The API Management Solutions Market Heats Up

New players enter and established suppliers advance a fast-evolving market

Published July 2016

APIs have strategic value for business, and API management solutions are a crucial part of any organization’s API approach. The market is moving quickly; six important new vendors have entered the space in the last year: Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Software AG, Torry Harris Business Solutions, and WaveMaker. Established vendors — 3scale, Akana, Apigee, Axway, CA Technologies, IBM, Mashery, MuleSoft, TIBCO, WSO2 — are advancing their solutions, although at very different rates. To help application development and delivery (AD&D) pros set their future direction for API management, this report describes this landscape, each vendor’s main strengths and weaknesses, and their future plans.