Microsoft Azure API Management Reviews

We use Microsoft Azure API Management for integration. We use it for managing, monitoring, and integrating with other systems, for example, for asset management and monitoring tools. If we want to integrate or enable monitoring and management, we use Microsoft Azure 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.

What would make Microsoft Azure API Management better are more APIs. They keep updating their APIs, but it would be better if the solution had more APIs for the services and more integration with other platforms.

I've been using Microsoft Azure API Management for the last six to eight months.

Microsoft Azure API Management is a scalable solution. You can customize it, and you can also use your scripts with it.

The installation process for Microsoft Azure API Management was easy.

I don't remember licensing information or costs for Microsoft Azure API Management.

Microsoft Azure API Management is used by over a hundred development teams for developing solutions, including integrations. Currently, there's no plan to increase its usage.

I would recommend the solution to other people who want to start using it.

I would rate Microsoft Azure API Management eight out of ten.

We use it to manage the API. We have a backend API with service in the backend. We use API Management in the front to manage the vendors. They can do their own testing. It's quicker for us to put in the specifications so we can knock off the responses. We build the specs and then get an external developer to start the development without the web service being ready. 

We also use it for the security and for the clock in features.

It's easy to use compared to other products. It's easy to set up.

Other products offer more customization options. 

I have been using this solution for six months. 

We haven't had any issues with it since we set it up. It's quite stable. 

We don't need to worry about scalability. We just use it. It works on demand because it's on the cloud. 

We are not a Microsoft shop, we just started using it. We haven't contacted technical support yet. 

I also used Tibco Mashery. There aren't so many differences. The biggest difference is that you can run it on-prem while you can't do that with Microsoft Azure API Management. 

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. It took less than one day, around a couple of hours total. It's pretty quick. I deployed it myself with some product documentation. 

You can't use this on-premise. If you want to run on-premise you would have to get a different product. Other than that, it's easy to use and start up. There is a lot of support available from the community online. You can do a domain name yourself with Microsoft, as opposed to other products where you need to contact support in order to set up a domain. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten.  

I can't give a ten out of ten because I'm not experienced enough with it. So far so good, though. 

• Monitoring: It gives us a detailed overview of how clients are using the API and it allows us to see the consumption trends in real-time.
• Policies: It allows us to control and enrich the API behavior without the need to make code changes
• The documentation and configuration of APIs.

Internally, we use this product to give our employees a catalog of all the APIs that we implemented over the years. They get detailed documentation on how to use those APIs and can develop their own solutions on top.

Security could be improved.

I have used this solution for a year.

There were no stability issues.

There were no scalability issues.

I would give the technical support team a rating of eight out of 10 .

The setup was straightforward, setting up a basic API management portal is only a few clicks in the Azure Portal. Once it is set up, the APIs can directly be added by just importing the Swagger file.

The developer and standard pricing tiers of Azure API Management are very competitive compared to other products. If a customer wants to expose their internal APIs to the Azure API Management Portal, then they would require a VPN connection which requires the Premium Pricing tier. This can be expensive and we currently recommend our customers to not use a VPN connection, i.e., if they don’t need additional Premium features; and we suggest they expose their APIs publicly through other technologies such as the relay services.

Learn how policies work since this is where the real added value of Azure API Management is.

The tool helps to manage APIs. 

The tool does what it's supposed to do. 

The product needs to introduce a developer portal. 

I am working with the tool for ten years. 

The solution is stable. 

My company has around 20-30 customers for the solution. Each customer can have about 100 users for the tool. 

Microsoft support is good. We have regular sessions with Microsoft where we can have private previews of new features. 

The tool's setup depends. If you use it in the CI/CD pipeline, then the setup is complex. To deploy the solution, you need to create a template and enable the features. 

There are different tiers for pricing. You can even use the free version. 

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. 

We use the solution for API management.

The most valuable features are the API and integrations.

The implementation has room for improvement and can be more user-friendly.

I have been using the solution for one year.

I give the stability an eight out of ten.

The technical support team is good.

Positive

I give the initial setup an eight out of ten. The deployment took one business day. We require two people to complete the implementation.

The implementation is completed in-house.

Compared to other solutions the cost is a seven out of ten.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We have an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft, so they are providing whatever support or help is needed.

For people that are already using other Microsoft Azure solutions, I recommend Microsoft Azure API Management.

We use the solution for API management. 

The tool's most valuable feature is the integration of CI/CD with the API gateway. 

Microsoft Azure API Management needs to improve stability. 

Microsoft Azure API Management is stable; I rate it an eight out of ten. 

I rate the product's scalability a six to seven out of ten. 

The cloud-based version is not difficult to deploy. Microsoft Azure API Management's deployment depends on the API numbers customers want to onboard. It takes around four to six months. 

I rate Microsoft Azure API Management an eight out of ten. 

I am using Microsoft Azure API Management to connect external systems.

The solution has overall high performance.

Microsoft Azure API Management could improve by having better integration with third-party solutions.

In an upcoming release, there should be more focus on API lifecycle management, such as MuleSoft provides and the API gateway is not comprehensive enough, we need to put a lot of extra effort doing manual work. 

I have been using Microsoft Azure API Management for half a year.

The solution is stable.

For what we have been using the solution for it has been scalable.

Our company is a medium-size using this solution.

We have found some configuration that is not supported by the solution yet. There is room for improvement in their support.

I would rate the technical support of Microsoft Azure API Management a four out of five.

The setup and configuration are very quick.

The price of the solution is reasonable compared to others. 

We are still looking for a better API-optimized solution.

I would recommend this solution for some small and medium-sized projects, as it is quite easy and effective to start with. I am not sure if it is suited for large companies that have heavily loaded APIs which the solution might not be able to support.

I rate Microsoft Azure API Management an eight out of ten.

We have two approaches to how we use the solution. We own the managed services and the other we have customers take the subscription and we manage it. 

From my understanding, there are some constraints around governance and service-to-service intercommunication managing priorities and our own governance. Examples include, how you manage all your clusters, the entire service communication, and having more tolerant experts.

I have been using the solution for approximately one year.

The technical support has not been the greatest. Microsoft has been outsourcing its support services and we have quite a few challenges in terms of technical support. We rarely asked them for anything and try to find the solution ourselves. This has been our most recent experience. However, there are certain advantages as well. Now you have a large internet resource pool to support Azure. This balances the support out, but otherwise, if you are looking for very specific support, there will be some challenges for your teams.

The initial setup is not that complex, but there are certain challenges.

We are limited to what choice of solution we can purchase. There are multiple aspects here. If it is a choice that we have to make, then we do it based on the requirement or recommendations, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure platform. However, given the present circumstances, the customer base that I am supporting at the moment is all Microsoft shop customers. Their inclination is always towards Microsoft-based solutions. That is where it has left us with no choice, but to go with Azure. While we still recommend this solution in some cases, for instance, analytics and where we need the big data solutions. We have been pushing for a GCP and in some cases to have AWS as well. For now Azure is the platform and this has been the journey that has left us with no choice but to go with it. Based on the resources that we are leveraging, the price we are paying to use this solution is slightly higher than other competitors. In a few cases, it has its own advantage in some resources. 

I have evaluated GCP and AWS.

I would advise those wanting to implement this solution that they can use this solution if it fits their deployment criteria. However, there are better options available.

I rate Microsoft Azure API Management a seven out of ten.