Akana API Management vs Amazon API Gateway comparison

Perforce and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are both solutions in the API Management category. Perforce is ranked #27 with an average rating of 8.0, while Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5. Perforce holds a 0.6% mindshare in APIM, compared to Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s 14.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Perforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users who would recommend it.

Akana API Management

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100% willing to recommend

Amazon API Gateway

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20,964 Views
18,651 Comparison Views

93% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Akana API Management and Amazon API Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Akana API Management vs. Amazon API Gateway Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Akana API Management

Ranking in API Management

27th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Amazon API Gateway

Ranking in API Management

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Akana API Management is 0.6%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon API Gateway is 14.8%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Saurav Krishna

Data Engineering and AI Intern at .3Lines Venture Capital

Dec 5, 2023

Authentication mechanism is easy to implement but improvement is needed in documentation

For API security purposes, we use the tool to host all our APIs. This allows us to take advantage of the security features provided by the platform. With the solution, we can implement rules such as rate limiting and restricting the number of API calls for each user. It acts as a secure gateway…

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Rahul Kundu

AWS Engineer at Abbott

Oct 10, 2024

Cost-effective serverless routing with room for extended timeout settings

We are using API Gateway to route the traffic to our Lambdas. Every API pass is linked to some of the Lambdas. When traffic hits CloudFront, it redirects it to API Gateway, which then redirects it to the respective Lambda server. We have different kinds of services invoked through these Lambdas…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."

"The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters."

"Good interface, intuitive solution."

"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent."

"Integrating API Gateway with other AWS services was easy. It worked out of the box, so it worked perfectly."

"The solution is solid, robust, and scalable."

"t is easy for integrations if it is deployed in AWS Services."

"It is very helpful, with our API-based applications."

"Amazon API Gateway is a very fast solution."

"It provides the flexibility to configure, switch, and manage configurations through cloud permissions or performance settings."

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Cons

"Lacks an integrated billing feature."

"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."

"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."

"We faced a few issues with the documentation."

"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."

"The only real problem is that you have to know a lot about what is outside of the API gateway in order to make the best use of it."

"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."

"A lower price would definitely be an improvement."

"If I take into consideration the past three to four years, during which I used the tool, I would say that some missing and external configurations were not possible in the product, and it was a bit difficult to manage."

"Its performance and scalability could be better compared to one of its competitors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"For us, the pricing and licensing policies were for an on-premise installation with a fixed cost structure, that matched our budgeting policies."

"The product can be described as a medium-priced solution, but its cost is higher than Azure."

"The solution's pricing is cheap and based on the number of requests coming to Amazon API Gateway."

"I am satisfied with the price."

"There is an annual licensing cost to use Amazon API Gateway."

"This is a pay-per-use service, where you only pay for what you use."

"Fees are volume-based."

"The product is a little expensive."

"My understanding is that it easily goes to $14,000 or $15,000 USD each month for each account, and we have several such accounts."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Healthcare Company

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akana API Management?

The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters.

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What needs improvement with Akana API Management?

Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation.

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What advice do you have for others considering Akana API Management?

I rate Akana API Management an eight out of ten.

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Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?

Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring, ma...

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How does Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager compare with Amazon API Gateway?

I have found that Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the best integration tool out there for API management. It is easy to implement and learn; it provides several options for deployment, (including ...

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Which is better - Azure API Management or Amazon API Gateway?

If you use Azure products, API Management is a great solution. It solves many of the problems of externalizing web services. For example, when you need versioning, establish a developer portal and ...

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Comparisons

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Compared 36% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

IBM DataPower Gateway vs Akana API Management

Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 61% of the time

Apigee vs Amazon API Gateway

Compared 7% of the time

MuleSoft API Manager vs Amazon API Gateway

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Amazon API Gateway

Compared 3% of the time

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Overview

Akana helps businesses accelerate digital transformation by securely extending their reach across multiple channels – mobile, cloud and Internet of Things. Akana enables enterprises to share data as APIs, connect and integrate applications, drive partner adoption, monetize their assets, and provide intelligent insights into their business and operations.

Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, you can create an API that acts as a "front door" for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from your back-end services, such as workloads running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), code running on AWS Lambda, or any Web application.

Sample Customers

British American Tobacco, Credit Suisse, Daimler, eBay, FOX, Liberty Mutual, Marriott, Mayo Clinic, Skandia, Tata communications

Autodesk, Fox Digital Consumer Group, iFlix, UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Miovision, Olympusat, PhotoVogue, Royale International Group, Veracode

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