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Amazon API Gateway vs Amazon Elasticsearch Service: What are the differences?
What is Amazon API Gateway? Create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. 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.
What is Amazon Elasticsearch Service? Real-time, distributed search and analytics engine that fits nicely into a cloud environment. .
Amazon API Gateway can be classified as a tool in the "API Tools" category, while Amazon Elasticsearch Service is grouped under "Search as a Service".
"AWS Integration" is the top reason why over 23 developers like Amazon API Gateway, while over 7 developers mention "Easy setup, monitoring and scaling" as the leading cause for choosing Amazon Elasticsearch Service.
According to the StackShare community, Amazon API Gateway has a broader approval, being mentioned in 167 company stacks & 62 developers stacks; compared to Amazon Elasticsearch Service, which is listed in 76 company stacks and 10 developer stacks.
Pros of Amazon API Gateway
- AWS Integration37
- Websockets7
- Serverless1
Pros of Amazon Elasticsearch Service
- Easy setup, monitoring and scaling10
- Kibana7
- Document-oriented7
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Cons of Amazon API Gateway
- No websocket broadcast2
- Less expensive1