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.
"The tool is one of the earliest API management products and is good. It reduces the Time To Market aspects of products."
"It accelerates development and deployment processes."
"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 is a pioneer in the industry and has good features and functionalities. It is a good tool for API management and it has more advancements than all other tools in the market in certain areas."
"The security that you have with Apigee is very good and aligns with compliance."
"One of the best parts of this solution is the implementation as we did not need to use code or out-of-box policies. When it comes to the cloud-based architecture, there is a high level of reliability."
"A very functional solution."
"I like implementing different policies, for example, rate-limiting policy."
"We use this solution for API rate limiting and for its security features against DDoS."
"We're very satisfied with Azure API Management. We've had no issues with bugs, everything runs smoothly, and the connection between the cloud and the on-premise infrastructure was good."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is 90 to 99 percent scalable. We have three instances running in parallel."
"I have found this solution to be easy to configure, simple to use, and flexible."
"The stability and performance are good. It is easy to install, and it scales well too."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure API Management are the easy configuration and deployment with automation."
"The product gives API gateway-related features, like throttling, which are easy to use and low-code/no-code."
"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."
"It is an expensive solution."
"I don't have any notes for improvement."
"Apigee on premise is quite complex and it is always moving faster."
"I would recommend this solution to those who want to start using it, but it depends on the requirements and automation."
"The setup and installation process could be improved with a container-based system."
"Better functionality for validating inputs and outputs would be helpful."
"The pricing of the solution could be improved upon. We'd like it if it was less costly."
"They should improve the monitoring tools for on-premises environments."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"The integration with other API gateways is where they might try to improve."
"The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."
"They're trying to implement versioning and trying to be able to manage different versions of your API all at the same time, but they're not doing that just quite right yet."
"It should be easier to integrate."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs."
"Could use clearer configuration when it comes to API policies."
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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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