The NGINX Plus API gateway authenticates API calls, routes requests to appropriate backends, applies rate limits to prevent overloading services and to mitigate volumetric attacks, offloads SSL/TLS traffic, and handles errors and exceptions. NGINX's API gateway takes all API requests from a client, determines which services are needed, and delivers the result in a high‑performance manner.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| NGINX API Gateway | 12.7% |
| Postman Enterprise | 44.0% |
| API Fortress | 17.9% |
| Other | 25.400000000000006% |
NGINX Plus API gateway is used to protect APIs with rate‑limiting policies, enforce specific request methods, and provide fine‑grained access control:
GET method to ensure that access to your inventory service is read‑only (just returns the inventory).| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| General Manager at bKash Limited | 4.0 | NGINX API Gateway effectively manages APIs, handling numerous applications without performance issues. However, it lacks visibility into security violations like unauthorized POST requests, and its dashboard could be improved to highlight security loopholes in authentication and authorization. |
| SR IT administrator at Cardinal Integrated Technologies Inc | 4.5 | I use NGINX for API routing, finding its routing capabilities most valuable. While the UI could be more attractive, the open-source nature and ease of maintenance and configuration make it cost-effective, saving significant money. |
| Presales Consultant - Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 4.0 | No summary available |
