3scale API Management vs Apigee API Management for API Management in 2025

3scale API Management

The 3Scale API Management Platform is a solution powered by Red Hat to manage and monetize APIs and comes with a simple and functional user interface. By providing straightforward registration, and a suitable API gateway in the edge layer exposed in the DMZ (i.e., the zone between two network firewalls), the platform is ideal in situations that expose APIs to external partners or consumers for monetization. However, because the source code versioning comes through the API Manager portal, it can become a counter-productive factor in cases with enormous amounts of customizations.

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Apigee API Management

Apigee, integrated within the Google Cloud ecosystem, enables organizations to design, secure, and scale APIs effectively. It offers a comprehensive API Management solution that includes two types of gateways - one that is based on NGINX and the other reliant on Envoy. Its industry-specific accelerators are valuable for organizations seeking targeted solutions. Apigee also prides itself on its transparent and straightforward pricing model, aiding businesses in their budgeting process and making it a popular choice for organizations of varying sizes.

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Feature	Dimensions	Description	3scale	Apigee
DDoS and Abuse Protection	Attack Protection	Mitigate abuse with IP filtering, rate limits, and integration with DDoS defense tools.	OK	Great
Malformed Message	Security Attack Protection	Protects the API from malformed packet and message attacks.	Poor	OK
Malicious Scripting	Security Attack Protection	Detects cross-site scripting attacks.	Poor	OK
Malware Detection	Security Attack Protection	Detects malware embedded in attachments.	Poor	NA
Message Depth Limit	Security Attack Protection	Detects and prevents excessive XML/JSON depth and breadth attacks.	Poor	OK
Message Injection	Security Attack Protection	Monitors for SQL, JavaScript, and Xpath/Query injection attacks.	NA	NA
Parameter Inspection	Security Attack Protection	Protects against parameter attacks that exploit the data sent into an API.	NA	Poor
System Overload	Security Attack Protection	Throttles throughput based on values you configure to protect downstream systems.	Poor	OK
Threat Detection & Bot Protection	Attack Protection	Block attacks with pattern detection and bot behavior analysis.	Poor	Good
Basic Authentication	Compliance Authentication	A simple authentication scheme that is built into the HTTP protocol.	OK	Great
Digest Access Authentication	Compliance Authentication	Method of authentication wherein a request from a potential user is received by a network server and then sent to a domain controller.	NA	NA
Identity Management	Integration Security Authentication	Natively provides identity management or works well with your existing identity management tools.	OK	Great
Key Management	Integration Security Authentication	Integrate with external secure token services.	OK	OK
OAuth	Compliance Authentication	Support for the open standard authorization framework OAuth.	Good	Great
OpenID	Compliance Authentication	Support for the open standard and decentralized authentication protocol OpenID.	Good	OK
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)	Integration Security Authentication	Integrate with external Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).	OK	OK
SAML Support	Security Compliance Authentication	Support for SAML, an XML-based open standard for transferring data between two parties.	OK	OK
Single Sign-on (SSO)	Integration Security Authentication	Configure Single Sign-On (SSO) using SAML 2.0 for easy integration with existing web applications.	OK	Good
Token-based Authentication	Compliance Authentication	Support for generating application tokens and authenticating using tokens.	OK	Good
WS-Security	Security Compliance Authentication	Support for WS-Security, an extension of SOAP for more secure web services.	OK	Great
Webhooks	Authentication Lifecycle	Support available to build Async APIs that support user-defined HTTP callbacks from the Internet.	Good	Good
API Revocation	Security Compliance Access Controls	Ability to block an API subscription and completely restrict an application.	Poor	OK
Anonymous Platform Access	Security Compliance Access Controls	Expose unrestricted information to anyone without tracking API usage, consumer applications, or the user's identity.	Good	OK
