Amazon API Gateway vs Google Apigee

Amazon API Gateway9.3Visit Google Apigee9.2Visit

Higher score Amazon API Gateway #1 in Api 1 9.3/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit AWS

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Google Apigee #2 in Api 1 9.2/10 60-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Google Apigee

• Amazon API Gateway fits best

  AWS teams needing a managed API gateway

• Google Apigee fits best

  Enterprises managing APIs across hybrid environments

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon API Gateway 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Google Apigee 9.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.2
Ranking	#1 in Api 1	#2 in Api 1
Best for	AWS teams needing a managed API gateway	Enterprises managing APIs across hybrid environments
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$365/unit/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	60 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs, Community	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS	ISO 27001
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon API Gateway 0/3 · Google Apigee 1/3
API gateway	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Rate limiting	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Developer portal	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
API spec support	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free-tier API calls	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports HTTP, REST, and WebSocket API types. Offers multiple authentication methods, throttling, and request transformation. Connects with AWS services and public HTTP/HTTPS endpoints.	Supports API proxies, traffic policies, portals, analytics, and monetization Hybrid deployment can run on customer-managed Kubernetes A 60-day no-cost evaluation is available
Cons	Usage costs vary with API type, Region, traffic, and related services. Data transfer out and WebSocket connection minutes can add separate charges. Its AWS integrations may be less relevant for teams outside the AWS ecosystem.	Pay-as-you-go combines API-call charges with environment fees Extensible proxies cost more per million calls than standard proxies Base environments support standard proxies only
Our verdict	Amazon API Gateway is a managed cloud service for creating, publishing, monitoring, and securing APIs. It suits teams that need to expose backend functionality to internal applications, customers, or third-party developers, particularly… Read the review →	Google Apigee helps organizations build, secure, publish, monitor, and analyze APIs. Its feature set spans proxy development and deployment, traffic and control policies, developer portals, API products, monetization, analytics, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon API Gateway — where it wins

  • Supports HTTP, REST, and WebSocket API types.
  • Offers multiple authentication methods, throttling, and request transformation.
  • Connects with AWS services and public HTTP/HTTPS endpoints.

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage costs vary with API type, Region, traffic, and related services.
  • Data transfer out and WebSocket connection minutes can add separate charges.
  • Its AWS integrations may be less relevant for teams outside the AWS ecosystem.

• Google Apigee — where it wins

  • Supports API proxies, traffic policies, portals, analytics, and monetization
  • Hybrid deployment can run on customer-managed Kubernetes
  • A 60-day no-cost evaluation is available

  Where it doesn't

  • Pay-as-you-go combines API-call charges with environment fees
  • Extensible proxies cost more per million calls than standard proxies
  • Base environments support standard proxies only

• Amazon API Gateway9.3/10 · Paid

  A flexible AWS gateway for HTTP, REST, and WebSocket APIs, billed by usage.

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• Google Apigee9.2/10 · 60-day trial

  A lifecycle-focused API platform with hybrid deployment and usage-based pricing.

  Visit Google ApigeeFull verdict →