API Umbrella vs JSON Server

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API Umbrella vs JSON Server: What are the differences?

Developers describe API Umbrella as "Open source API management platform used by api.data.gov". API Umbrella is a proxy that sits in front of your APIs It can seamlessly add common functionality like api keys, rate limiting, and analytics to any API.. On the other hand, JSON Server is detailed as "Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds. For front-end developers who need a quick back-end for prototyping and mocking". Created with <3 for front-end developers who need a quick back-end for prototyping and mocking.

API Umbrella and JSON Server can be categorized as "API" tools.

API Umbrella and JSON Server are both open source tools. JSON Server with 41.2K GitHub stars and 3.68K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than API Umbrella with 1.32K GitHub stars and 244 GitHub forks.

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    What is API Umbrella?

    API Umbrella is a proxy that sits in front of your APIs. It can seamlessly add common functionality like api keys, rate limiting, and analytics to any API.

    What is JSON Server?

    Created with <3 for front-end developers who need a quick back-end for prototyping and mocking.

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