Amazon API Gateway Valuable Features

Anup Karade - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at LTIMindtree

The most valuable features are the standard ones that APIs offer. Depending on the requirements, Azure API management's throttling feature is used for continuous consumption. Otherwise, we rely on the default features available. 

Since it is mainly for internal communication, we haven't received any concerns or requests for better tools or additional features. The initial tools provided by Amazon API Gateway suffice for our needs.

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Ajay Chouksey - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data & ML Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable aspects are its user-friendliness and simplicity. These two features make it easy to work with. 

Additionally, it's cost-effective, even as our workload and the number of APIs we manage have increased. 

The integration with other API services, such as Lambda, EC2, and Kubernetes, is also incredibly useful.

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VenkatRaju - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Levi Strauss & Co.

The integration with Comdata is very good.

The product is affordable.

It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy.

The solution is reliable. It is very stable. 

The solution can scale well. 

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Amazon API Gateway
April 2024
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Jithin Scaria - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Professional I-Software Engineer Lead at Capgemini

Amazon API Gateway is a very fast solution.

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Luis FernandoDos Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer 4 at WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX)

Amazon API Gateway can integrate with ECS and Lambda. With Amazon API Gateway, you can have massive integrations that are quickly integrated.

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Dinesh Agrawalla - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Abcl

For me, there are many valuable features. The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API. Moreover, there is support for analytics and configuration options for volume, security, rate limits, and more.

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Prasanth MG - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Readyly

The solution has the best scalability. We can add as many endpoints as required. Also, we can authenticate using API keys and Lambda authorizers. In addition, there are three types of gateways, HTTP, Rest API, and Web Sockets. Out of them, Rest API provides robust and more secure authentication features whereas Web Sockets enable two-way communication which is helpful to implement a chat application.

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AR
Deputy Manager - Radio Frequency Planning at 0

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent.

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Venkataraju Nandam - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at SID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC

It provides the flexibility to configure, switch, and manage configurations through cloud permissions or performance settings. This includes services such as cloud monitoring tools, user connections, and the essential components required for API services. The gateway, in conjunction with other interconnected services, facilitates smooth operations. It covers aspects like cloud monitoring, user authentication through cloud sign-ins, and more. In my experience, as a service that we use extensively, it acts as a master tool, offering easy configuration and excellent integration capabilities with third-party services.

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RafiAhmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at 720 Sieg IT Solutions Inc

The most valuable feature of this solution is the SQL injection.

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AN
Solution Architect at EPAM Systems

API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks. It's possible to customize settings based on the specific needs of the application. Additionally, API Gateway supports integration with various technologies.

Covering all the functions is difficult due to the extensive range, but it excels in simplifying the process of building endpoints swiftly.

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Serg Anonymous - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Yukon

We heavily utilize AWS Cognito user pools and application authorization responses for authentication and authorization.

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AnkurGupta7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at Evon Technologies Pvt

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.

The tool's most valuable aspect is its scalability. It empowers us to expose endpoints internally or externally, adapt to various requirements such as rate limiting, and ensure security measures for API utilization.

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DD
Solutions Architect at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees

One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services. This makes it simple to integrate with other services and automate processes within a single script, following a DevOps approach.

We have been utilizing the throttling feature for managing API traffic. With numerous legacy APIs in our system, we've witnessed a significant surge in API requests over time, leading to performance issues due to the lack of throttling. To address this, we require an easier way to adjust throttling settings dynamically as needed.

The authorization and access control features effectively address our security requirements. In terms of API authorization, we rely on OpenID Connect (OIDC), which is not native to AWS but serves our purposes well. User authorization is managed separately for each product platform, with built-in authorization mechanisms tailored to individual products.

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SatyajitTarai - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical architect at STCS

It is easy for integrations if it is deployed in AWS Services.

The setup is very simple. 

It is stable and reliable.

It can scale well.

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VR
Cloud Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

It's a brilliant service.

It is very helpful, with our API-based applications. As a service that is provided by Amazon, you do not need to maintain it or, monitor the traffic, you can simply configure it and it is ready to use.

Amazon API Gateway is secure, you can have the WAF rules, base protected. In terms of security, you can always have WAF rules, it's good.

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Daniel Boadzie - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Specialist at Hubtel

Building an API gateway is not a simple process. It is good to use a managed service that is cost-effective. The solution is solid, robust, and scalable. It gets the job done.

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PrinceKumar2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Cloud Engineer at Rishabh Software

The best thing about Amazon API Gateway is that it can authenticate and authorize requests without going to our back end. We can use the solution to authenticate a request. It has a time out of 30 seconds, wherein it will show time out if any request takes more than 30 seconds.

We can create many sub-resources in a single resource. Instead of creating five resources for five APIs, we can create five sub-resources in only one resource. I love working with Amazon API Gateway because it is very user-friendly.

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NM
Digital Architecture Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

In terms of the most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it.

I'm fine with the interface. It's okay. I think it also is really useful with the pay per-use. The cost is interesting.

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DT
Software Development Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It's flexible. It was valuable.

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IL
Software architect at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature is the ease of managing the gateway.

This solution is useful for making new APIs. We deploy with CloudFormation, so it's pretty easy to use.

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Andre Kapp - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr. Developer at Mama Money Pty

The solution is user-friendly. 

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Namrata G - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Technology Consultant - Financial Softwares at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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.

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RC
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Its security feature is the most valuable because it is mainly a security solution. It has easy authentication and authorization, and its integration is also useful.

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PC
Director and Information Technology Architect at Fusion Professionals

The ability to proxy has been the most valuable feature.

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Serg Anonymous - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Yukon

Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity. We use Amazon Lambda, so using Amazon API Gateway is the logical continuity of the same step. It wouldn't be very practical to use technology from Azure because we are already using Amazon.

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CS
Software Engineer

The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release.

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SS
Sr. Technology Specialist at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Our services are deployed only in AWS Cloud. It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway. I'm going to continue using it for my projects. A few of the projects are deployed in Amazon, some in GCP, but most are on the AWS.

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Vishal  Devmurari - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at Paramatrix Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

The most valuable feature is it has lots of integration.

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JA
API Application Security Specialist

This solution gives you a unified way to have your API accessed.

It's a managed product and is fully scalable.

This solution ties in very well with all of the AWS services, such as IAM and asset management. It gives you security from an authentication and authorization point of view.

Lambda integration and functionality is very good.

This solution ties directly in with the AWS firewall, which gives you a lot of security, including application security in terms of things like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.

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Buyer's Guide
Amazon API Gateway
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Amazon API Gateway. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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