Azure API Management vs. Merge

Azure API Management

Merge

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure API Management	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's Azure API Management supports creation of API.	$0.04 per 10,000 calls
Merge	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Merge’s Unified API allows developers to integrate just once and give their customers access to over 150 HRIS, ATS, Accounting, Ticketing, and CRM integrations. Merge is a single API to add hundreds of integrations to an app.	$650 per month Up to 20 integrated customers

Pricing

Azure API Management

Merge

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 Management	Merge
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Azure API Management	Merge

Features

Azure API Management

Merge

API Management

Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
	Azure API Management 8.0 4 Ratings 5% below category average	Merge 10.0 1 Ratings 17% above category average
API access control	8.94 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies	5.44 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
API usage data	8.94 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
API user onboarding	9.03 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
API versioning	8.94 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Usage billing and payments	5.23 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
API monitoring and logging	9.84 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Azure API Management	Merge
Small Businesses	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Azure API Management	Merge
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (4 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure API Management	Merge
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. Incentivized Gordon Lo Digital Solutions Architect Read full review	Merge API If you're considering supporting integrations for more than one or two different third-party systems, you should strongly consider Merge. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Easy commissioning of APIs. Great policies to control access. Easy mock services for testing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Merge API No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Merge API No answers on this topic
Usability	Microsoft No answers on this topic	Merge API Merge was incredibly easy to setup. Once setup, it was incredibly easy to add new integratinons. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized Gordon Lo Digital Solutions Architect Read full review	Merge API No answers on this topic
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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Merge API No answers on this topic
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