We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway 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: Amazon API Gateway has a slight edge in this comparison due to it being the less expensive solution.
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"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 technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."
"It is easy to set up. It is also quick to deploy."
"It provides the flexibility to configure, switch, and manage configurations through cloud permissions or performance settings."
"The best thing about Amazon API Gateway is that it can authenticate and authorize requests without going to our back end."
"It's flexible. It was valuable."
"A very functional solution."
"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 features of Apigee for me are analytics, security, ease of use, and integration capabilities."
"It accelerates development and deployment processes."
"We can customize the dashboard."
"Apigee provides out-of-the-box policies, so it is ready to use with minimal configuration to those policies. You can govern your API and manage the life cycle of the API completely with the Apigee tool."
"Its flexibility allows seamless management of different products, showcasing scalability to handle extensive solutions."
"Apigee makes proxy management very simple."
"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"I believe better governance and monitoring features would be beneficial."
"We faced a few issues with the documentation."
"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"Amazon API Gateway is not as complete as Apigee and needs to be improved by adding more features to become a more robust application."
"We are experiencing some performance issues."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved upon. We'd like it if it was less costly."
"Apigee on premise is quite complex and it is always moving faster."
"More documentation on the Open Banking Standard will help."
"The solution tends to hide the limitations to keep selling the product."
"It is an expensive solution."
"The technical support could be improved because their response time is slow."
"The initial setup for the on-prem solution is a little complex."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while Apigee is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. Apigee report.
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