Google Apigee vs Kong comparison
Which API Management platform to select?
If you’re weighing up the pros and cons of Kong and Gravitee, there’s plenty to think about.
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Google Apigee
Acquired by Google in 2016, Apigee supports full API lifecycle management, offering testing tools, usage analytics through Apigee Edge and a developer portal. Integrated into the Google Cloud Platform, Apigee facilitates efficient API design, deployment and scaling. It offers options like Apigee X for SaaS and Apigee hybrid for flexible customer-managed runtimes across various clouds or private environments. Apigee is no longer available as a self-managed deployment – it is a fully managed API management solution from Google Cloud.
Kong
Kong offers API management solutions, catering to both software as a service (SaaS) and self-managed customers through Kong Konnect and Kong Enterprise, respectively. The platform encompasses Kong Gateway, a commercial version of the open-source API gateway utilising NGINX and OpenResty, along with Insomnia, an API design, testing, and documentation tool. Additionally, Kong supports service mesh deployments via Kuma, which is built on top of Envoy.
Apigee vs Kong: How do they stack up against Tyk in terms of API management features and performance?
Choosing the right API management platform: Apigee vs Kong
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