Apigee vs Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Oracle API Management comparison

Google and Kong are both solutions in the API Management category. Google is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2, while Kong is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.8. Google holds a 11.5% mindshare in APIM, compared to Kong’s 7.3% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Kong users who would recommend it.

Apigee

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92% willing to recommend

Kong Gateway Enterprise

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6,931 Views
6,931 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

Oracle API Management

Read 5 Oracle API Management reviews

487 Views
472 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, and Oracle API Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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:

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 11.5%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kong Gateway Enterprise is 7.3%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle API Management is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

API Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Apigee	11.5%
Kong Gateway Enterprise	7.3%
Oracle API Management	0.5%
Other	80.7%

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ShawkyFoda

Senior Consultant at Goverment

Provides high visibility and control with good traffic monitoring

Analytics is one of the areas needing enhancement, specifically more visibility and control over traffic to improve capacity management and high availability. The replication process between Master and Slave for disaster recovery takes too long. Dependencies on analytics impact the performance of the user interface, which should be separate. The complex setup process on-premises, especially with multi-node installations, could also be improved. Additional control in product declarations, based on operations like POST and GET, is needed.

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Sudhanshu Dev

Senior Principal DevOps Engineer at barq

Custom plugin capability with enhanced high traffic handling and lightweight performance

We use Kong for our API gateway, handling all public traffic. It is an open-source tool, and even though we are a startup, it provides us with stability without incurring high costs initially Kong has helped us by performing smoothly even when we receive millions of requests, which prevents any…

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Sagar SampadMall

IT-Operation Head at Granules India Ltd

Provides robust security for financial transactions and protects the ERP database from direct exposure

My main feedback is about the account management. I feel they should connect with clients more frequently, beyond just selling the product. They should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach to client needs. It shouldn't always be about pushing additional products. My main suggestion is focused solely on the account management approach, specifically fostering closer and more proactive client relationships. So, the pricing could also be bit improvement.

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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

"It's a good return on my investment."

"The most valuable feature is the API gateway."

"It has a very efficient logging system which is easy to maintain."

"Lifecycle management."

"Anyone with basic knowledge can build an API."

"The initial setup isn't too complex."

"The customer service and support are cooperative and effective in providing insights and solutions during challenges."

"Apigee provides good documentation."

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"We use the solution for load-balancing, caching, and rate-limiting APIs."

"The solution's technical support is good and fast in terms of responsiveness and problem-solving skills."

"Kong's most valuable features are its lightweight performance when handling millions of requests and the ability to write custom plugins to enhance security, such as end-to-end encryption, even in the open-source version."

"Good at intercepting traffic and modeling APIs around that."

"It offers a wide range of plugins that we leverage, including OIDC, Rate Limiting, Lambda functions, and more."

"In terms of stability, the tool's team has made some good efforts, and my company is very happy with the product's approach."

"Kong Enterprise has excellent plugin support."

"This is a solid intrusion prevention system that combines a firewall and antivirus in a single solution."

More Kong Gateway Enterprise pros

"The most valuable features for us are security and centralization."

"The initial setup isn't overly difficult."

"The security, the authentication, and the publishing qualities are great."

"It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from Oracle guys."

Cons

"The cost of the solution is quite high."

"Integration should be improved."

"Google isn't enthusiastic about supporting older versions. Google is now trying to move all of its clients to X within the cloud."

"I would like to see better integration and some architectural improvements in future releases of the solution."

"When it comes to the rate limit, we don't have a specific category for rate limits for a particular customer."

"We are experiencing some performance issues."

"The caching capabilities are somewhat limited. This is more on the developer-oriented capabilities."

"Proxy versioning seems a bit confusing/buried in the publishing experience, especially for the URI-based versioning approach."

More Apigee cons

"The ease of billing is lost when Kong is not available directly on the Azure marketplace. This is one area where they can improve."

"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"Kong Enterprise has decided not to support the web portal feature anymore, but I think that feature should stay in the on-premises solution."

"The tool needs to improve in areas like documentation and UI."

"Kong is meant for north-south communications, so it will be interesting to see what solutions they can come up with in the realms of east-west communications, service-to-service communications, and Zero Trust architecture. I believe that if they can provide for these areas, then they will be able to solve the overall integration and security concerns for microservices architecture in general."

"The developer portal needs to be improved."

"The OS upgrades are not as frequent as they should be and they are bulky."

"The main challenge, in my opinion, is the price. It's difficult to convince our management to approve the budget to purchase it from our vendor. There are no technical problems."

More Kong Gateway Enterprise cons

"We'd like it if they could reduce the cost without sacrificing on features."

"Before gaining experience with the product, I found that it was not simple to use and things took longer to do than I had anticipated."

"Oracle should actively seek feedback and tailor the approach to client needs. It shouldn't always be about pushing additional products."

"From an administration and developer point of view, the user interface and user experience are not great."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My clients pay for a license."

