We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Microsoft Azure API Management based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure is highly regarded for its stability, integration capabilities, and user-friendliness, whereas Amazon is appreciated for its flexibility and ease of use. Azure users express a desire for lower licensing fees, improved integration, and enhanced performance, while Amazon users seek better monitoring and security features. Azure's pricing is considered reasonable but could be more cost-effective, while Amazon's pricing is generally acceptable. The quality of Azure's technical support varies, while Amazon's support is generally satisfactory.
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"t is easy for integrations if it is deployed in AWS Services."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release."
"This solution gives you a unified way to have your API accessed."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"What I like best about Amazon API Gateway is that it's simple to use, easy to set up, and you can quickly get it up and running. It's a very user-friendly solution. I also didn't experience any issues in terms of Amazon API Gateway interface, integration, or monitoring. The solution runs smoothly."
"It is a stable solution."
"The product gives API gateway-related features, like throttling, which are easy to use and low-code/no-code."
"I like API Management's sandbox feature. It's an environment where you can test out the API before putting it into production and connecting it to a live environment."
"The ease of setting up a new solution is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up a new solution and to deploy it to production."
"The initial setup is not that complex, but there are certain challenges."
"The tool helps to manage APIs."
"The solution is reliable and very stable."
"Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work."
"The most valuable features are the API and integrations."
"Currently, I'm not facing any issues with Amazon API Gateway, which satisfies my requirements. I'm pretty happy with what Amazon API Gateway offers, but as its pricing is on the higher side, that's one area for improvement in the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of Amazon API Gateway is an improvement in the status checks you get from the monitoring feature of the solution. Currently, you get the number of requests received, the number of reports, etc., but if there are more details than what's given by Amazon API Gateway, that will improve the solution."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."
"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"It's hard to configure. There's a lot of options but it's very hard, it's very confusing."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs."
"They need to work on the third party integrations."
"Microsoft Azure API Management's most valuable features are the microservices we used to use. They were API callers to receive communication with the network and building system, to complete the request. The response would be through the processing system."
"If I compare this solution to others I have used in other phases of my life, having APIM being an Azure resource, it is easy to configure and deploy. However, this conversely reduced the flexibility. The difficulty is how do we configure it in a manner that a larger enterprise would probably want it to be. This creates a bit more complexity, working around the constraints of the resource itself. If comparing it to other solutions, it is more of a legacy design with an older approach. The various level components are still around resembling an on-premise type of design similar to other solutions, such as Apigee or Mulesoft. They are still predominantly carrying some legacy design. Which might be suited for organizations where they have a more complex network layout. APIM is easy to deploy, but on the other side of that, it is constrained to how Azure has designed it to be."
"I'd like to have better flexibility and more capabilities."
"They should improve the inbuilt policies that they have and that should properly create a deployment architecture as well."
"I would like to see better scalability and better performance."
"Technical support could be more helpful and responsive."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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