Azure API Management vs. WSO2 Developer Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure API Management
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure API Management supports creation of API.
$0.04
per 10,000 calls
WSO2 Developer Platform
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
WSO2 Developer Platform (formerly WSO2 Choreo) is an AI-native Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that functions as a unified control plane for cloud-native application delivery. The platform provides a centralized internal developer portal and execution engine to abstract underlying infrastructure complexity, standardize deployments, and automate the software development lifecycle across Kubernetes environments.
$0
1 project, up to 5 components
Pricing
Azure API ManagementWSO2 Developer Platform
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
Free
$0
1 project, up to 5 components. $100 in Choreo infrastructure credits per month.
Pay-As-You-Go
$150
per month Up to 10 projects and 30 components. $150 per component per month. Pass-through infrastructure costs.
Enterprise
Custom Quote
per year Unlimited projects and components. Discounts based on annual commitments available. Pass-through infrastructure costs, or use a data plane.
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure API ManagementWSO2 Developer Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details1 step is a maximum of 500ms of compute time. An incoming event, message, or outgoing API call is a minimum of 1 step.
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Community Pulse
Azure API ManagementWSO2 Developer Platform
Features
Azure API ManagementWSO2 Developer Platform
API Management
Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure API Management
8.0
4 Ratings
5% below category average
WSO2 Developer Platform
-
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
User Ratings
Azure API ManagementWSO2 Developer Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure API ManagementWSO2 Developer Platform
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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WSO2
While you are developing your code, my case is codes for bots, you'll have more power and if you have an API ally that shows forecasts of latencies and throughputs: Choreo by WS02 is that friend. It is very ideal in giving insights on intelligent data mapping, code anomalies as you develop the codes or applications.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Easy commissioning of APIs.
  • Great policies to control access.
  • Easy mock services for testing.
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WSO2
  • Provides feedback in real time which sorts most of the API performance challenges.
  • Displays the estimated application performance as you compose your code.
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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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WSO2
  • Latency curves may be inaccurate sometimes or provide over/under estimates
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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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WSO2
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
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WSO2
  • over 90 percent accuracy in performance prediction of bots under development
  • It's possible to trace on faulty codes, down to the machine-level details.
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ScreenShots

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