Azure API Management vs Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Gordon Lo

Digital Solutions Architect

DynacareHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Google Cloud Pub/Sub is well suited in Google Compute Engine instances. Large sets of data can be distributed efficiently. It is based on topic, subscription, message concepts. So, an application can place an order on a topic and can be processed by groups of workers. Lots of processing and augmentation has to open before the data goes into Pub. If we want all of the augmentation to be done in BigQuery, then it is a big headache. In our present scenario, it is very time-consuming and needs improvement/tweaks.

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Partha Protim Pegu

Domain Consultant

InfosysInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Azure API Management

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

API access control

Rate limits and usage policies

API usage data

API user onboarding

API versioning

Usage billing and payments

API monitoring and logging

Pros

Easy commissioning of APIs.
Great policies to control access.
Easy mock services for testing.

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Verified User

Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Highly scalable.
Queues messages for up to 7 days if not acknowledged.

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Eric Mason

Lead Developer

SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Cons

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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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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I can't think of missing functionality, but added functionality is always nice!

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Cameron Gable

Software Engineer

Serimmune Inc.Biotechnology, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Google Cloud Pub/Sub 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Excellent documentation

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Google Cloud Pub/Sub 7.3

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The support is a big concern for Google Cloud Pub/Sub. It is not that mature when compared to many of its competitors like RabbitMQ. So, support has to be good. Mostly the support team would be on radio silence and constantly changing contacts which are not good signs considering the brand name.

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Partha Protim Pegu

Domain Consultant

InfosysInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Gordon Lo

Digital Solutions Architect

DynacareHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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We considered several messaging platforms including Kafka and Kinesis but both would have required more developer work and didn't integrate as nicely with our ecosystem. RabbitMQ is another messaging platform I've researched and prototyped on; it also would have required more developer time to implement as well but might be a good alternative for a hobbyist or a team looking for more customization.

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Eric Mason

Lead Developer

SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

We have one-stop access to all services.
We can stop DDoS, Man in the middle attack, etc.

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Verified User

Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Allowed the use of specialized VMs
Saves costs and time

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Cameron Gable

Software Engineer

Serimmune Inc.Biotechnology, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Azure API Management

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Azure API Management

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Azure API Management

Google Cloud Pub/Sub