Audit Logging & Reporting	Compliance	Generate audit logs and reports to support compliance and operational reviews.	OK	Great
CCPA	Compliance	Regulation on data protection and privacy of the data tied to residents of California.	UNKNOWN	Great
Certifications and Attestations	Compliance	Leverage third-party certifications to validate security and process maturity.	Great	Great
Compliance Automation	Governance Compliance	Automatically invoke external scripts that determine performance, security, and design compliance.	Poor	OK
Data Encryption	Security Compliance	Encrypt the data in-flight.	OK	Good
Data Masking	Security Compliance	Ability to hide specific fields, like passwords, social security numbers, or any other sensitive information, in the message body for logging purposes.	NA	Good
FedRAMP	Compliance	Ensures that the government security requirements outlined in NIST 800-53 are met and supplemented by the PMO of FedRAMP.	UNKNOWN	Great
Fine-grained Access	Security Compliance Access Controls	Limit access to API operations by API consumers or restrict consumption access to specific API operations.	OK	OK
GDPR	Compliance	Regulation on data protection and data privacy tied to EU residents.	Great	Great
Governance & Policy Compliance	Compliance	Enforce internal standards on API design, security, and documentation.	Poor	Good
HIPAA	Compliance	Demonstrates security and compliance with standards of the healthcare industry.	UNKNOWN	Great
HITRUST	Compliance	Demonstrates compliance with HITRUST CSF, an industry-agnostic certifiable framework for regulatory compliance and risk management. This framework, developed by the not-for-profit organization HITRUST, contains a set of prescriptive controls that relate to the organizational processes and technical controls for processing, storing, and transmitting sensitive data.	UNKNOWN	Great
IP Whitelisting/Blacklisting	Security Compliance	Block or allow requests from an IP address without checking whether the requests are malicious.	OK	Good
ISO 27001	Compliance	Standard for information security management systems.	UNKNOWN	Great
PCI	Compliance	Standard that ensures security guidelines are met for all entities that store, process, or transmit cardholder data and/or sensitive authentication data.	UNKNOWN	Great
PSD2	Compliance	Demonstrates compliance with European regulations related to the Payment Services Directive.	UNKNOWN	Great
Platform Access Levels	Security Compliance Access Controls	Define what information users on the account can access and edit.	Good	OK
Platform Access Revocation	Observability Security Compliance Access Controls	Administrators can block or suspend consumers, revoke developer access, and block all related applications.	OK	OK
Policy Bundling	Compliance Policy Management	Bundle multiple policies.	Poor	Good
Policy Contracts	Governance Compliance	Validate API conformity with your policies using contracts.	OK	OK
Policy Deployment	Compliance Policy Management	Live configuration deployment of policies without any downtime.	Poor	Good
Policy Design	Compliance Policy Management	Combine service tiers, security policies, mediators, and monetization schemes into a pre-built 'plan' that may be attached to an API definition.	Poor	Good
Policy Enforcement	Compliance Policy Management	Enforce API runtime policies and API lifecycle policies.	Poor	Good
Policy Tagging	Compliance Policy Management	Specify rules that are only applicable to resources when they are tagged.	Poor	Good
Policy Versioning	Compliance Policy Management	Manage multiple versions of a policy.	Poor	Good
RBAC	Security Compliance Access Controls	Define custom user roles and associated permissions. For example, administrators, publishers and consumers can have role-based access controls defined by API endpoint.	OK	Great
Regulatory Data Controls	Compliance	Ensure data residency, logging controls, and anonymization to meet legal standards.	Good	Great
SOC	Observability Compliance	Standard promoted by the American Institute of CPAs that ensures the integrity and privacy of customer data.	UNKNOWN	Great
SSL/TLS	Security Compliance	Secure server communication using SSL/TLS.	OK	OK
User Auditing	Security Compliance	Natively provides audit logs.	OK	Great
API Cataloging	Ecosystem	Create a catalog of the APIs you build and share the catalog with external systems.	NA	OK
