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WSO2 API Manager - API Management Software

WSO2 API Manager Reviews in September 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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WSO2 API Manager Reviews & Ratings

4.55

Excellent

Based on 57 ratings & 67 reviews

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Spotsaas Editor’s POV

WSO2 API Manager consistently receives praise for its user-friendly interface, scalability, and robust security features. Users appreciate its ability to customize and manage APIs effectively, with strong support from the WSO2 team. The platform streamlines API management, offering features like subscription management, mediation policies, and API throttling, ...Read more

WSO2 API Manager pros and cons

  • **Flexibility**: Configurable to specific requirements.

  • **API Lifecycle Management**: Covers security, rate limiting, analytics, and monetization across the full API lifecycle.

  • **Ease of Use**: Interface is accessible to users across technical backgrounds.

  • **Security**: Supports OAuth, JWT, and API key authentication.

  • **Complex Configuration**: Initial setup and configuration might be complex, requiring changes in multiple configuration files.

  • **Documentation Improvements**: Some users find the documentation lacking in certain areas, suggesting the need for better documentation quality and clarity.

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Saif K

10/09/19

4.5 out of 5

The best tool to make you Enterprise service available for developers

What do you like best? The best thing about API Manager is that you can place throttling on your Apis and offer different subscription rates based on the usage of your APIs which satisfies your client needs. What do you dislike? The dashboard which sometimes does not apply the changes deployed which makes you frustrated. Recommendations to others considering the product: I will advise telecom companies to implement this solution because its open-source and provide very ...

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Neil C

11/12/15

4.5 out of 5

WSO2 API Manager has no competition

What do you like best? I like that I can build a swagger file to describe our APIs using the appropriate annotations during the Maven build process, and then directly upload this file into the WSO2 API Manager. This is a distinction I have found to be true with many WSO2 products in that, you are not bound to use their tools in order to create specific artifacts to load into their products. Because all of their products are both open source and support open standards, you can use the ...

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Anonymous

11/12/15

4.5 out of 5

WSO2 API Manager has no competition

What do you like best? I like that I can build a swagger file to describe our APIs using the appropriate annotations during the Maven build process, and then directly upload this file into the WSO2 API Manager. This is a distinction I have found to be true with many WSO2 products in that, you are not bound to use their tools in order to create specific artifacts to load into their products. Because all of their products are both open source and support open standards, you can use the ...

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Anonymous

09/22/15

3.5 out of 5

Mature product with great configuration options

What do you like best? WSO API Manager is easy to configure and integrate with existing Enterprise systems What do you dislike? Since its a relatively new product finding online materials for troubleshooting the issue might be difficult. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Moving towards API development

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Ajai L

09/22/15

3.5 out of 5

Mature product with great configuration options

What do you like best? WSO API Manager is easy to configure and integrate with existing Enterprise systems What do you dislike? Since its a relatively new product finding online materials for troubleshooting the issue might be difficult. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Moving towards API development

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Isuru J

08/03/15

4 out of 5

Next Generation API Management

What do you like best? WSO2 API Manager easy to use. I have been using it for more than 8 months, could not find any issues. Swagger integration is also a greater advantage. What do you dislike? Swagger was outdated with the release that i was working on. but recently WSO2 Team has released the latest API manager with new swagger 2.0 API. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Security Application / IOT, WSO2 API Manager is ...

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Anonymous

08/03/15

4 out of 5

Next Generation API Management

What do you like best? WSO2 API Manager easy to use. I have been using it for more than 8 months, could not find any issues. Swagger integration is also a greater advantage. What do you dislike? Swagger was outdated with the release that i was working on. but recently WSO2 Team has released the latest API manager with new swagger 2.0 API. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Security Application / IOT, WSO2 API Manager is the ideal ...

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