We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management and Apigee based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Apigee received higher ratings than Microsoft Azure API Management. Although Apigee is the more expensive solution, it comes out on top with more favorable features and good technical support.
"Apigee is a pioneer in the industry and has good features and functionalities. It is a good tool for API management and it has more advancements than all other tools in the market in certain areas."
"Easy interface to monetize and deliver APIs with very easy integration for third-party development environments/delivery."
"We use it to build API proxies for securing targeted back-ends with an emphasis on Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD)."
"The most valuable feature is the API gateway."
"Apigee is a very lightweight solution."
"I have found the most valuable features to be tracing a proxy, and managing proxy versions and revisions via the Edge UI component."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The central monitoring feature is the most valuable. It also provides security for the APIs and high availability for our use cases. Apigee is the best product in the industry in comparison to other API management solutions. It helps in fast development, which is a top point. It also supports a lot of industry standards and has excellent documentation."
"Without a doubt, it has a very robust, strong marketplace where we can directly integrate with existing APIs and begin working on those."
"Access control is the most valuable aspect."
"I like that security features can be integrated with API Management. I also like that you can perform rate-limiting and throttling functions."
"Monitoring: It gives us a detailed overview of how clients are using the API and it allows us to see the consumption trends in real-time."
"Easy to integrate API management platform. It is a stable and scalable solution."
"Azure APIM's best features are its straightforward access management (it's a single point of access for all monitoring and logging and for policy implementation) and its integration with the Azure Cloud infrastructure."
"I like the support they provide for the APIs more than the solution itself. First of all, documentation-wise, both Microsoft Azure and even Google Cloud are up there. But in comparison, the real-time consulting and support for APIs make Microsoft stand out a little. I also like the performance. Standard public cloud provider-built APIs are more resilient and flexible in terms of what feature you want to use and what feature you don't want to use, and they're more customizable. They are more resilient in terms of performance in that particular environment because that is the design aspect of the offering. When public clouds build APIs and deploy them after testing them on their framework for a certain amount of time, I feel there is a massive difference in the product's performance. On the interface, everything is strong."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is 90 to 99 percent scalable. We have three instances running in parallel."
"Apigee could do more to make users aware of what is available in the add-ons."
"An area for improvement would be to provide more information while troubleshooting."
"When there is an update on a new version or an automatic update, you have to be present and double-check that the update is reflected in the environment with no issues."
"The user interface could be better. It could be easier to navigate and more user-friendly."
"Drag and drop of features would be more beneficial, rather than manually working on the configuration and updates."
"The ability to work across different management solutions in a plug and play fashion would make it easier for faster uptake."
"The entire user across all the layers should be singly authenticated through an external authentication system."
"Apigee could improve by integrating with more identity providers and offering a default authentication module."
"The hybrid part could be improved because API Management is entirely cloud-based, but some of our resources are on-prem, so formatting is an issue. Our goal is dual implementation."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms, as well as increased security."
"Technical support could be more helpful and responsive."
"The licensing fees should be cheaper."
"Performance issues from this platform need to be sorted out."
"I would like to see more security features become available."
"Azure is our most expensive resource; it's costly."
"I'd like to have better flexibility and more capabilities."
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Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 67 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". Apigee is most compared with IBM API Connect, Amazon API Gateway, WSO2 API Manager, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Layer7 API Management, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager. See our Apigee vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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