Azure API Management vs. Azure Virtual Network

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure API Management
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure API Management supports creation of API.
$0.04
per 10,000 calls
Azure Virtual Network
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Virtual Network allows the user to gain granular control over network traffic, build a hybrid infrastructure, and create secure, isolated network topographies to run virtual machines and applications.N/A
Pricing
Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
Editions & Modules
Consumption
0.042 per 10,000 calls
Lightweight and serverless version of API Management service, billed per execution
Developer
$48.04
per month Non-production use cases and evaluations
Basic
$147.17
per month Entry-level production use cases
Standard
$686.72
per month Medium-volume production use cases
Premium
$2,795.17
per month High-volume or enterprise production use cases
Isolated
TBA
per month Enterprise production use cases requiring high degree of isolation
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
Features
Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
API Management
Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure API Management
8.0
4 Ratings
5% below category average
Azure Virtual Network
-
Ratings
API access control8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies5.44 Ratings00 Ratings
API usage data8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
API user onboarding9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
API versioning8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Usage billing and payments5.23 Ratings00 Ratings
API monitoring and logging9.84 Ratings00 Ratings
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Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
Small Businesses
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.2 out of 10
Vultr
Vultr
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.2 out of 10

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Enterprises
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.2 out of 10

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User Ratings
Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure API ManagementAzure Virtual Network
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
APIM is useful for the standard scenarios:
1) Securing your back-end APIs - If you have a legacy back-end web service that has a basic authentication scheme, you can add some additional security by placing APIM in front, and requiring subscription keys. Leverage your existing firewall to ensure only your APIM instance can communicate with your back-end API, and you've basically added a layer of protection.
2) Lift and shift - there are always going to be clients that don't want to update their clients to use a newer API; in some cases you can make a newer API look like an older one by implementing some complex policies in APIM. You can also do the opposite, making older APIs look new, such as making an XML back-end accept both JSON and XML.
3) Centralizing your APIs - if you've acquired another company and want to make their API set look as if it's a part of the larger whole, APIM is an easy way to provide a consistent front-end interface for developers.
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Microsoft
For SAAS it's not required but for most of IAAS and PAAS components Virtual network are required the deployment of storage account doesn't require virtual network .
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Easy commissioning of APIs.
  • Great policies to control access.
  • Easy mock services for testing.
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Microsoft
  • Allows connectivity within Vnet
  • Secure Communication can be established
  • Security Rules can be enforced
  • Routing Can be Established
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Lack of robustness is a bit of an issue. Several other providers offer more options and capabilities, but then, they are lacking in interface ease.
  • As with anything Azure, pricing is really hard to stay on top of. I always find that you really don’t know what you’re paying for until you get the bill. Having an excellent Azure Administrator can help resolve that.
  • Integrating with app services outside of Azure can be a challenge, or at least much more challenging than just using Azure App Services.
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Microsoft
  • Integration of Express Routes needs to be simplified
  • Endpoints Security has to be available in Vnet itself
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure APIM vs Amazon API Gateway:
1) Azure APIM was a complete package that included a developer portal.
2) We are very Microsoft centric - so the Microsoft product suite aligned very well with our business needs.
3) It was faster and easier to stand up Azure APIM for testing than it was for the Amazon API Gateway.
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Microsoft
During Initial Phase itself on cloud Journey Azure Services was opted for there was no comparison done
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • We can always think of positive ROI impact on business
  • It helps to easily facilitate the design, deployment, and maintenance of our APIs
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Microsoft
  • Deployment of Gateway needs to be faster as it takes a lot of time which is negative
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