# Layer7 API Gateway Reviews
**Vendor:** Broadcom  
**Category:** [API Security Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-security)  
**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 3
## About Layer7 API Gateway
Industry-leading API Gateway for partner, developer, mobile, cloud and mobile-to-mainframe access helps you deliver security without sacrificing user experience




## Layer7 API Gateway Reviews
  ### 1. Integration Architect | API Management | Cloud technologies

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2022

**What do you like best about Layer7 API Gateway?**

easy to use tool, powerful api layer tool making life easier

**What do you dislike about Layer7 API Gateway?**

monetization needs to be included and made efficient

**What problems is Layer7 API Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?**

using as API gateway, securing external connections to enterprise

  ### 2. Awesome API tool, you can automate all your virtual service requirement using this tool

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ansul p. | Senior Software Engineer, Management Consulting, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018

**What do you like best about Layer7 API Gateway?**

When there is a dependency on a third party service, instead of waiting for the service to be implemented. We can mimic it using this tool and complete our testing.

**What do you dislike about Layer7 API Gateway?**

It is a very expensive tool. There is no community edition to train people.

**What problems is Layer7 API Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?**

As I mentioned earlier, tester always gets very less time for testing. Because developer consume more time developing. So by creating virtual service and deploy it in the server and test. Saves a lot of time and optimization also happens.

  ### 3. good for securing payment gateways

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2018

**What do you like best about Layer7 API Gateway?**

it provides easy implementation  to secure various payment apis

**What do you dislike about Layer7 API Gateway?**

bit costlier and some wrapper code is needed to implement the gateway security

**What problems is Layer7 API Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?**

you can provide good security to your sensible data across the system



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## Layer7 API Gateway Features
**API Management **
- API Discovery
- API Monitoring
- Reporting
- Change Management

**Cloud Visibility**
- Data Discovery
- Cloud Registry
- Cloud Gap Analytics

**API Construction**
- API Testing
- Data Security
- Orchestration
- Scalability

**Security Testing**
- Compliance Monitoring
- API Verification
- API Testing

**Security**
- Data Security
- Data loss Prevention
- Security Auditing

**API Management**
- Traffic Control
- Logs/Documentation
- API Monitoring
- Monetization
- Gateway

**Security Management**
- Security and Policy Enforcement
- Anomoly Detection
- Bot Detection

**Identity**
- SSO
- Governance
- User Analytics

**Data Integration**
- App Integration
- Data Transformation
- Plugins

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