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.
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent."
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"This solution is useful for making new APIs."
"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."
"It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"This solution gives you a unified way to have your API accessed."
"Amazon API Gateway is a very fast solution."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is easy to deploy, configure, and monitor the APA."
"The opportunity for customization is really vast and it is a really good feature built into the product."
"There are just a lot of security features in general."
"A simple platform that's easier to work with than IBM API Connect. Support for it is really good and gives it advantage over other providers."
"Its customer service is good."
"API/proxy lifecycle workflow for API providers is quite good and one of Apigee's strongest features."
"The initial setup was easy - there was an onboarding document with steps that we followed."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"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."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access."
"It's hard to configure. There's a lot of options but it's very hard, it's very confusing."
"The integration could be improved."
"I believe better governance and monitoring features would be beneficial."
"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."
"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."
"More documentation on the Open Banking Standard will help."
"The solution is pretty expensive."
"Maintaining and deploying revisions need to be more defined."
"The cost of the solution is quite high."
"I would like to see the support improved. I think the time frame should be shorter for responses when it comes to technical support. This is not the ideal situation you want to be in when you need support."
"The solution could add even more functionalities."
"Integration should be improved."
"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."
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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