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94% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Apigee Edge

API Management Software

4.5 42 user ratings

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95% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Kong

API Management Software

4.5 39 user ratings

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81% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Gloo

API Management Software

5 2 user ratings

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84% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Ambassador Edge Stack

API Management Software

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Overview

Description	Apigee Edge is a powerful and easy to use API management software. It can offer API developer management, development, operations, and analytics automation functionalities. The software is capable of smartly handling sudden and massive peaks in user access to your website and applications. Apigee Edge software is featured with an internal API development portal to trigger up information sharing among your users. The tool can defend messages, APIs and backends with policies like XML/JSON threat protection, OAuth, API key verification and access control. The software is available both as a cloud-based and as an on-premise solution. Read more	Kong is an open-source API management software that will help you create new business scopes, new revenue streams and generate traffic by expanding partner network. If you run an enormous number of APIs and need dedicated 24/7 support, then this software is apt for you. The software is embedded in Nginx and it provides a powerful proxying performance. The tool has boosted the API gateway with necessary functionalities for multiple uses. The software plugin system is open and it is possible to write your own custom plugins. Its high customization feature will give you complete control over the architecture. Read more	Gloo is a cloud software based on envoy proxy to connect and secure traffic across applications. It allows modernization to scale operations with an attractive control plane for distribution across different platforms. It is secure as it is based on cloud offering lightning-fast speed and high throughput with low latency. Sharing information is simple as it is equipped with an intuitive dashboard and scaling is provided instantly with its stateless architecture. It is fully featured with API gateway and Kubernetes Ingress Controller for handling a wide range of workload. It configures the Envoy Proxy to suit traffic as per the needs of users. It runs on any platform like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes, connects microservices and is equipped to function Azure as well as Google Cloud. Service and security mesh integrations are provided by the software’s inbuilt resources. Other features of the software include HTTP routing, auto service discovery, connecting all workload types, configuration validation, request or response transformation and handle serverless functions. Read more	Ambassador Edge Stack is a three-in-one edge stack for Kubernetes that delivers Edge-as-a-Service to software developers. The software packs three modules, namely API Gateway, Delivery Acceleration, and Delivery Gateway. The API Gateway brings the ability to connect Kubernetes to the internet. Alongside, it also provides an authentication function, tools for traffic management, and service mesh integration option. This also empowers the developer team to facilitate self-servicing for making changes to routine. The Delivery Acceleration, on the other hand, facilitates and supports local development of microservices via a high-level traffic routine system. Such a robust platform reduces friction in the workflow. There is a service preview feature that enables developers to test changes locally without hampering the work of other team members or collaborators. With the Delivery Portal tool, admins can expose APIs to application developers as well as public API access in order to boost product making speed. The application portal is also completely customizable and discovers all services automatically that are stored in the Ambassador Edge Stack database. Read more
Pricing Options	Free Trial Not Available Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.	Free Trial Available Offers Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.
SW Score & Breakdown	94% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 100% Reviews 80% Momentum 70% Popularity 73%	95% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 100% Reviews 80% Momentum 66% Popularity 90%	81% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 85% Reviews 75% Momentum 62% Popularity 62%	84% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 92% Reviews 60% Momentum 66% Popularity 69%
SaaSworthy Awards	# 7 Highly Rated # 7 Most Popular	# 5 Most Popular # 4 Fastest Growing	Not Available	Not Available

Features

Total Features	10 Features	10 Features	6 Features	8 Features
Common Features for All	API Design Helps in creating an interface to distribute the data systematically to other applications API Lifecycle Management Helps to monitor and managing all the life cycles of an API Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Analytics Allows integration with other analytical tools or has it inbuilt Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Developer Portal Provides API and app performance analytics to developers, and offers a self-service platform Testing Management Helps you in managing, tracking and organizing all tests and reports in one place Threat Protection This feature will defend the system and application from cyber threats Traffic Control Helpful in controlling the API traffic spikes Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. + 7 More - Show Less	API Design Helps in creating an interface to distribute the data systematically to other applications API Lifecycle Management Helps to monitor and managing all the life cycles of an API Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Analytics Allows integration with other analytical tools or has it inbuilt Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Developer Portal Provides API and app performance analytics to developers, and offers a self-service platform Testing Management Helps you in managing, tracking and organizing all tests and reports in one place Threat Protection This feature will defend the system and application from cyber threats Traffic Control Helpful in controlling the API traffic spikes Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. + 7 More - Show Less	API Design Helps in creating an interface to distribute the data systematically to other applications API Lifecycle Management Helps to monitor and managing all the life cycles of an API Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Analytics Allows integration with other analytical tools or has it inbuilt Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Developer Portal Provides API and app performance analytics to developers, and offers a self-service platform Testing Management Helps you in managing, tracking and organizing all tests and reports in one place Threat Protection This feature will defend the system and application from cyber threats Traffic Control Helpful in controlling the API traffic spikes Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. + 3 More - Show Less	API Design Helps in creating an interface to distribute the data systematically to other applications API Lifecycle Management Helps to monitor and managing all the life cycles of an API Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Analytics Allows integration with other analytical tools or has it inbuilt Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Developer Portal Provides API and app performance analytics to developers, and offers a self-service platform Testing Management Helps you in managing, tracking and organizing all tests and reports in one place Threat Protection This feature will defend the system and application from cyber threats Traffic Control Helpful in controlling the API traffic spikes Version Control It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time. + 5 More - Show Less

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Individuals Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Individuals Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Individuals Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Individuals Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud Installed - Windows Installed - Mac	SaaS/Web/Cloud Installed - Windows Installed - Mac	SaaS/Web/Cloud Installed - Windows Installed - Mac	SaaS/Web/Cloud Installed - Windows Installed - Mac
Modes of Support	24/7 (Live rep) Business Hours Online	24/7 (Live rep) Business Hours Online	24/7 (Live rep) Business Hours Online	24/7 (Live rep) Business Hours Online
API Support	Available	Available	Available	Available

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.5/5 42 user ratings	4.5/5 39 user ratings	5/5 2 user ratings	Not Available
Rating Distribution	Excellent 54.8% Very Good 38.1% Average 7.1% Poor 0% Terrible 0%	Excellent 59% Very Good 35.9% Average 2.6% Poor 0% Terrible 2.6%	Excellent 100% Very Good 0% Average 0% Poor 0% Terrible 0%	Not Available
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Pricing

Pricing Options	Free Trial Not Available Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.	Free Trial Available Offers Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.
Pricing Plans Monthly Plans Annual Plans	Standard Custom Enterprise Custom Enterprise Plus Custom Evaluation Free Pay-as-you-go Custom	Plus Others Enterprise Custom	Gloo Edge Enterprise Custom Gloo Edge Open Source Custom Basic Open Source Envoy Proxy Free	Open Source Free Free Free Standard Custom Enterprise Custom
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