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Amazon API Gateway vs CentraSite comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CentraSite
Ranking in API Management
30th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Amazon API Gateway is 9.0%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CentraSite is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon API Gateway9.0%
CentraSite0.4%
Other90.6%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

SM
Head - Engineering ,Technology and Enterprise Architecture at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
Faced challenges with audit trails and seek better user-level monitoring and control
Regarding built-in authorization, monitoring is quite substantial, and versioning systems is also what we are using. With Amazon API Gateway, we utilize a variety of deployment methods and services they provide, so monitoring services are the important parameter in API control from our side, allowing us to see how the APIs behave and how well they pick up the data from their respective sources. Integration with AWS Lambda has been beneficial since we have event controllers that help identify the APIs, which then call the API from the API services. We're managing this with events that are parameterized through API identification, mostly using Python in Lambda, which has inbuilt features to track API lifecycle parameters. The defined parameterized features in Amazon API Gateway help streamline API lifecycle management. Our AWS system admin team sets these configurations for us. The versioning number gets updated as we deploy revised API versions, which gets monitored on the API monitoring services. The cloud engineering team assists us as we are from a solutions development and deployment team. The importance of Amazon API Gateway's global API deployment for our application's performance is significant in terms of scalability and availability. Amazon API Gateway services have been very good, maintaining a 99.99 SLA, providing us confidence in the global deployment level as it is capable of handling various endpoint types, such as database sites and legacy systems.
IsmailEl Dahshan - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Exact Holding NV
Governance has streamlined service registry usage but deployment and integration still need work
I work with GraphQL, REST API, and SOAP services as well. API Connect works with GraphQL and can deploy GraphQL services. I also work with GraphQL in Software AG webMethods API Gateway. I'm working with DataPower. I have experience with IBM API Gateway, API Connect, Event Stream, and App Connect, the Cloud platform integration. I didn't involve DataPower with BPM before. I have used the webMethods API Gateway. I have used an open-source framework that is not a product for a specific vendor. I work with GraphQL in three different products: API Connect, the API Gateway of the webMethods Software AG, and the Java Spring framework. I work with CentraSite and also work with the Integration Server, webMethods Integration Server, and Universal Messaging. The governance is powerful. I can recommend CentraSite for any industry working with service registry and repositories. I would rate it eight out of ten. I have seven years of experience with IBM solutions and rate them nine or ten out of ten. I have one year of experience with webMethods and rate it eight out of ten. I have five years of experience with other solutions. The overall review rating for this product is seven.

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 solid, robust, and scalable."
"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."
"API Gateway is easy to set up, allows for custom domain assignment and rate limiting based on customer tiers, and works well for defining different states for different customers based on their purchase plans."
"It is a stable solution."
"It's a low-code solution that helps our company manage operations seamlessly"
"API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."
"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."
"The governance is powerful, and you can look up services very easily, which may reduce some development cycle time."
 

Cons

"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."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"The payment is a little bit on the costlier side when I look at the amount we have to pay."
"The way they manage the headers could be improved and made easier."
"I believe that there could be more features associated with analytics since it is an area where the product lacks."
"When using APIs, the manual bit for intermediate confirmation with VTL can be a challenge."
"An interface more friendly for new users would be helpful."
"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."
"The setup is mild. It's not so simple and not very difficult. You can make it happen with some configuration, but it's not easy for non-professional people."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"There are no licensing fees."
"It's cost-effective, even as our workload and the number of APIs we manage have increased."
"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."
"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."
"Azure products are more cost-effective than AWS solutions"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise21
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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...
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 ...
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 ...
What needs improvement with CentraSite?
There is a big difference in deployment modules and different deployment scenarios. It can be adapted to any environment, not only finance or government. The deployment can be made for each data ce...
What is your primary use case for CentraSite?
I implemented this hybrid integration platform for the finance sector at one of the big banks in Egypt. I used it inside the services exposed from the banking sector only, not for the asset managem...
What advice do you have for others considering CentraSite?
I work with GraphQL, REST API, and SOAP services as well. API Connect works with GraphQL and can deploy GraphQL services. I also work with GraphQL in Software AG webMethods API Gateway. I'm working...
 

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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
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