Apigee API Management

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Manage APIs with unmatched scale, security, and performance

How to Replace Apigee API Management

Overview

Google Cloud's native API management tool to build, manage, and secure APIs for any use case, environment, or scale. Apigee provides a comprehensive solution for API lifecycle management with support for REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC architectural styles, offering both fully managed and hybrid deployment options.

Features

18 features across 14 categories

AI/Development(1)

Gemini Code Assist in ApigeeAIPremium

AI-powered code assistance that generates OpenAPI specifications from natural language, creates mock servers, and provides tailored recommendations using your organization's API ecosystem.

API Development(1)

Shared Flows

Reusable flow components for building complex API orchestration and transformation logic.

Also in: Swagger

API Governance(2)

API Hub - Universal Catalog

Consolidates API specifications built or deployed anywhere into a single catalog, allowing developers to access and govern APIs to consistent quality standards.

API Products and Packaging

Bundle multiple APIs into logical product units addressing specific use cases for developers and partners.

Also in: Kong

API Proxies(2)

Extensible API ProxyPremium

Fully programmable proxy with unrestricted access to all Apigee policies and capabilities for complex transformations and orchestration.

Standard API Proxy

Lightweight proxy with low footprint accessing a subset of Apigee policies, ideal for low-complexity traffic at reduced cost.

Analytics(1)

API Analytics DashboardsPremium

Built-in and customizable dashboards for investigating performance spikes, analyzing API traffic, and measuring developer engagement.

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Deployment(1)

Apigee Hybrid Deployment

Enables deployment of APIs in any environment including on-premises data centers or public clouds using containerized Kubernetes clusters.

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Developer Experience(2)

Developer Portals

Integrated or customizable developer portals for publishing API products, onboarding developers and partners, and managing API consumption.

Drupal-based Custom PortalsPremium

Support for building customized developer portal experiences using Drupal framework.

Infrastructure(1)

Multiple Deployment Environments

Three environment tiers (Base, Intermediate, Comprehensive) with varying capacity and SLA levels for different use cases.

Integration(1)

Service Mesh Integration

Proxy internal microservices managed in service meshes as REST APIs for enhanced security and management.

Monetization(1)

API MonetizationPremium

Create rate plans and implement complex billing models including payment processing and revenue share configurations for API products.

Monitoring(1)

API Monitoring and DebuggingAI

Near real-time monitoring with transaction-level debugging, performance investigation, and anomaly detection with Advanced API Operations.

Performance(1)

High-Performance API Proxies

Orchestrates and manages traffic for demanding applications with support for REST, gRPC, SOAP, and GraphQL architectural styles.

Security(2)

Advanced API SecurityAIPremium

ML-based abuse detection that identifies undocumented APIs, assesses managed APIs against security standards, and provides recommended remediation actions.

Web App and API Protection (WAAP)Premium

Comprehensive multi-layer security combining Apigee, Cloud Armor, and reCAPTCHA Enterprise for protection against vulnerabilities, DDoS, and bot attacks.

Traffic Management(1)

Traffic Management and Control Policies

Provides 50+ pre-built policies for security, rate limiting, transformation, mediation, and custom scripts without code modifications.

Pricing

Free Trial

Free
  • 60-day sandbox access
  • Full product evaluation

Pay-As-You-Go

Usage-based
  • Standard API Proxy: $20 per 1M calls (up to 50M), $16 (50M-500M), $13 (above 500M)
  • Extensible API Proxy: $100 per 1M calls (up to 50M), $80 (50M-500M), $64 (above 500M)
  • Base environment: $365/month per region
  • Intermediate environment: $1,460/month per region
  • Comprehensive environment: $3,431/month per region
  • Add-ons available: API Analytics, Advanced API Security
  • No upfront commitment

Standard

Custom
  • Up to 1.25B Standard API Proxy calls or 250M Extensible API Proxy calls
  • Three environments
  • 250 deployments of API proxies/shared flows
  • Up to 250M API calls for Analytics with 14 months data retention
  • Up to 99% SLA
  • Hybrid entitlements available
  • Add-on access: Monetization, API Analytics, Advanced API Security

Enterprise

Custom
  • Up to 7.5B Standard API Proxy calls or 1.5B Extensible API Proxy calls
  • Six environments
  • 500 deployments of API proxies/shared flows
  • Up to 1.5B API calls for Analytics with 14 months data retention
  • Up to 99.9% SLA
  • Hybrid entitlements available
  • Add-on access: Monetization, API Analytics, Advanced API Security

Enterprise Plus

Popular
Custom
  • Up to 75B Standard API Proxy calls or 15B Extensible API Proxy calls
  • 12 environments
  • 1,500 deployments of API proxies/shared flows
  • Up to 15B API calls for Analytics with 14 months data retention
  • Up to 99.99% SLA
  • Hybrid entitlements available
  • Add-on access: Monetization, API Analytics, Advanced API Security

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a Apigee API Management alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 18 features.

Buy Apigee API Management

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Apigee API Management saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 18 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

8 known integrations

ChatGPTCloud ArmorDrupalGoogle Cloud L7 Load BalancersGoogle Cloud servicesKubernetesreCAPTCHA EnterpriseVertex AI