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.
"It's a good return on my investment."
"The security provided by the solution is excellent."
"A very functional solution."
"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."
"There are just a lot of security features in general."
"I like implementing different policies, for example, rate-limiting policy."
"It's easy to use and the security features are valuable."
"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 documentation and configuration of APIs."
"The ability to easily connect back to Service Fabric is the most important for us."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use and it is a platform that has self-enablement for the customers to be able to register themselves."
"The user management is pretty seamless."
"The UI management is very easy to use."
"It is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the integration of CI/CD with the API gateway."
"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."
"The ability to work across different management solutions in a plug and play fashion would make it easier for faster uptake."
"I would like to see the monitoring, dashboards, and reports improve."
"It would be good if the Apigee management allowed us to be able to consolidate many operations into single one for the gateway functionality."
"Apigee's user interface could be more straightforward and have more options. Also, it would be nice if it were ready to work out of the box without so much configuration."
"We need better performance monitoring."
"I would like to see the support improved. I think the time frame should be shorter for responses when it comes to technical support. This is not the ideal situation you want to be in when you need support."
"As it is now, the rotation of certificates is a manual task and is something that can be improved."
"The number one area this solution could be improved is by implementing support. Support is not a part of this solution."
"An area for improvement in Microsoft Azure API Management is deployment, in particular, the deployment of versions in Oryx. The development to production instance isn't adequate for me and needs to be improved. Microsoft Azure API Management lacks automation, which is another area for improvement."
"The hybrid part could be improved because API Management is entirely cloud-based, but some of our resources are on-prem, so formatting is an issue. Our goal is dual implementation."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"Multi-tenant functionalities is missing from the system, especially when it comes to the developer code of features."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs."
"The product needs to introduce a developer portal."
"Security could be improved."
"Microsoft Azure API Management needs to improve stability."
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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 67 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, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Layer7 API Management, 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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