Amazon API Gateway vs Workato Developer API Portal

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.

Workato Developer API Portal is a hosted portal where administrators publish API documentation, manage client access, and control authentication. Clients can browse assigned API collections, discover others, request access, inspect endpoint methods and schemas, view example requests and responses, and test endpoints. They can create and manage API keys; administrators can optionally set allowed or blocked IP addresses for those keys. Authentication supports email magic links or Workato Identity, including an organization's identity provider. Administrators can configure branding and the portal URL, use a custom domain, assign collections, and apply optional rate limits or usage quotas. Once published, the portal stays live and cannot be taken offline. Workato's API management platform also supports API proxies and recipe-based endpoints, with access controls, request monitoring, and quotas. Pricing is described as on request. The listed Free plan costs nothing and includes 50K one-time credits, API management, and 10,000+ app and system integrations. Pro costs $100 a month; Enterprise pricing is custom and requires an inquiry.