API Community	Ecosystem	Manage multiple developer communities, and enable collaboration between them during the entire API lifecycle.	Poor	OK
API Monetization	Ecosystem	Supports the monetization of APIs with features like invoice generation and tiered billing categories.	Poor	Good
API Productization	Ecosystem	Launch your APIs as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products to monetize any niche functionality you can provide.	OK	Good
API Publication	Ecosystem	Publish APIs to external consumers, partners, and internal users.	Poor	OK
CLI & Tooling Support	Ecosystem	Enable automation and scripting through command-line tools and API management interfaces.	Great	Great
Contract Management	Ecosystem	Contract Management	OK	OK
Developer Portal Customization	Ecosystem	Customize the developer portal according to the needs of different API developers.	OK	OK
Onboarding Workflows	Ecosystem	Simplify developer onboarding with self-service signup, app registration, and guided workflows.	Good	Great
SDK & Client Library Generation	Ecosystem	Automatically generate SDKs in multiple languages to streamline API integration.	Poor	NA
Sandbox & Mock Support	Ecosystem	Provide developers with isolated environments and mock endpoints for safe API testing.	Poor	OK
TeamCity	Integration Ecosystem	Support available to with TeamCity for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	Poor	OK
Caching & Compression	Policy Management	Improve response times and reduce backend load with configurable caching and response compression.	Good	Great
Resilience Patterns (Circuit Breakers & Retries)	Policy Management	Prevent cascading failures and enhance stability with built-in circuit breakers, timeouts, and retry logic.	OK	OK
SLA Enforcement & Quotas	Policy Management	Enforce service level agreements with quotas, rate limits, and burst controls on API usage.	Great	Great
Low-Cost Pricing Per API Call	Pricing	Pricing model is economical for medium to high amounts of API calls (3M+ calls a month).	NA	OK
Low-Cost Pricing for API Gateways	Pricing	Pricing model is economical for API Gateways.	NA	NA
Low-Cost Pricing for High Egress	Pricing	Pricing model is economical for high amounts of egress or data transfer.	NA	Good
Low-Cost Pricing for Low API Call Volume	Pricing	Pricing model is economical for a low API call volume (<1M calls a month).	NA	OK
API Design Tools	Security Lifecycle	Provides comprehensive API design tools.	Poor	Great
Authorization Service	Integration Security	Integrates with an external OAuth resource server, external right repositories, and authorization services.	OK	Good
Directory Service	Integration Security	Integrates with existing directory services (e.g. internal LDAP, Microsoft Active Directory).	OK	Good
MQTT	Security Lifecycle	Support available for building Async APIs to retrieve data from IoT Systems using MQTT Protocols.	NA	NA
Microgateway	Security	A lightweight, distributed API proxy to enforce policies and business logic at or near the service endpoints.	NA	Good
Test Reports	Observability Security Lifecycle	Provide test reports and detail the available report formats.	OK	OK
API Composition	Service Orchestration Lifecycle	Supports aggregating results from multiple service interfaces into a single result.	Poor	Great
Advanced Traffic Control & Shaping	Service Orchestration	Manage API traffic with routing, load balancing, and deployment strategies like canary releases and blue/green deployments.	Great	Great
Data Transformation & Protocol Mediation	Service Orchestration	Translate data formats and mediate between protocols such as REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC.	OK	Great
GraphQL	Service Orchestration Lifecycle	Supports GraphQL with REST APIs to help extract data from multiple underlying APIs.	OK	Great
OData	Service Orchestration Lifecycle	Supports the Open Data Protocol (OData), which is used for defining and consuming the APIs.	OK	OK
RAML	Service Orchestration Lifecycle	Supports RESTful API Modelling Language (RAML), which uses YAML for describing the APIs.	Poor	NA
gRPC	Service Orchestration Lifecycle	Supports Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) APIs sent over HTTP 2.0.	Poor	OK
API Developer Portal	Workflow Lifecycle	Allows developers to focus on configuration rather than writing custom code.	OK	Great
24/7 Enterprise Support	Support	Access around-the-clock technical support with defined SLAs.	Great	Great
