We performed a comparison between Akana API Management and Amazon API Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in API Management."Good interface, intuitive solution."
"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."
"The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters."
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release."
"Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda."
"It is a stable solution."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Lacks an integrated billing feature."
"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."
"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."
"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"I am not completely satisfied with Technical Support."
"Its support for SAM integration could be made more accessible."
"We faced a few issues with the documentation."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"The pricing could be improved. In cases where customers require real-time sync or real-time calling groups with IoT, the volume of data and time lag become a concern."
"They could include more support tools in the product."
Akana API Management is ranked 28th in API Management with 3 reviews while Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews. Akana API Management is rated 8.4, while Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Akana API Management writes "Authentication mechanism is easy to implement but improvement is needed in documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". Akana API Management is most compared with Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Microsoft Azure API Management, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and Oracle API Platform Cloud Service.
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