Google Cloud Endpoints vs Sensedia API Management

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.

Sensedia API Management centralizes control over APIs across multiple gateways and cloud environments. It provides governance, security, monitoring, analytics, lifecycle management, access policies, an API catalog, and API product management without requiring backend changes for payload, header, or logic adaptations. Smart API Governance applies design standards, identifies redundancy with AI, and enforces policies. Dashboards show developer engagement, real-time traffic, latency, traces, and errors. The Developer Portal combines API access, Swagger documentation, forums, onboarding workflows, usage plans, access management, and monetization. Listed protections include XML and JSON threat controls, JWT security, and defenses against XSS and SQL injection; Sensedia also states PCI-DSS compliance. Connections are listed for Sensedia, Apigee, AWS, Azure, and MuleSoft. Auto-scaling and resilience mechanisms are provided, with a maximum of 10,000 routes per gateway pool. Deployment is hybrid. A 30-day free trial costs nothing; ongoing pricing is on request.