Tyk Reviews & Product Details

open-source enterprise API management

As Working as a Tekla API developer Tyk help me smooth management of my API.

Provide suggestions to manage traffic with AI really help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you need to extend the gateway with custom Go plugins, you’re required to compile them via Docker, which makes the developer iteration loop noticeably slower. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s very easy to use and configure. It also offers deployment flexibility, and it’s open source. On top of that, it supports various protocols like REST and GraphQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The initial configuration requires deep knowledge, and the setup is a bit complex. There also isn’t proper documentation for custom deployments, and this really needs to be addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Tyk as an API gateway to expose our backend APIs securely. I appreciate how Tyk centralizes API management, which is really beneficial. I like the API management features, specifically authentication, rate limiting, and routing versioning, which help secure our APIs and manage traffic efficiently. The initial setup of Tyk was easy, and this tool has really streamlined our processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I like that Tyk routes my APIs and handles authentication very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The dashboard feels a little bit cluttered. I don't really like it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tyk distinguishes itself through its flexibility and the extensive control it offers over API gateways and traffic policies. I appreciate how straightforward it is to set up rate limits, quotas, and authentication methods, all without the need to develop custom middleware. The dashboard is sleek and responsive, making it easy to monitor API usage in real time.

Another significant benefit is its hybrid and open-source friendly design—you can deploy Tyk on-premise, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments, all without being tied to a specific vendor ecosystem. The documentation is comprehensive, and the platform handles scaling exceptionally well, even when managing a large volume of requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Certain configuration sections may initially seem quite complex, particularly when dealing with advanced policies or managing multiple environments. The learning curve can be steep for those transitioning from more straightforward gateways, and some features are not immediately intuitive, often requiring a closer look at the documentation rather than being easily accessible through the UI.

Furthermore, the analytics module would benefit from having more built-in visualizations, as it currently depends somewhat on external tools. While these issues are not critical, there is definitely potential to enhance usability, especially for newcomers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Tyk offers robust features for securing, managing, monitoring, scaling, and governing my APIs. One of the most valuable aspects is my ability to track who is using my APIs, which is crucial for maintaining control and insights into API usage patterns. This feature enhances my capability to effectively monitor and secure my API interactions, providing a significant advantage over other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find the setup and configuration of Tyk to be quite complex. This complexity during initial setup can be a challenge and may require additional time and resources to get everything properly configured. Initially transitioning from other products, the ease of setup could be significantly improved to facilitate a smoother onboarding process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We evaluated a handful of APIM solutions and Tyk ended up as our clear favourite. Here are a couple of points which to us made Tyk stand out over other solutions:

- Truly On-Premise and open source option without any "phone home mechanisms" (other vendors tend to push their Cloud/Hybrid solutions)

- Very easy to set up on Kubernetes

- Excellent choices of technologies which fit our existing tech stack (e.g. Postgres, Keycloak, Redis)

- Config as code ("Tyk Operator")

- Portal highly customizable via custom themes

- Well designed and intuitive UI (we found other solutions to often have overloaded UIs and/or a worse UX)

- Fair pricing

- Amazing communication and interactions with Tyk people, highly professional processes and materials

- In general a very well thought out solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

During our setup process we found parts of the Helm/Kubernetes documentation to not be entirely exhaustive, however the Tyk team was very quick to help us with any questions we had Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a simple gateway solution and it does its best at it. The support is good. We asked for a feature request for an LDAP authentication feature for the dev portal and they implemented that in a couple of days. We checked with Kong GW and they denied implementing it. We were able to seamlessly migrate from another GW too. Pretty stable and never had an issue in the last 4 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Setting up the GW using default settings is easy but a little tricky when setting up a production version of Kubernetes. The support helped me to set up a Kubernetes version but the documentation could have been better. Sometimes I observed that the latest version has features that don't work. They need to do better in making sure all the previous features work in the new versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tyk give us developers a great way to manage our API. I like that Tyk gave us developers a lot of flexibility via its plugins feature. And also how Tyk helps us build a one universal API for both graphQL and REST is very powerful. It's easy to implement because we can try the dashboard for 14 days. Also the community is pretty supportive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The playground of the graphql API cannot be changed, but it's minor. Several bugs still exists regarding graphql Federations. UDG still have N+1 Problems. Also, the tutorials is not really clear sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For the most parts, Tyk support is helpful and resolve my concerns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are using the Gold support package, although Tyk managed to support us within the guaranteed response time, but I usually got responses late in the evening which is off hour, so I needed to wait until the following day. Probably because Tyk support team has different working hours? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.