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Microsoft Azure API Management pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
3.9 out of 5
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Prominent pros & cons

PROS

Monitoring capabilities provide real-time consumption trends and detailed usage insights.
Integration within the Microsoft environment, including Azure Active Directory, offers robust security features.
The developer portal is highly valued for its source code examples and ease of use.
Stability and performance are commended, with scalability allowing extensive enterprise use.
Access control and API gateway functions, including rate limiting and throttling, are vital features.

CONS

Security features of Microsoft Azure API Management could be enhanced.
Azure API Management's pricing model and licensing fees require improvement.
It lacks seamless multi-tenancy capabilities, limiting its scalability.
This API Management solution presents challenges in integration with third-party platforms.
Documentation and technical support need enhancement for better customer experience.
 

Microsoft Azure API Management Pros review quotes

it_user692298 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Integration Architect & managing partner at a tech services company
Jun 27, 2017
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.
Luís Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Lead at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Aug 12, 2019
The ease of setting up a new solution is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up a new solution and to deploy it to production.
it_user1221840 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Ebiz consulting gmbh
Jan 24, 2020
Ease of integration into the entire Microsoft environment.
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NP
Head - Data & Digital Service line(s), BFSI Cluster at slk software
Jan 12, 2020
The package as a whole is useful for our customers.
AB
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 9, 2020
The most valuable feature is the developer portal, which has source code examples in various programming languages to help developers learn the API.
SK
Vice President - Competency and Channels at Techwave.
Apr 2, 2020
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.
PB
IT Enterprise Architect - Middleware & Integration at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Mar 9, 2020
The solution is quite stable. We have no issues with it. there have been no crashes and we haven't experienced bugs or glitches. It's been quite reliable.
reviewer1307325 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 22, 2020
Allows the possibility of VPN technology to connect your gateway directly with on-prem services
reviewer1314810 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 1, 2020
It's very well integrated with the Azure environment.
ShoaibAlam - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Architect at The Star Entertainment Group
Apr 19, 2020
The integration with Azure Active Directory is a good security feature for authentication and authorization. There is multifactor authentication. You can also use all of the Azure AD features integrated with API Management.
 

Microsoft Azure API Management Cons review quotes

it_user692298 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Integration Architect & managing partner at a tech services company
Jun 27, 2017
Security could be improved.
Luís Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Lead at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Aug 12, 2019
The developer console for external users could be improved, especially in the testing site.
it_user1221840 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Ebiz consulting gmbh
Jan 24, 2020
Multi-tenant functionalities is missing from the system, especially when it comes to the developer code of features.
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NP
Head - Data & Digital Service line(s), BFSI Cluster at slk software
Jan 12, 2020
I would like to see better scalability and better performance.
AB
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 9, 2020
This solution is only available as a cloud-based deployment and it would be very helpful to have an on-premises version.
SK
Vice President - Competency and Channels at Techwave.
Apr 2, 2020
The user interface needs improvement.
PB
IT Enterprise Architect - Middleware & Integration at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Mar 9, 2020
The portal where we publish the APIs could be improved. Maybe this is because we didn't configure it. It is quite easy to bypass API management because we have a lot of information shared on the portal, where we publish our APIs. I worry there is potential for a security breach in the API publishing. There needs to be more security available on terms of the way we publish them.
reviewer1307325 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 22, 2020
Could use clearer configuration when it comes to API policies.
reviewer1314810 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 1, 2020
In terms of improvement, it would be helpful if they could develop an on-premises option.
ShoaibAlam - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Architect at The Star Entertainment Group
Apr 19, 2020
There is always room for improvement. There should be more analytics abilities so you can know how much traffic there is. Log Analyzer isn't well integrated with this solution.