high performance using this secure and scalable API Gateway. Scale your APIs and expose them at lightning speed. 3. API Publisher Portal: Provides a simple, intuitive interface to publish and manage your APIs. It comes with dynamic visualizations and analytics to track usage. You can build your own custom reports and workflows.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind Torry Harris API Manager?

- **Seller:** [Torry Harris Business Solutions](https://www.g2.com/sellers/torry-harris-business-solutions-c3668e74-c103-4807-af4b-6e3d792d8cd4)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** Perth Amboy, US
- **Twitter:** @torryharris  
1,766 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=88a871467876c0b607242cf7722a1aa44872379a139582df7afbad12e0b00f22&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ftorry-harris-integration-solutions&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
2,177 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Torry Harris API Manager?

**["Excellent features-to-price ratio, excellent vendor service"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/torry-harris-api-manager-review-4374293)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Education Management_

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**["A complete solution to build, manage and monetize API products."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/torry-harris-api-manager-review-9606007)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Shankar R._

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#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Torry Harris API Manager?

- [What is DigitMarket API Manager used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-digitmarket-api-manager-used-for)

### [Treblle](https://www.g2.com/products/treblle/reviews)

Bringing API Observability to the next level. Super easy to integrate and onboard developers. Features that give you the ability to SEE everything that is happening with your APIs! Main features include: real-time API monitoring, auto-generated documentation, request sharing, 1 click testing, powerful filtering and analytics, error tracking, and more.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Treblle?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Treblle?

- **Seller:** [Treblle](https://www.g2.com/sellers/treblle)
- **Year Founded:** 2021
- **HQ Location:** Wilmington, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=b637282aa02cb4a5b0e93ea8d7e0a9a70e77a11defbe0a9a84db429ab20fbe9b&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ftreblle&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
24 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Treblle?

**["Amazing Tool for Transparent API Observability"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/treblle-review-8288893)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Savan K._

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**["Good API Management Software"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/treblle-review-9602793)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Nishil P._

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### [Alibaba API Gateway](https://www.g2.com/products/alibaba-api-gateway/reviews)

API Gateway provides you with a complete API hosting service, sharing your capabilities, services, and data with your partners in the form of APIs.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 1

#### Who Is the Company Behind Alibaba API Gateway?

- **Seller:** [Alibaba](https://www.g2.com/sellers/alibaba)
- **HQ Location:** Hangzhou
- **Twitter:** @alibaba\_cloud  
1,189,812 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=04233a035f0a002519b0cdb9979126540aa93dd4a9519e658a93e9e729f58be9&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F1218665%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
5,110 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** BABA
- **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $509,711

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Medium

#### What Do G2 Reviewers Say About Alibaba API Gateway?

_AI-generated summary from verified user reviews_

##### Pros

- Users appreciate the **user-friendly API** of Alibaba API Gateway, enhancing their cloud integration experience.
- Users appreciate the **user-friendly interface** of Alibaba API Gateway, making integration seamless and efficient.

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Alibaba API Gateway?

**["Best API Gateway"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/alibaba-api-gateway-review-7511295)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Amuthan N._

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### [Apache Juneau](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-juneau/reviews)

Apache Juneau is a universal serialization and REST API library.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 1

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Apache Juneau?

- **Scalability:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **API Testing:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Orchestration:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Apache Juneau?

- **Seller:** [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation)
- **Year Founded:** 1999
- **HQ Location:** Wakefield, MA
- **Twitter:** @TheASF  
66,168 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=b8484c4bb31e87bc0ba9e683d86f2af14309539343a063507c88bcdcff98434d&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F215982%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
2,470 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Apache Juneau?

**["Apache Juneau Genuine Review"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-juneau-review-5018065)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— kranthi a._

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#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Apache Juneau?

- [What is Apache Juneau used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/apache-juneau-what-is-apache-juneau-used-for)
- [What is Apache Juneau used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-apache-juneau-used-for)

