# AWS API Gateway

> Build and manage APIs securely at any scale

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/aws-api-gateway
- **Category:** API Gateways
- **Homepage:** https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/
- **Also known as:** aws-api-gateway
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-16T20:56:42.613Z

## Vioscale score

**54.5 / 100**, confidence 41% (low). Computed 2026-09-01. _(updating — computed under an earlier model version or past its freshness window.)_

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.042 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| reliability | 0 | 0.157 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 0.051222222222222225 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| integrations | 29.9 | 0.04888888888888889 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 25 | 0.115 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 0.063 | 6.3 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-16, [verify at source](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/). Independently observed._

from $1/mo · Usage-based · Free 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.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| HTTP APIs | 1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $1.00/million (first 300M), $0.90/million above 300M | - | - |
| REST APIs | 1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $3.50/million API calls (Edge Optimized/Regional) | - | - |
| WebSocket APIs | 1M free messages + 750k connection minutes/month for 12 months | - | - |
| API Gateway Portals | Contact sales | - | - |

### HTTP APIs

Pay per API call and data transfer out

**Included limits:** free_tier_http_api_calls_per_month: 1M for 12 months (new AWS customers)

- 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
- Tiered pricing after free tier
- Data transfer out charges apply

### REST APIs

Pay per API call, data transfer, and optional caching

**Included limits:** free_tier_rest_api_calls_per_month: 1M for 12 months (new AWS customers)

- 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 APIs

Pay for messages sent/received and connection minutes

**Included limits:** free_tier_messages_per_month: 1M for 12 months (new AWS customers), free_tier_connection_minutes_per_month: 750000 for 12 months (new AWS customers)

- 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 Portals (Contact sales)

Managed developer portals for API discovery and governance

**Included limits:** portal_products: 10 per month, product_rest_endpoints: 40 per product

- Developer portal hosting
- 10 PortalProducts with 40 REST endpoints each included monthly
- Additional PortalProducts billed separately
- API discovery and documentation
- Centralized governance
- Prorated monthly charges

## About

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._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Integrations (10)

_Independently observed._

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

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for API Gateways. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | 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 | - |
| **Insight** | |
| Observability | ✓ |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 10 | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 75% (high) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |
| security.fedramp | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc) | 2026-08-16 | 75% (high) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc) | 2026-08-16 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc) | 2026-08-16 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/aws-api-gateway). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*