Azure API Management vs. SAP Integration Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure API Management
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure API Management supports creation of API.
$0.04
per 10,000 calls
SAP Integration Suite
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SAP Integration Suite is an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) that helps quickly integrate on-premises and cloud-based processes, services, applications, events, and data. It is used to accelerate innovation, automate more processes, and realize a faster time to value.
$11,199
per year
Pricing
Azure API ManagementSAP Integration Suite
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 ManagementSAP Integration Suite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAccess to free tier services does not expire as long as you have an active Pay-As-You-Go or CPEA account with SAP. Once a free tier service limit has been reached users have the option to update from a free to a paid service plan in the same account.
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Community Pulse
Azure API ManagementSAP Integration Suite
Considered Both Products
Azure API Management

No answer on this topic

SAP Integration Suite
Chose SAP Integration Suite
SAP Integration suite stacks up well against Azure API Management. We selected Integration suite because we use SAP as our ERP
Chose SAP Integration Suite
SAP Integration Suite holds its own when it comes to integrating with SAP on-prem systems. But, the devops and comprehensive monitoring and configuration capabilities of the Azure API and devops services are much more well rounded offerings.
Chose SAP Integration Suite
Other services seem to have a head start in supporting open standards. Not only in the support of up-and-coming ones but some fringe technologies as well. The biggest advantage of SAP is connectivity and interoperability with their core modules.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Azure API ManagementSAP Integration Suite
API Management
Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure API Management
8.0
4 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Integration Suite
-
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
Cloud Data Integration
Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
Azure API Management
-
Ratings
SAP Integration Suite
8.3
117 Ratings
2% above category average
Pre-built connectors00 Ratings9.0110 Ratings
Connector modification00 Ratings7.595 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings8.5109 Ratings
Data quality services00 Ratings8.8105 Ratings
Data security features00 Ratings8.6105 Ratings
Monitoring console00 Ratings7.2108 Ratings
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Azure API ManagementSAP Integration Suite
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Make
Make
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.0 out of 10
Zapier
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure API ManagementSAP Integration Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.6
(217 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure API ManagementSAP Integration Suite
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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SAP
E-commerce Integration:Scenario: An e-commerce business utilizes SAP Integration Suite to integrate its online storefront with back-end systems. This includes connecting order processing, inventory management, and customer relationship systems to ensure a smooth and efficient order fulfillment process.Real-time Analytics and Reporting:Scenario: A retail organization utilizes SAP Integration Suite to enable real-time analytics by integrating data from multiple sources. This includes POS systems, online sales platforms, and customer feedback applications, providing timely insights for informed decision-making.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Easy commissioning of APIs.
  • Great policies to control access.
  • Easy mock services for testing.
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SAP
  • The drag-and-drop interface, as well as SAP regular improvements to its pre-packaged content, are also excellent features.
  • The security features (such as the cloud connection for sending data to the local system, as well as encryption and scrambling) are really beneficial.
  • Unlike other tools I've tested, the SAP connectivity package offers access to third-party cloud apps.
  • Prototyping may be completed more quickly, and the team can determine whether or not to proceed with the integration depending on the feedback process.
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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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SAP
  • There are some loopholes there by which some problems appears, may be different usage in different modules, as i am working on PP module but we lack sometime with linkage of MM module.
  • There are some loopholes there by which some problems appears, may be different usage in different modules, as i am working on PP module but we lack sometime with linkage of MM module.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
SAP Integration Suite is very helpful to us in many ways to manage purchase procedures, stocks, and data of vendors and suppliers. Also, it helps to manage data for service providers. SAP Integration Suite has the tool to conduct training and evaluation. Unique features like the cloud can provide access from any place and by any device is very helpful.
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Usability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
It's very easy to use and configure.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
Support is hard to reach and takes a long time to get a response.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
Work with an SAP implementation partner, if possible.
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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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SAP
I selected it because its now one of the best thing to do and to work. As we are currently working from home it makes the work easy and comfortable and yet the main usage will be in office the environment created will be simple. The UI logic is based on some calculations which will rely on some natural intuations of mind and when it comes to mind it is easy.
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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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SAP
  • In the long run will enable us to undeploy our on premise solution
  • As long as integration suite doesn't support all capabilities PO has complete migration is hard
  • Will probably be cheaper than our on premise solution when we are completely migrated
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