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Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.9 /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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+94 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?

1% Negative

0% Neutral

99% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Workflow Management

Artifact Management

Analytics and Reporting

Managed Artifact Repository

Visual Analysis Design

Automation

Traceability

Agile Work Management

ALM Integration

Resource Planning

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs Reviews

Lavanya V.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Easy to use , loved it

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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

Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs stands out by offering a comprehensive, secure, and scalable solution that addresses the full spectrum of API lifecycle management needs, making it a preferred choice for enterprises seeking robust API management capabilities.Overall Akana has higher advantages.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scalability , effectiveness

What do you dislike most about this product?

It’s very technical initially to understand but once you master it’s gonna be life saver .

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To get the initial training and understand the features for effective implementation.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Effective Service
Saves Time

Theresa A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2026

secure API governance

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

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

What sets Akana apart is the depth of its policy enforcement and its ability to manage the entire lifecycle from design

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is the automated policy enforcement.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The most frustrating part is the user interface and the steep learning curve

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend Akana for large organizations or projects in highly regulated sectors like healthcare or finance.

Pros

Trustworthy
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation
Caring

Kollimella S.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Full Lifecycle API Management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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

Akana Lifecycle Manager distinguishes itself through a focus on a comprehensive, end-to-end API lifecycle management, including security, automation, and analytics. It offers a unique partner ecosystem, tight security features, and an easy-to-use platform that accelerates digital transformation.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Full Lifecycle API Management: Akana Lifecycle Manager manages the entire API lifecycle, from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and governance. This includes features like: API Design and Creation: Akana provides tools for designing and creating APIs, potentially with graphical interfaces and support for various coding languages. Deployment and Management: The platform handles the deployment and management of APIs, ensuring they are readily available and performant. Monitoring and Analytics: Akana offers robust monitoring and analytics capabilities, allowing users to track API usage, identify issues.

What do you dislike most about this product?

n earlier version, we faced an issue will creating calls between virtual services. They were getting failed without any specific reason. But in the new version it got fixed.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Lifecycle Manager is an industry-leading API lifecycle management platform that automates machine- and role-based validations and signoffs across the software development lifecycle. Initial installation is via the deployment platform. After installation, use the Lifecycle Manager user interface to customize asset governance processes and extend the standard behavior through an event-driven extension mechanism.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs

What is Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs?

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Akana Lifecycle Manager for APIs Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Lavanya V.

Easy to use , loved it

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Theresa A.

secure API governance

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kollimella S.

Full Lifecycle API Management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Artifact Management

Analytics and Reporting

Managed Artifact Repository

Visual Analysis Design

Automation

Traceability

Agile Work Management

ALM Integration

Resource Planning

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration