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API Gateway

cloud.google.com/api-gateway
DevOps
Weekend Project

Secure access to backend services through clearly defined REST APIs

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Overview

API Gateway provides secure access mechanisms for backend services through well-defined REST APIs, ensuring consistent access patterns regardless of service implementation. It allows clients to use REST APIs through browser-based applications or any application type that can make HTTP requests for mobile, tablet, and other implementations.

Features

14 features across 7 categories

API Management(3)

Consistent Access Patterns

Ensures consistent access methods across different service implementations

Quotas and Limits Management

Configure and manage API quotas and usage limits

REST API Definition

Clearly defined REST API interface for backend services

Also in: MuleSoft, Windmill, Axway Amplify

Billing(1)

Pay-as-you-go Pricing

Billing based on actual API calls processed

Also in: Insightly, Airtable, Obsidian

Deployment(1)

API Deployment to Gateway

Deploy APIs to the API Gateway infrastructure

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Developer Tools(3)

Development Environment Configuration

Set up and configure development environments

gcloud CLI Support

Manage and secure traffic using Google Cloud CLI tools

Google Cloud Console Integration

Manage API Gateway through Google Cloud Console

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Monitoring(1)

Service Control Integration

Integration with Service Control API for tracking operations and billing

Also in: Jira Service Management, Kubernetes Dashboard, Ironclad

Networking(2)

Free Data Transfer Ingress

Free inbound data transfer into Google Cloud

Premium Tier Data TransferPremium

Premium tier network data transfer for egress traffic

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, MongoDB Atlas, Nomad

Security(3)

Authentication Configuration

Choose and configure authentication methods for API access

Secure Access Control

Provides secure access mechanisms to backend services

Service-to-Service Authentication

Handle authentication between internal services

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Airtable

Pricing

Free Tier

Free
  • ✓0-2M API calls per month at no cost
  • ✓Free trial with $300 credit
  • ✓Access to 20+ free products including Compute Engine and AI APIs

Pay-as-you-go (2M-1B calls)

Popular
$3.00 per million calls
  • ✓2M-1B API calls per month
  • ✓Per-call billing model

Pay-as-you-go (1B+ calls)

$1.50 per million calls
  • ✓1B+ API calls per month
  • ✓Reduced per-call pricing at scale

Custom Enterprise Plan

Custom
  • ✓Custom quote for organizations
  • ✓Contact sales team for pricing

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for API Gateway. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a API Gateway alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 14 features.

Buy API Gateway

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 API Gateway saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 14 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

5 known integrations

Google Cloud AI APIsGoogle Cloud CLI (gcloud)Google Cloud Compute EngineGoogle Cloud ConsoleGoogle Cloud Service Control