Comparison

Apigee vs AWS API Gateway

On the evidence we track, AWS API Gateway leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Apigee42

★AWS API Gateway55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Apigee	AWS API GatewayLeader
Vioscale score	42 / 100low · 41%updating	55 / 100low · 41%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Apigee42 / 100low · 41%updating

AWS API Gateway55 / 100low · 41%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Apigee–

AWS API Gateway✓

Model

Apigeecommercial

AWS API Gatewayfreemium

Price level

Apigeeunknown

AWS API Gatewaylow

Transparent

Apigee✗

AWS API Gateway✓

Integrations

Count

Apigee4

AWS API Gateway10

Security

Disclosure policy

Apigee–

AWS API Gateway✓

Fedramp

Apigee–

AWS API Gateway✓

Gdpr

Apigee–

AWS API Gateway✓

Pci

Apigee–

AWS API Gateway✓

Reliability

Status page

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway–

Market

Availability

ApigeeAvailable worldwide

AWS API GatewayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for API Gateways
Capability	Apigee	AWS API Gateway
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud only
Kubernetes-native	-	✗
Traffic
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Request/response transformation	✓	✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT	-	-
Mutual TLS	-	-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway	✓	✗
gRPC support	✓	✗
Delivery
Developer portal	✓	✓
Monetization	✓	-
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem	Limited	-
Insight
Observability	✓	✓

Deployment

Hosting

ApigeeCloud only

AWS API GatewayCloud only

Kubernetes-native

Apigee-

AWS API Gateway✗

Traffic

Rate limiting

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Request/response transformation

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Security

OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT

Apigee-

AWS API Gateway-

Mutual TLS

Apigee-

AWS API Gateway-

Protocols

GraphQL gateway

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✗

gRPC support

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Delivery

Developer portal

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Monetization

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway-

Ecosystem

Plugin ecosystem

ApigeeLimited

AWS API Gateway-

Insight

Observability

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apigee

A fully managed API management platform from Google Cloud that enables organizations to design, deploy, and control APIs across diverse architectural styles and deployment environments with comprehensive security and analytics capabilities.

Independently observed

AWS API Gateway

Leader

A managed cloud service that handles the complete lifecycle of APIs—from creation and deployment to monitoring and security—including traffic management, authorization, throttling, and version control.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apigee

Hybrid60-day trial

Pay-as-you-go or subscription pricing available; contact for specific rates

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

AWS API Gateway

Leader

from $1/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments. HTTP APIs: $1.00/million calls; REST APIs: $3.50/million calls; data transfer charges apply. Free tier: 1M API calls per month for 12 months (new AWS customers). $200 free tier credit for new customers as of July 15, 2025.

HTTP APIs1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $1.00/million (first 300M), $0.90/million above 300M
- 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
- Tiered pricing after free tier
- Data transfer out charges apply
REST APIs1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $3.50/million API calls (Edge Optimized/Regional)
- 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
- $3.50 per million for Edge Optimized/Regional APIs
- No data transfer charges for Private APIs (PrivateLink charges apply)
- Optional data caching at hourly rate
WebSocket APIs1M free messages + 750k connection minutes/month for 12 months
- 1M free messages per month for 12 months
- 750k free connection minutes per month for 12 months
- Messages up to 128KB, metered in 32KB increments
- Control frames (ping/pong) not metered
API Gateway PortalsContact sales
- Developer portal hosting
- 10 PortalProducts with 40 REST endpoints each included monthly
- Additional PortalProducts billed separately
- API discovery and documentation
- Centralized governance
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Apigee	AWS API Gateway
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✓

CLI

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Apigee✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Apigee

4 total

Google Cloud L7 Load Balancers
ChatGPT
Gemini Code Assist
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Independently observed

AWS API Gateway

Leader

10 total

AWS Lambda
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
AWS PrivateLink
AWS Serverless Application Model
AWS IoT

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.