### [API7 Enterprise](https://www.g2.com/products/api7-enterprise/reviews)

1️⃣ About API7.ai, the original creator of Apache APISIX API7.ai, founded in 2019, is an open-source infrastructure company that empowers API management and analysis. It provides a wide range of products and solutions for microservices and real-time traffic processing, such as API Gateway, Kubernetes Ingress Controller, and Service Mesh. API7.ai donated APISIX to the Apache Software Foundation in 2019. Based on Apache APISIX, API7.ai built a full API lifecycle management solution, API7 Enterprise. API7.ai is committed to providing comprehensive and efficient API design, development, portal, and monetization solutions, serving a diverse range of global clients. 2️⃣ About API7 Enterprise (Enterprise version of Apache APISIX) API7 Enterprise extends the powerful foundation of Apache APISIX with enterprise-grade capabilities, ensuring a seamless migration path from the open-source project. API7 Enterprise boasts compliance with various industry standards, including GDPR, FIPS, and SOC 2 certification. It is equipped with advanced functionalities such as RBAC, multi-environment management, audit logging, traffic labeling, and SOAP protocol conversion. It facilitates full lifecycle management through integrated API design tools and platforms, ensuring efficient development and deployment. Moreover, API7 Enterprise incorporates a built-in API portal, enabling organizations to monetize their APIs effectively. 3️⃣ About Apache APISIX (Open-Source API Gateway) Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance open-source API gateway that provides rich traffic management functions such as load balancing, dynamic upstream, canary release, circuit breaking, authentication, and observability. Being built based on NGINX and LuaJIT, Apache APISIX has ultra-high performance with a single-core QPS of up to 23,000 and an average delay of only 0.2 milliseconds. As an API gateway, Apache APISIX has a wide range of application scenarios. Apache APISIX is now the most active API gateway project on GitHub, addressing 1 Trillion+ API calls per day, which is still growing. At present, it has been tested and highly recognized by worldwide enterprises and organizations such as Zoom, Airwallex, Lotus Cars, vivo, and European Factory Platform.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 1

#### Who Is the Company Behind API7 Enterprise?

- **Seller:** [API7.ai](https://www.g2.com/sellers/api7-ai)
- **Year Founded:** 2019
- **HQ Location:** Singapore, SG
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=7015916e4eeb84e03cd6d408e695417d9e88162e6944276a3614bd0ef9520e07&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fapi7-ai%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
34 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Medium

#### What Do G2 Reviewers Say About API7 Enterprise?

_AI-generated summary from verified user reviews_

##### Pros

- Users value the **superior performance and scalability** of API7 Enterprise, enabling seamless experiences even during peak traffic.
- Users value the **dedicated and timely customer support** of API7 Enterprise for quick issue resolution.
- Users value the **customization features** of API7 Enterprise, enabling tailored solutions for unique business needs.
- Users value the **flexibility** of API7 Enterprise, allowing for custom plugin development to adapt to evolving needs.
- Users highlight the **implementation ease** of API7 Enterprise, appreciating its user-friendly management and adaptability to needs.

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of API7 Enterprise?

**["Powerful, secure and scalable API Gateway"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/api7-enterprise-review-12248681)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Mayank J._

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Researched and written by [Adam Crivello](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/adam-crivello)

Updated February 24, 2026

API management software allows users to monitor, control, and monetize their application programming interfaces (APIs) in a secure development environment. These tools help administrators monitor connection consistency, traffic, errors, and security for their team’s published APIs. A company’s IT department uses this tool during the post-production phase of an API’s lifecycle, taking over from developers after successful [API design](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-design). From there, essentially all maintenance, monitoring, and management related to the API occurs within the API management product, including versioning, deprecation, and policy enforcement. Some [API marketplace](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-marketplace?source=search) solutions contain tools for managing APIs, but those tools are less focused on managing an API and are more focused on choosing external APIs to benefit an actual product.

To qualify for inclusion in the API Management category, a product must:

- Provide security, traffic, and functionality monitoring
- Equip teams with operations and monetization tools

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## How Do You Choose the Right API Management Tools?

### What You Should Know About API Management Software

### What are API management tools?

[Application programming interfaces, or APIs](https://www.g2.com/articles/what-is-an-api), are sets of communication protocols, subroutines, and other tools that help programmers develop and integrate software. APIs can allow web services, applications, libraries, operating systems, and more to perform certain functions through abstraction, especially those concerned with communication and integration with other systems. This allows programmers to add further functionalities when building applications through the use of APIs without the need to understand the full extent of operations going on behind the scenes of a function. For example, developers can pull data from a communication API to integrate text or voice communication functionality in their applications. APIs are often used to successfully build microservices or collections of individual services that make up an application. Developers can arrange loosely connected microservices instead of building monolithic programs to create more efficient and lightweight applications. This creates an application structure by which each microservice needs only to store data if that data is relevant to its exact function. Then, it can pass off that data to another microservice within the application or pull data from another microservice using APIs.

Of course, many companies and development teams build APIs for external developers. Upon publishing, these APIs can then be monetized and analyzed to benefit the API provider. API management platforms enable companies to maximize the value of their published APIs. 

API management software picks up after API design software, which allows users to handle the preproduction and development of APIs on the backend, to enable developers to monitor, control, and monetize their APIs once they are created and published. In the same functional vein as other management solutions, API management platforms allow users to control which of their APIs are accessible, permit edits to APIs when they are needed, assess user analytics, and more. These software tools also provide an API gateway that handles any incoming API calls from users and returns relevant results to those users. In conjunction with API design software, API management solutions go beyond backend control to allow users to maintain full lifecycle API management.

