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Amazon API Gateway vs Apiary comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon API Gateway
Ranking in API Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Apiary
Ranking in API Management
36th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Amazon API Gateway is 13.0%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apiary is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rahul Kundu - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
PW
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"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."
"This solution gives you a unified way to have your API accessed."
"In terms of most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it."
"From my perspective of ease of use, it is very good."
"Git integration"
"I find the generation of mock services very useful, especially when demonstrating for new consumers."
"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."
 

Cons

"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"I believe better governance and monitoring features would be beneficial."
"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"Monitoring could be improved."
"It would be useful to have a more complete development environment for the developer, with different integrative capabilities to manage all the life cycles for the API. I think the full version formula for that is really useful. They should improve the development environment for easier integration."
"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."
"API Gateway could improve by allowing debugging capabilities, particularly when dealing with high volumes."
"When using APIs, the manual bit for intermediate confirmation with VTL can be a challenge."
"Swagger (OpenAPI Specification) and Blueprint Support"
"I would like an integrated option to download a Swagger version of the definition."
"The Oracle release cycle is very bad because the patches only update once a year."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."
"I rate the tool's price as seven on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price and ten means high price."
"I rate the platform's pricing a five out of ten."
"It's cost-effective, even as our workload and the number of APIs we manage have increased."
"Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."
"The solution is expensive. Though the product was previously available at a cheap rate, nowadays it is expensive."
"There is an annual licensing cost to use Amazon API Gateway."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"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
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Insurance Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Media Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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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