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.
"The best thing about Amazon API Gateway is that it can authenticate and authorize requests without going to our back end."
"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"It provides the flexibility to configure, switch, and manage configurations through cloud permissions or performance settings."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."
"In terms of scalability, I haven't encountered any issues with API Gateway. We've significantly increased our traffic from hitting it once or twice a minute to now hitting it ten to fifteen times within a minute. In an hour, we're receiving hundreds of hits. So, it's performing excellently."
"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"I have found this solution to be easy to configure, simple to use, and flexible."
"The price is pretty reasonable for us."
"The most valuable features are the API and integrations."
"The ease of use of the solution is excellent."
"What I like most about Microsoft Azure API Management is that it's flexible and user-friendly. The solution also has rich documentation and guides available, so users can configure and use it."
"The ability to easily connect back to Service Fabric is the most important for us."
"It seems quite good so far. It handles our current workload well, and I'm optimistic it can scale effectively as our needs grow."
"Access control is the most valuable aspect."
"Its support for SAM integration could be made more accessible."
"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"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."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"It's hard to configure. There's a lot of options but it's very hard, it's very confusing."
"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."
"If I take into consideration the past three to four years, during which I used the tool, I would say that some missing and external configurations were not possible in the product, and it was a bit difficult to manage."
"Other products have more customization options."
"API Management's price could be lower."
"There is a limitation of 32 kb of data in the APIs. Having the limitation increase would be a benefit."
"The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."
"In the next release, Azure APIM should include deployment in various environments and CI/CD for deployment."
"The documentation could be improved for the customer."
"The integration with other API gateways is where they might try to improve."
"The API gateway can be very complex."
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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 67 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, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management, 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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