Analyst Reports

KuppingerCole Leadership compass: CIAM platforms

For over a decade, WSO2 Identity Server has been providing agile CIAM solutions to improve and secure user experiences. We’re excited that WSO2 Identity Server has been named an overall leader as well as an innovation and product leader, demonstrating its capabilities in providing a comprehensive CIAM solution.

03 Nov, 2020

The Forrester Wave : Customer Identity and Access Management, Q4 2020

WSO2 Identity Server has been recognized as a strong performer among the 13 CIAM vendors that matter the most, according to Forrester Research, Inc. The report notes that, “WSO2 assembles open source and proprietary pieces into a versatile CIAM platform,” and, “It has always focused on API- and standards-based IAM and comes with a comprehensive reference architecture.

11 Oct, 2020

The Forrester Wave : API Management Solutions, Q3 2020

API-driven business models play a decisive role in the market today and organizations are looking for feature-rich, robust API management solutions. WSO2 received the following scores in these specific criteria: product architecture (4.40), commercial strategy (5.0), planned enhancements (5.0), and ecosystems and commercial models (4.80), based on Forrester’s 5.0 scale.

04 Aug, 2020

WSO2 Named a Market Champion, Technology Leader, and Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole API Management and Security Leadership Compass

Report examines security for the entire API lifecycle; recognition of WSO2 is based on demonstrating leadership across three areas: product, innovation and market

16 Dec, 2019

WSO2 Positioned in the “Visionaries” Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management

In the Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management report published April 30, 2018, WSO2 is cited by Gartner Inc. as a Visionary. The report looks at vendors with on-premises and/or cloud offerings that address the requirements of full API lifecycle management, including planning, design, implementation, publication, operation, consumption, maintenance and retirement of APIs.

10 May, 2018

WSO2 Cited as a Strong Performer in “Hybrid Integration for Enterprises”, Q4 2016” Report by Independent Research Firm

In the Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q4 2016 report published November 18, 2016, WSO2 is cited by Forrester Research Inc. as a strong performer. The report's findings were based on a 24-criteria evaluation of the 11 software vendors Forrester has identified as the most significant providers of hybrid integration for enterprises.

21 Nov, 2016

WSO2 Cited as a Strong Performer in “API Management Solutions, Q4 2016” Report by Independent Research Firm

In the Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q4 2016 report published November 14, 2016, WSO2 is cited by Forrester Research Inc. as a strong performer. The report's findings were based on a 27-criteria evaluation of the 14 software vendors Forrester has identified as the most significant providers in the API management solutions category.

16 Nov, 2016

WSO2 Cited in Vendor Landscape Reports for API Management Solutions and API Gateways by Independent Research Firm

The “Vendor Landscape: API Management Solutions” report identifies WSO2 API Manager as one of the “broad-based API management solutions” that “are the most common on enterprise shortlists.” Notably, WSO2 is one of only two vendors to be recognized for offering all five categories of the key features listed for this category. The report states that, “[WSO2 API Manager is an] open source SaaS and customer-managed deployment, [which] supports SOAP APIs and API product definition. [The] SaaS edition supports integration with third-party billing.”

The “Vendor Landscape: API Gateways” report lists WSO2 API Gateway as one of the “API, messaging, and file gateways” that “give unified protection to a wide range of use cases.” The report notes that, “[WSO2 API Gateway is] open source [and] supports authentication and authorization, quotas and rate limits, content validation, cryptographic processing, mediation and transformation, core security integration, attack protection, WebSockets, and MQTT.”

20 Oct, 2016

WSO2 Named a 2016 Cool Vendor in Internet of Things Analytics by Gartner

The report observed "Data and analytics leaders in asset-based organizations, and others looking to improve customer engagement should look for ways to add an information and analytics component to their products to enhance customer value and engagement and create new business models. They should also use IoT analytics to increase the efficiency and productivity of internal business processes.”

03 Jun, 2016

The Forrester Wave : API Management Solutions Q3 2014

In the Forrester Wave: API Management Solutions, Q3 2014 report published September 29, 2014, WSO2 is cited by Forrester Research Inc. as a strong performer. The report's findings were based on a 40-criteria evaluation of the 11 software vendors Forrester has identified as the most significant providers in the API management solutions category.

03 Oct, 2014

WSO2 Positioned in the “Visionaries” Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for On-Premises Application Integration Suites

The report observes "Today, digital business is driven by the interrelation of people, business and things," and goes on to explain, "The challenge is that there will be 30 billion devices in the IoT by 2020, according to Gartner research (see ‘What the Board of Directors Needs to Know About Digital Business’). These devices will introduce new modes of interaction among users, adding to the infrastructure and integration requirements of enterprises."

05 Aug, 2014

WSO2 Positioned in the “Visionaries” Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service

The Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service1 report by Gartner looks at leading vendor offerings in the enterprise application platform as a service (aPaaS) market, which are designed to support the growing number of organizations that are turning to the cloud for their new application initiatives.

28 Jan, 2014

WSO2 Positioned in the “Visionaries” Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Application Services Governance

WSO2 positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Visionaries” quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Application Services Governance report, published on August 8, 2013.

05 Sep, 2013

Forrester API Management Wave 2013

WSO2 cited by Forrester Research as a leader in The Forrester Wave: API Management Platforms, Q1, 2013 report published February 5, 2013. The evaluation of WSO2 was based on WSO2 API Manager 1.0.0, which launched in August 2012. Out of a possible 5.00 points, WSO2 scored 4.10 points for product strategy, as well as 3.15 points for current offering.

11 Jun, 2013

WSO2 Positioned in the “Visionaries” Quadrant of Three New Magic Quadrant Reports Published June 20, 2012

WSO2 positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Visionaries” quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic Application Integration Projects report that was published on June 20, 2012.

26 Jun, 2012

WSO2 Cited as a Strong Performer in “Standalone SOA Management Solutions, Q4 2011” Report by Independent Research Firm

Cited by Forrester Research as a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Standalone SOA Management Solutions, Q4, 2011 report1 published December 2, 2011. The report’s findings were based on a 51-criteria evaluation of commercial and open source vendors that deliver standalone service-oriented architecture (SOA) management solutions. Significantly, WSO2 scored 4.40 out of a possible 5.00 points for product architecture.

12 Dec, 2011

WSO2 Positioned in the “Visionaries” Quadrant for “SOA Governance Technologies”

In a report published October 17, 2011, Gartner, Inc. positioned WSO2 in the “Visionaries” quadrant of a new report, Magic Quadrant for SOA Governance Technologies.

24 Oct, 2011

WSO2 Cited as a Leader in “Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2011” Report by Independent Research Firm

Cited by Forrester Research as a leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2011” report, published April 25, 2011. The report’s findings were based on a 109-criteria evaluation of both commercial and open source ESB vendors. Significantly, WSO2 scored 4.47 out of a possible 5.00 points for “current offering,” which was based on Forrester’s evaluation of the 100% open source WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (WSO2 ESB) 3.0.

01 May, 2011