What is Amazon API Gateway?
Amazon API Gateway handles all the tasks involved in accepting and processing up to hundreds of thousands of concurrent API calls, including traffic management, authorization and access control, monitoring, and API version management.
Amazon API Gateway is a tool in the API Gateway category of a tech stack.
Who uses Amazon API Gateway?
Companies
500 companies reportedly use Amazon API Gateway in their tech stacks, including Amazon, HENNGE K.K., and Intuit.
Developers
812 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Amazon API Gateway.
Amazon API Gateway Integrations
AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch, Serverless, AWS Amplify, and LocalStack are some of the popular tools that integrate with Amazon API Gateway. Here's a list of all 22 tools that integrate with Amazon API Gateway.
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Decisions about Amazon API Gateway
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Amazon API Gateway in their tech stack.
A Luthra
VP Software Engrg at Reliant · | 3 upvotes · 1M views
Amazon API Gateway vs Apigee. How do they compare as an API Gateway? What is the equivalent functionality, similarities, and differences moving from Apigee API GW to AWS API GW?
Amazon API Gateway's Features
- Build, Deploy and Manage APIs
- Resiliency
- API Lifecycle Management
- SDK Generation
- API Operations Monitoring
- AWS Authorization
- API Keys for Third-Party Developers
Amazon API Gateway Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Amazon API Gateway?
Apigee
API management, design, analytics, and security are at the heart of modern digital architecture. The Apigee intelligent API platform is a complete solution for moving business to the digital world.
Kong
Kong is a scalable, open source API Layer (also known as an API Gateway, or API Middleware). Kong controls layer 4 and 7 traffic and is extended through Plugins, which provide extra functionality and services beyond the core platform.
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
Zuul
It is the front door for all requests from devices and websites to the backend of the Netflix streaming application. As an edge service application, It is built to enable dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security. Routing is an integral part of a microservice architecture.
Azure API Management
Today's innovative enterprises are adopting API architectures to accelerate growth. Streamline your work across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with a single place for managing all your APIs.