### What are the common features of API management platforms?

The following are some core features within API management software that can help users:

**API editing:** API management platforms let developers oversee live APIs, give them editing tools when small changes need to be made, and provide the ability to delete any no longer needed APIs. This gives teams complete lifecycle API management and helps keep company strategies in sync by ensuring that current focuses are reflected by relevant APIs, uncluttered by redundancies or outdated interfaces. In many cases, user feedback and usage analytics are crucial for getting an API to the best possible state, meaning post-publishing editing capabilities are vital.

**API monitoring:** API management tools constantly monitor a provider’s APIs, tracking metrics such as performance, functionality, user accessibility, traffic, and signs of security threats. For example, the software will monitor an API’s response time when called to perform a function, comparing it against benchmarks set by the API provider. The software monitors this response time as a constant average over time based on the many calls that can occur. Often, correlations between performance slips and possible causes, such as increased traffic, can be monitored to provide teams with the most relevant information regarding their APIs’ status. 

**Data transformation:** Many API management platforms include functionality for translating complex datasets and backend systems into formats that applications can interpret. This ensures that clients’ API calls can be completed successfully and that the data they seek is returned to them in a useful state. With API management platforms handling this translation, the burden is shifted off developers’ shoulders when building each API. Developers don’t have to include scripting to handle this data translation, as they can get their APIs up and running more efficiently.

**Documentation:** API management solutions allow teams to create documentation around their APIs, including action items, issue logs, etc. These software tools’ documentation functions work with monitoring tools to ensure that everyone understands what’s going on with their APIs. For example, if a published API dips below performance benchmarks, relevant team members will see that reflected in documentation and can take steps to remediate the issue. This keeps development teams informed and allows for quick turnarounds when potentially costly problems arise. 

**Reporting and analytics:** API management tools offer reporting and analytics around each API’s usage. This helps developers see how their APIs are being used and with what frequency. API management software grants companies finer control over the value and data streams their published APIs generate. User analytics such as API traffic provide essential data that can help inform future product decisions, for example, and API management solutions give companies a toolset to perform comprehensive analysis. Via dashboards and custom metrics, development teams can keep tabs on API usage and even explore the demographic trends behind API calls. 

**Automation:** API management platforms automate many processes and tasks necessary for effective and efficient API management. Monitoring, for example, occurs constantly and automatically to provide teams with real-time updates whenever an issue arises or other relevant information becomes available. Sometimes, teams can even set custom alert events based on certain API activities. API management tools can also automatically produce actionable documentation around API activity, such as traffic trends and errors, giving developers a starting point to act on new information or remediate problems. The automated functionality of API management software gives development teams peace of mind while freeing them to focus on other tasks.

**Traffic control:** Many API management products go beyond traffic monitoring to grant teams full traffic control. This gives companies the tools necessary to keep their APIs more secure. For example, API management platforms can monitor for abnormal traffic spikes and then limit access to prevent overloads like [DDoS attacks](https://www.g2.com/articles/ddos-attack). This software also allows administrators to control API access to keep out suspicious visitors—this level of control grants API providers security and proactive tools to maintain smooth operations. 

### What are the benefits of API management software?

**Convenience:** API management tools save users time and effort by simplifying and automating processes like monitoring, analytics, documentation, and more. These solutions bring a development team’s published APIs under one dashboard, allowing them to drill down, manage, and edit APIs as needed. Automation frees development teams to focus on other tasks without being bogged down in near-constant upkeep, relying instead on the monitoring and alerting capabilities provided by the software. 

**Transparency:** These solutions allow users to monitor every aspect of their APIs. Between reports and analytics, documentation, and tagging, team members are aware of exactly what’s happening with their APIs at all times. Via dashboards, development teams gain a holistic view of the statuses, traffic, trends, and issues related to their APIs. Teams can then collaborate on action items using clear, consistent documentation tools.

**Comprehensive management:** The automation, monitoring, and documentation functionalities employed by API management platforms add up to a comprehensive management strategy that can be quite difficult to replicate without this software. API managers help by constantly parsing API data to present teams with relevant information and mitigate opportunities for human error.

**Value addition:** API management tools help companies that publish APIs to get the most value out of them. Enterprise-grade monetization tools lay the foundation for such value, allowing businesses to profit effectively when clients call their APIs. Actionable API usage metrics such as traffic trends, issue reporting, and more give teams crucial data, which can then be leveraged to inform product development and improvement. Some API management tools also include features that can help attract developers, like intuitive developer portals.   

### Who uses API management tools?

**Developers:** A company’s API will typically be written and managed by its developers and development teams. Thus, developers will be the ones making the most of API management solutions. API management software offers full lifecycle control over managing APIs, so developers shouldn’t need to work outside the solution to oversee their published APIs.

**Development managers:** Development managers can benefit from API management software's reporting and analytics features. These solutions offer insights that can help managers make more informed decisions, driving current and future projects toward greater success.

