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title: "Azure API Management vs WSO2 API Manager: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Azure API Management or WSO2 API Manager more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the API management platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Azure API Management vs WSO2 API Manager: Which is searched more?

Is Azure API Management or WSO2 API Manager more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the API management platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Azure API Management and WSO2 API Manager
- **Competitive set**: API management platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Azure API Management Share of Search**: 4.8%
- **WSO2 API Manager Share of Search**: 1.4%

## Is Azure API Management or WSO2 API Manager more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Azure API Management had more branded searches than WSO2 API Manager among API management platforms worldwide. Azure API Management had about 6,600 branded searches, while WSO2 API Manager had 1,900. Azure API Management made up 4.8% of all API management platform searches we track, and WSO2 API Manager accounted for 1.4%.
- Azure API Management was ahead of WSO2 API Manager in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Azure API Management’s share of searches among API management platforms worldwide held steady at 4.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 6.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, WSO2 API Manager’s share of searches among API management platforms worldwide held steady at 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 1.9K.

## How did search popularity change for API management platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for WSO2 API Manager worldwide fell 34.5% over 12 measured months, from 2.9K to 1.9K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Azure API Management worldwide fell 33.3% over 12 measured months, from 9.9K to 6.6K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Azure API Management estimated searches | Azure API Management Share of Search | Azure API Management rank | WSO2 API Manager estimated searches | WSO2 API Manager Share of Search | WSO2 API Manager rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 9.9K | 4.8% | 7 | 2.9K | 1.4% | 10 |
| Nov 2025 | 9.9K | 5.7% | 6 | 2.4K | 1.4% | 10 |
| Dec 2025 | 6.6K | 4.4% | 7 | 1.9K | 1.3% | 10 |
| Jan 2026 | 8.1K | 4.8% | 6 | 1.9K | 1.1% | 10 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.1K | 4.7% | 6 | 1.9K | 1.1% | 10 |
| Mar 2026 | 9.9K | 5.6% | 6 | 2.4K | 1.4% | 10 |
| Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 5.8% | 6 | 1.9K | 1.1% | 10 |
| May 2026 | 8.1K | 5.3% | 6 | 1.9K | 1.2% | 10 |
| Jun 2026 | 8.1K | 5.4% | 6 | 1.9K | 1.3% | 10 |
| Jul 2026 | 6.6K | 4.5% | 7 | 1.9K | 1.3% | 10 |
| Aug 2026 | 6.6K | 4.8% | 6 | 1.6K | 1.2% | 10 |
| Sep 2026 | 6.6K | 4.8% | 6 | 1.9K | 1.4% | 10 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Azure API Management’s and WSO2 API Manager’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Azure API Management**: Measured on the search term “azure api management”.
- **WSO2 API Manager**: Measured on the search term “wso2 api manager”.

- [Azure API Management profile](/demand/global-en/brands/azure-api-management)
- [WSO2 API Manager profile](/demand/global-en/brands/wso2-api-manager)
- [All API management platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/api-management-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Azure API Management or WSO2 API Manager more popular in search?

In September 2026, Azure API Management had more branded searches than WSO2 API Manager among API management platforms worldwide. Azure API Management had about 6,600 branded searches, while WSO2 API Manager had 1,900. Azure API Management made up 4.8% of all API management platform searches we track, and WSO2 API Manager accounted for 1.4%.

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