"I would like to see the implementation of further options for billing because as it is now, the opportunities you have in terms of a package are limited."

"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."

"The price of Apigee could be less expensive. The solution can be purchased monthly or annually."

"Apigee is expensive and not cost-effective. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it an eight for the high cost. The changes individuals need to make on their side are costly."

"We have a contract for three years. I don't know the cost."

"It was fairly expensive. I don't know what the standard pricing is. I want to say that it's something like $80,000 for 800 million requests (approximately) a year."

"It is an expensive solution."

More Apigee pricing and cost advice

"Basically, my company uses the tool's open-source version."

"There are many factors that influence the price of Kong Enterprise, such as scale, licenses, and usage."

"The product is reasonably priced because it goes by the SaaS model."

"Kong Enterprise is cheaper than Apigee. I rate its pricing as four out of ten."

"The licensing fees are paid yearly."

"The licensing is expensive."

"The price is really reasonable compared to that of alternative solutions."

"I don't have any information on licensing costs currently."

More Kong Gateway Enterprise pricing and cost advice

"Oracle is not a cheap solution and it is not affordable for all of our clients in Portugal."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	65

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Large Enterprise	19

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Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?

Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a clou...

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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...

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What do you like most about Apigee?

We can customize the dashboard.

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How does Kong Enterprise compare with Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?

The Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager was designed with its users in mind. Though it is a reasonably complex piece of sof...

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What do you like most about Kong Enterprise?

The tool's feature that I find most beneficial is rate limiting. In our usage, especially in the financial sector, we...

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What needs improvement with Kong Enterprise?

More plugins for additional integrations would be helpful and openness for traditional development languages, such as...

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What do you like most about Oracle API Management?

It is very secure, easy to manage, and easy to configure. It is a web-based API. Moreover, we get direct support from...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle API Management?

We opted for a five-year license. It's mid-range, not too high. More affordable than many other options. It's already...

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What needs improvement with Oracle API Management?

My main feedback is about the account management. I feel they should connect with clients more frequently, beyond jus...

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Comparisons

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

Amazon API Gateway vs Apigee

Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

IBM API Connect vs Kong Gateway Enterprise

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Overview

Apigee is a platform for developing and managing APIs. Apigee offers an interface for your core services by wrapping them with a proxy layer which is then accessed by other developers. With Apigee, you can design and build APIs and then securely share their services and data without exposing any code.

Because app developers make HTTP requests to an API proxy rather than directly to your services, your services are separated from the developers. All the developer needs to know is the URL of the API proxy endpoint, necessary query parameters, authorization credentials (if they exist), and the response data format.

The API proxy isolates the app developer from your backend service. Therefore, you are free to change the service implementation if the public API remains consistent. By maintaining a consistent frontend API, existing client apps will continue to work regardless of changes on the backend.

Key capabilities of the Apigee API management platform include:

Security: Protect APIs, messages, and backends with configurable policies such as OAuth, API key verification, XML/JSON threat protection, and access control.
API gateway: Secure and mediate the traffic between clients and backends, and between a company’s APIs and the developers who use the APIs.
Developer portal: Attract and engage application developers, enabling them to discover, explore, purchase, and test APIs and register to access and use the APIs.
API console: The console helps developers learn and work with APIs.
API lifecycle management: Manage the process of designing, developing, publishing, deploying, and versioning APIs.
Automated documentation: Automate the development of API documentation and software development kits.
Machine learning: Utilize machine learning and analytics to generate actionable insights and reports.

API monitoring: Apigee offers monitoring tools for API troubleshooting, security, and optimization.

Reviews from Real Users:

Apigee stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its rich developer portal, its advanced analytics, and its central monitoring system.

Carlos R., a software architect at Caja Los Andes writes, “The central monitoring feature is the most valuable. It also provides security for the APIs and high availability for our use cases. Apigee is the best product in the industry in comparison to other API management solutions. It helps in fast development, which is a top point. It also supports a lot of industry standards and has excellent documentation.”

An associate vice president at a tech services company notes, “The analytics function and the developer portal are the two valuable features of Apigee. The analytics part is very good, and the developer portal is quite rich in features. The authentication mechanisms are quite easily built into Apigee, which is something that most of the other products have also now started supporting.”

Google

Kong delivers a next generation API platform built for modern architectures. With a lightnight-fast, lightweight, and flexible core, Kong delivers sub-millisecond latency across all your services. Kong's is deployment-, vendor-, and pattern-agnostic, allowing you to run your services how you want, where you want, and with who you want - from baremetal to cloud, monolith to microservices, service mesh, and beyond.

Kong

Oracle API Management enable you to streamline business and IT objectives by managing the lifecycle of your APIs, outsource application enhancement by empowering developers through API adoption, and add a mobile front to your applications and capture new revenue opportunities with seamless API enablement.

Oracle

Sample Customers

Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson

Cargill, Zillow, Ferrari, WeWork, Healthcare.gov, Yahoo! Japan, Giphy, SkyScanner

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