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.
"I think the most valuable features are the security features. Of course, the user access control is the same as the security. The other very important issue is the sandboxing capability of Apigee."
"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."
"The stability of the solution is good. There aren't issues surrounding bugs or glitches. We don't find that it crashes or freezes. It's pretty reliable."
"There are just a lot of security features in general."
"Apigee gives you plenty of opportunities to set up your workspace depending on how you want to manage your APIs."
"We use it to build API proxies for securing targeted back-ends with an emphasis on Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD)."
"It has all the features necessary to work in anything from a basic scenario to advanced applications."
"Great flexibility with its features."
"The Azure Active Directory Synchronization is quite good."
"Easy to integrate API management platform. It is a stable and scalable solution."
"Without a doubt, it has a very robust, strong marketplace where we can directly integrate with existing APIs and begin working on those."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure API Management is monitoring. When compared with Apigee, I prefer Microsoft Azure API Management."
"Allows the possibility of VPN technology to connect your gateway directly with on-prem services"
"I like the stability and the ease of use."
"The package as a whole is useful for our customers."
"It's easy to use compared to other products. It's easy to set up."
"We do not have control over the installation."
"The solution could add even more functionalities."
"The solution’s scalability could be improved."
"We are experiencing issues with automation; the production in Apigee is quite time-consuming."
"Role-based access management needs to be improved. It would also be nice if the solution could be integrated with code versioning systems like Git/Bitbucket."
"It would be good if the Apigee management allowed us to be able to consolidate many operations into single one for the gateway functionality."
"I would like them to add features, such as caching and mediation policies."
"The number one area this solution could be improved is by implementing support. Support is not a part of this solution."
"Multi-tenant functionalities is missing from the system, especially when it comes to the developer code of features."
"In the next release, Azure APIM should include deployment in various environments and CI/CD for deployment."
"Technical support could be more helpful and responsive."
"There is always room for improvement. There should be more analytics abilities so you can know how much traffic there is. Log Analyzer isn't well integrated with this solution."
"From my understanding, there are some constraints around governance and service-to-service intercommunication managing priorities and our own governance."
"Microsoft Azure API Management could improve by having better integration with third-party solutions."
"Maybe the customization could be a bit better."
"Performance issues from this platform need to be sorted out."
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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 68 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, Layer7 API Management and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, 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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