Azure API Management vs Stoplight

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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API mocking, testing, and sharing are all built in functions for StopLight that work quite well. They even have functionality for generating OAI and RAML code as well, which is a huge plus. AS for as areas where StopLight is not appropriate, if you're doing anything other than API testing, StopLight may not be appropriate for use.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Azure API Management

Stoplight

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

Selective data exposure as it exposes a set of data allowed by the owner by applying authentication and usage limits.
It will help us to keep all our APIs behind a single static IP and protect them with a set of keys.
Integration and deployment of various APIs are so simple to manage by Azure so that makes our work a lot easier.

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aniket tiwari

Data Analyst

ConvergysOutsourcing/Offshoring, 10,001+ employees

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OpenAPI support
Markdown supports
Git integration

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

We cannot automate the network infrastructure easily. At least we had issues with creating end to end APIM using Terraform.

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Verified User

Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Simplicity of set up. Although it's not difficult, there are tools out there that are easier to set up for testing endpoints.
Again, it's perfectly functional, but some competitors I think have a more user friendly UI to them.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

It’s a great tool, and so easy to seamlessly connect into your current Azure world that it’s hard not to look at it or even test the waters with it. It’s priced well, and is feature-rich enough to accomplish most tasks. I think the ease of having everything together and the ability to link so many different services under a subscription is the magic of Azure, and it’s hard not to make good use of that.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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I'd like to also throw Runscope and Fiddler into the mix. Between StopLight and all these competitors, we've chosen StopLight primarily for the support, ease of use, and reliability. Most tools out there today are top-notch, so it really comes down to personal preference and different use-cases. Having used other API testing frameworks, StopLight definitely stacks up against the competition.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

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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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Increased efficiency
Improved comminication between backeend and frontend

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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 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

Azure API Management Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Stoplight Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0¹
Starter	$99²
Pro	$399³

Up to 3 Users
Up to 10 Users
Unlimited Projects

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Rating Summary

Azure API Management

Stoplight