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Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs

Composite Score

7.2 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

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What is Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs?

Akana's (formerly SOA Software) Lifecycle Manager enables enterprises to effectively collaborate between business, developers and IT operations, resulting in rapid development and deployment cycles while increasing reliability, stability and availability of their APIs and supporting assets.

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Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs?

2% Negative

0% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 74

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Managed Artifact Repository

Traceability

Automation

Visual Analysis Design

Agile Work Management

Resource Planning

ALM Integration

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs Reviews

Viktor J.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

API management made easy.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs from other similar products?

Easy and consistent API management platform that offers most desired features, enhances developement speed and is cost effective.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use with good UI on top, makes integrations seamless and the customer support is good and responsive.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The documentation is not always up to date in all aspects, could be improved.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great API gateway for growing organisations, user firendly and easy to integrate. If that sounds good to you, then I recommend Akana.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Effective Service
Under Delivered

Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs

What is Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs?

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Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Workflow Management Custom workflows can be created, managed, and monitored for artifacts, processes and practices to govern and streamline ALM work.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Artifact Management ALM artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Managed Artifact Repository Artifacts are stored in version controlled repository that supports check out, update, check-in, and collaboration across multiple types and workspaces.

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation.

Automation Manual activities such as traceability, test generation, artifact state changes, integrations, and artifact creation can be automated to streamline ALM work.

Visual Analysis Design Can create and manage context diagrams, business process models, use cases, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data models, and UI mockups, etc.

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Resource Planning Assigning resources to activities and estimates to manage workloads, support project management, and ensure completion of work related to ALM artifacts, including dashboards to manage multiple teams

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt Supports the ability to create tests and acceptance criteria and assign, prioritize, track, and resolve tests,related bugs, and issues.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs Reviews

Viktor J.

API management made easy.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Managed Artifact Repository

Traceability

Automation

Visual Analysis Design

Agile Work Management

Resource Planning

ALM Integration

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration