APIGEE Edge the best Api Management Platform and worth having it
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it as API gateway, reverse proxy, caching layer, API performance measurement tool, API authentication tool, API monetization tool, etc. We had a use case wherein we need to monetize APIs and also need to have the analytics and hence we choose Apigee. Apigee helps to monetize APIs and hence we can charge the consumers of our API. Apigee provides analytics to see the performance of API in a specified period of time. We also onboarded our legacy SOAP APIs to Apigee and have a REST endpoint for the same. It is really nice API management platform [that] deals with most of the API concerns.
Pros
- Apigee monetization and quota allocation
- Apigee is wonderful is providing API analytics
- Apigee also provides mechanism to secure API
Cons
- Apigee should provide policy to integrate customize identity management systems
- Apigee should provide mechanism to configure cache limit for particular API
- Apigee is powerful tool however the marketing of Apigee needs to improve
Likelihood to Recommend
Few scenarios 1. For viewing API analytics, I think it is best in the market 2. For earning money via API monetization 3. Securing API 4. Onboarding legacy APIs to provide modern REST endpoints