Amazon API Gateway vs Google Apigee
Amazon API Gateway
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| Figure | Amazon API Gateway | Google Apigee |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | $13/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 12 |
| Spec score · API Developer Portal Software | 9.4 (#1) | 6.5 (#29) |
| Spec score · Rest Apis | 9.4 (#1) | 6.6 (#24) |
| Spec score · Apis | 9.4 (#1) | 6.7 (#23) |
| Spec score · Api 1 | 9.4 (#1) | 6.7 (#23) |
| Spec score · API Management Software | 9.3 (#2) | 6.6 (#27) |
| Founded | 2006 | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States | Mountain View, California, USA |
Plans
Amazon API Gateway
- Free tierFree
- Free TierFree
- HTTP APIs$1 a month
- WebSocket APIs$1 a month
- REST APIs$3.50 a month
- API Gateway Portals$125 a month
- Pay-as-you-goPrice not published
Google Apigee
- Pay-as-you-go — Standard API Proxy, up to 50M calls$20 a month
- Pay-as-you-go — Standard API Proxy, 50M–500M calls$16 a month
- Pay-as-you-go — Standard API Proxy, above 500M calls$13 a month
- Pay-as-you-go — Extensible API Proxy, up to 50M calls$100 a month
- Pay-as-you-go — Extensible API Proxy, 50M–500M calls$80 a month
- Pay-as-you-go — Extensible API Proxy, above 500M calls$64 a month
- Base environment$365 a month
- Intermediate environment$1,460 a month
- Comprehensive environment$3,431 a month
- Standard subscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon API Gateway
Amazon API Gateway is a cloud service for creating, publishing, maintaining, monitoring, and securing APIs that connect applications to backend services. It supports REST, HTTP, and WebSocket APIs, including real-time two-way communication. Integrations include AWS Lambda, Step Functions, Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, and public HTTP endpoints; HTTP APIs can also route requests to certain private services. API Gateway Portals provide managed spaces to discover, document, and govern REST APIs. Traffic controls include request throttling and configurable caching for REST APIs. The console integrates with Amazon CloudWatch for call, latency, and error metrics, alarms, and execution logs. Authorization options include IAM, Lambda authorizers, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and other listed methods; REST API keys are optional. A free tier is available to new AWS customers for up to 12 months within monthly allowances, with excess usage charged at standard rates. Pay-as-you-go has no minimum fees or upfront commitments; the listed pricing note is From $1. WebSocket messages can be up to 128 KB and are metered in 32 KB increments.
Google Apigee
Google Apigee has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.