We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Microsoft Azure API Management based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure is highly regarded for its stability, integration capabilities, and user-friendliness, whereas Amazon is appreciated for its flexibility and ease of use. Azure users express a desire for lower licensing fees, improved integration, and enhanced performance, while Amazon users seek better monitoring and security features. Azure's pricing is considered reasonable but could be more cost-effective, while Amazon's pricing is generally acceptable. The quality of Azure's technical support varies, while Amazon's support is generally satisfactory.
"The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release."
"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."
"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The best thing about Amazon API Gateway is that it can authenticate and authorize requests without going to our back end."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"It is very helpful, with our API-based applications."
"One of the most valuable aspects of API Gateway is its native integration with AWS services."
"The integration with Azure Active Directory is a good security feature for authentication and authorization. There is multifactor authentication. You can also use all of the Azure AD features integrated with API Management."
"What I like most about Microsoft Azure API Management is that it's flexible and user-friendly. The solution also has rich documentation and guides available, so users can configure and use it."
"The package as a whole is useful for our customers."
"Easy to integrate API management platform. It is a stable and scalable solution."
"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."
"Azure API is scalable."
"Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work."
"It seems quite good so far. It handles our current workload well, and I'm optimistic it can scale effectively as our needs grow."
"There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access."
"The user interface, in general, can be better. The user interface for the entire Amazon cloud can be more friendly. There are some scenarios that are not really easy to manage and configure through the user interface."
"It's hard to configure. There's a lot of options but it's very hard, it's very confusing."
"Since the first invocation of AWS Lambda takes more than 30 seconds because of Lambda's cold start, Amazon API Gateway blocks that resource, thereby aborting the invocation."
"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"I believe that there could be more features associated with analytics since it is an area where the product lacks."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"One of the most important improvements for us would be if it supported the HTTP/3 version and new protocol over a quick connection."
"The implementation has room for improvement and can be more user-friendly."
"Other products have more customization options."
"Azure API Management could be improved with better integration with all of Microsoft's tools."
"The solution's integration suite needs improvement."
"I would like to see better scalability and better performance."
"I rate the technical support from Microsoft Azure API Management a four out of five."
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Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager, Layer7 API Management and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise, IBM API Connect and WSO2 API Manager. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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