Amazon API Gateway vs Apiary comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle are both solutions in the API Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5, while Oracle is ranked #34. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 14.8% mindshare in APIM, compared to Oracle’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Amazon API Gateway

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93% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and Apiary 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 Amazon API Gateway vs. Apiary Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon API Gateway

Ranking in API Management

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Apiary

Ranking in API Management

34th

Average Rating

8.2

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 Amazon API Gateway is 14.8%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apiary is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Phil Wilkins

Enterprise Integration Architect at Capgemini

Sep 21, 2020

The ability to configure rules to check for consistency has helped

Apiary provides a free tier of the platform which allows a small group of developers to collaborate easily on the design of open source APIs. In addition to this, it provides mock endpoints allowing people to experiment with the API without depending or having to stand up a real backend. With our clients, using Apiary allows us to very quickly pull together an API definition (particularly when using API Blueprint). The whole API design process for the simpler use cases can be done in a relatively short workshop which makes it a lot easier to agree, publish, version-manage an API definition with suitable documentation. This can then be evolved and enhanced (particularly in the documentation aspects). With the ability to support Swagger (Open API v2 and introducing/ed support for v3) and API Blueprint makes it a very versatile tool.

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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

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

"The solution is stable."

"It's flexible. It was valuable."

"The technical support is very strong. We've had issues with the solution and configuration and we got very good support."

"Its security feature is the most valuable because it is mainly a security solution. It has easy authentication and authorization, and its integration is also useful."

"API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."

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

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"Git integration"

"Quick and easy way to share a new API design with teams."

"In two years, there was one time the service was down for an hour or so."

"I do like the overall performance of the solution."

"I find the generation of mock services very useful, especially when demonstrating for new consumers."

Cons

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

"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."

"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."

"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."

"The integration could be improved."

"There are features lacking in API Gateway, such as the timeout settings, which currently are set at 29 seconds."

"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."

"When using APIs, the manual bit for intermediate confirmation with VTL can be a challenge."

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"The Oracle release cycle is very bad because the patches only update once a year."

"Swagger (OpenAPI Specification) and Blueprint Support"

"I would like an integrated option to download a Swagger version of the definition."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am satisfied with the price."

"It's cost-effective, even as our workload and the number of APIs we manage have increased."

"Azure products are more cost-effective than AWS solutions"

"The product is a little expensive."

"There are no licensing fees."

"The product is expensive."

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

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

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"It is easy to get started with personal (free) accounts, but a subscription is required for additional features."

"There is a free subscription option to start and try the service."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Insurance Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

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

Microsoft Azure API Management vs Amazon API Gateway

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

WSO2 API Manager vs Amazon API Gateway

Compared 5% of the time

Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Amazon API Gateway

Compared 3% of the time

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Oracle API Platform Cloud Service vs Apiary

Compared 29% of the time

Microsoft Azure API Management vs Apiary

Compared 27% of the time

Postman vs Apiary

Compared 24% of the time

Apigee vs Apiary

Compared 20% of the time

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Overview

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.

Apiary's pioneering APIFlow solution provides the framework and tools for developing application programming interfaces (APIs) that share enterprise services and data and help create modern, cloud-based applications and experiences. APIFlow spans the API creation lifecycle, including design, governance, testing, and documentation, while supporting API Blueprint and OpenAPI industry standardsץ

Sample Customers

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

Microsoft, salesforce.com, Bloomberg, GoodData, Viacom, Akamai Technologies, DigitalGlobe

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