API Management

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Definition

A service that helps organizations publish, secure, and monitor APIs in a centralized platform.

Real-World Example

API Management allows you to control who can access your APIs and monitor usage patterns.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All provide a managed API gateway layer for publishing and securing APIs (auth, throttling, routing, analytics). Azure API Management and Apigee are full lifecycle API management platforms (developer portal, products, policies). Amazon API Gateway and Oracle API Gateway focus more on gateway capabilities and integrate with broader API lifecycle tooling.

AWS
Amazon API Gateway
AZ
Azure API Management
GCP
Apigee API Management
OCI
Oracle API Gateway

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