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Azure API Management vs Google Cloud Endpoints

Azure API Management

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Google Cloud Endpoints

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Side by side

FigureAzure API ManagementGoogle Cloud Endpoints
Price from—$1.50/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published64
Spec score · API Management Software6.2 (#28)8.3 (#6)
Spec score · Apis6.2 (#23)8.4 (#5)
Spec score · API Gateway Software6.2 (#26)8.4 (#4)

Plans

Azure API Management

  • ConsumptionPriced on request
  • DeveloperPriced on request
  • BasicPriced on request
  • StandardPriced on request
  • PremiumPriced on request
  • IsolatedPriced on request

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Google Cloud Endpoints

  • Free usage tierFree
  • Standard usage tier$3 a month
  • High-volume usage tier$1.50 a month
  • Usage-basedFree

Google Cloud Endpoints pricing →

In their own words

Azure API Management

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Google Cloud Endpoints

Google Cloud Endpoints manages APIs with tools for securing access, monitoring activity, analyzing usage, and setting quotas. It supports API descriptions written in OpenAPI 2.0 or 3.x, as well as gRPC, and provides management through ESP or ESPv2. Documented deployment backends include Google Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine, Kubernetes, App Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Run functions, and Knative serving; proxy availability varies by backend. Endpoints is optimized for Docker and can host an API wherever Docker runs, provided it has internet access to Google Cloud. API keys can be required and validated to identify a Google Cloud project for quotas, billing, and monitoring. Documented user authentication options include Firebase Authentication and Auth0, using JWT validation by ESP. Logs and metrics are viewable in the Google Cloud console. Pricing depends on API calls and Service Control calls: the Free usage tier is free for 1,999,999 calls; Standard is $3 a month for 2,000,000 to 1,000,000,000; and High-volume is $1.50 a month for 1,000,000,000 and above. Listed rates are per million API calls.

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