### Software related to API management solutions

Related solutions that can be used together with API management platforms include:

[API design software](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-design) **:** API design software allows users to plan, create, and change APIs in a secure development environment. These tools help handle API preproduction management by enabling developers to ideate, set design guidelines, and ultimately build APIs under one dashboard. Consequently, API management software allows users to handle post-production management.

[API marketplace software](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-marketplace) **:** API marketplaces aggregate APIs and provide a place for application developers to upload, distribute, and monetize their APIs while also providing a space for consumers to discover and implement APIs for their products. These tools can work in tandem with API management software to create a full API monetization solution.

[API security software](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-security) **:** API security software protects information traveling through a company’s network via APIs. Companies use API security technologies to develop an inventory of existing API connections and ensure their security. Unlike API management software, API security software can apply to both internal and external APIs.

[Cloud communication platforms:](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-communication-platforms) Cloud communication platforms provide tools for mobile developers to connect their mobile apps to a phone’s SMS, voice, and verification features via APIs. Developers use these products to add communication capabilities such as text notifications, user-to-user chatting, and voice connectivity to their applications. Many companies that provide cloud communication platforms use API management software as a vital way to organize and maintain their communication APIs. 

### Challenges with API management software

Software solutions can come with their own set of challenges. 

**Security:** API management solutions must either include or be paired with security solutions to verify no security holes with API code, implementation, or use. Following API security protocols when implementing an API management solution is essential. Authorization checks must be used when necessary.

**Other DevOps integrations:** API development must be considered part of a company’s other DevOps efforts. In line with this consideration, API management tools need to be able to integrate with whatever other DevOps software the company uses. It’s important to check if these integrations exist. If they don’t, companies must find a workaround or consider a different solution entirely.

### Which companies should buy API management software?

**Software development companies:** Any software development company that offers access to custom-built APIs benefits from the use of API management software. The number of APIs a company oversees can grow quickly, so the ability to manage them all within a single dashboard ensures proper oversight and efficient monetization. API management tools help software development companies of all sizes by improving operational efficiency and organization. 

### How to choose the best API management tool

#### Requirements Gathering (RFI/RFP) for API Management Software

[G2.com](https://www.g2.com/) can assist buyers in finding the best API management software tool, whether a buyer is searching for API management tools for the first time or looking to replace legacy software.

Generally, the most important considerations are price, feature set, and ease of integration. One of the main purposes of API management software is to make API management more convenient, so ensuring that the tool of choice integrates well with the company’s existing software stack is often essential. Using G2 reviews as a reference, buyers can determine the features that will best help them manage their APIs effectively, ensuring a pain-free integration with their existing tools. 

After narrowing down a potential pool of products, teams can then apply further considerations for budget, security requirements, and more. Using this approach, buyers can confidently move forward in the buying process, referencing their checklist in conjunction with G2 scores to find the right solution for their needs.

#### Compare API Management Software Products

##### **Create a long list**

Buyers should consider the many API management solutions on the market. Some include API design functionality to provide users with a complete API lifecycle solution, while others exist separately from the preproduction process and instead integrate with other API design tools. Buyers should consider options like these to produce a long list of potentially viable products.

##### **Create a short list**

Once a long list is created, buyers should employ a more granular approach to trim it down. Along with a matrix of must-have functionality and pricing, buyers can use G2 reviews to explore any potential advantages and disadvantages among the products they’re considering. With these factors in mind, buyers should narrow their search to three to five products.

##### **Conduct demos**

All software products on a company’s short list need to be investigated firsthand via demos to ensure that real-time functionality matches on-paper expectations. During demos, buyers should make inquiries based on the requirements gathering they’ve done prior; for example, one might ask to be walked through an API management tool’s security features to ensure the company’s needs will be met. 

#### Selection of API Management Software

##### **Choose a selection team**

Companies of any size should try to involve the most relevant personas when beginning the API management software selection process. Large companies might have the resources to include individual team members to fill roles such as project manager, decision maker, system owner, and developer. Smaller companies can overlap roles to compensate for their relatively fewer employees. 

##### **Negotiation**

Some vendors offer API management platforms that can do far more than what the buyer requires, such as API design or a hosted API marketplace. While some vendors may only offer an all-or-nothing package, buyers who want to optimize spending should try to negotiate a fairly priced package that includes only the functionalities that matter to them. For example, a product’s pricing page could show that the buyer’s must-have features are only included with an expensive all-in-one package, whereas a sales conversation may prove otherwise. 

##### **Final decision**

To conclude the process, performing a trial run with a small pool of developers is essential. This will aid buyers in making sure that their chosen API management software integrates well with a developer’s workflow. If the API management tool is received well and utilized often, the buyer’s selection is probably the right one. If not, it may be time to try another product from the short list.