Community and Ecosystem Support	Support	Leverage open forums and partner solutions for additional guidance.	Good	Great
Dedicated Account Management	Support	Receive proactive help from vendor-assigned customer success managers.	Great	Great
Managed Service Options	Support	Offload operations to a vendor-managed service for reduced maintenance.	Great	Great
Training and Onboarding Services	Support	Accelerate adoption with formal training programs and onboarding help.	Great	Great
Upgrade & Maintenance Strategy	Support	Minimize disruption with scheduled updates, patches, and long-term support options.	Good	Good
Fine-Grained Access Control	Access Controls	Define detailed access policies using scopes, roles, or attributes.	Good	Great
API Metadata Management	Governance	Efficiently manage your API metadata.	Poor	OK
Custom Workflow	Governance	Enforce corporate policies via customizable workflows and gating for when users perform specific actions, like registration, subscription, API creation, and application creation.	Poor	Good
Dependency Management	Governance	Supports dependency management features between APIs and services.	OK	OK
Impact Analysis	Governance	Views into how the API, service tier, or monetization schedule modifications may impact consumers, developers, and providers.	Good	OK
Issue Management	Governance	Perform exception analysis and track open issues.	OK	OK
Workflow Management	Governance	Automate the processes of the entire API lifecycle by applying specific rules and policies at each stage.	Poor	OK
Amazon CodeDeploy	Integration		Poor	Poor
Azure DevOps	Integration		Poor	Good
Bamboo	Integration	Support available to with Bamboo for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	OK	OK
CI/CD Integration	Integration	Integrate with your continuous integration, development, and deployment practices.	OK	OK
CircleCI	Integration	Support available to with CircleCI for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	Good	OK
Cloud Deployment (SaaS)	Integration	All the software components for the API management platform are run on a cloud environment.	Good	Good
CodeShip	Integration	Support available to with CodeShip for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	Poor	Poor
Cyber Ark	Integration	Support available to integrate with Cyber Ark for access management.	NA	Poor
ForgeRock	Integration	Support available to integrate with ForgeRock for access management.	OK	OK
GitLab CI	Integration	Support available to with GitLab CI for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	Poor	OK
Google Cloud Deploy	Integration		Poor	Great
Hybrid Deployment	Integration	Some software components of the API management platform are run in a cloud environment, while others are run in your data centers.	Good	Good
IBM Security Verify	Integration	Support available to integrate with IBM Security Verify for access management.	NA	Poor
Jenkins	Integration	Support available to with Jenkins for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	Good	Good
Micro Focus	Integration	Support available to integrate with Micro Focus for access management.	NA	Poor
Microsoft Active Directory	Integration	Support available to integrate with Azure AD for authentication.	OK	Good
Okta	Integration	Support available to Okta API Access Management (OAuth as a Service) with the platform.	OK	OK
On-premises Deployment	Integration	All the software components for the API management platform are deployed on machines in your data centers.	Good	Good
OneLogin	Integration	Support available to integrate with OneLogin for access management.	NA	OK
Ping Identity	Integration	Support available to integrate with Ping Identity for access management.	NA	OK
Travis CI	Integration	Support available to with Travis CI for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.	OK	OK
API Discovery	Lifecycle	Provide an API portal or catalog for API discovery.	OK	Great
API Mediation	Lifecycle	Supports message format transformation, protocol conversion, and service call formatting.	Poor	Great
API Mocking Tools	Lifecycle	Supports the creation of a stub service when the backend is not available.	Poor	OK
API Search	Lifecycle	Perform API searches ranging from simple keyword searches to sophisticated, model-based, or metadata-based searches.	OK	OK
API Test Automation	Lifecycle	Automatically generate and execute tests.	OK	OK
API Version Management	Lifecycle	Support and maintain different versions of APIs.	OK	Great
Automated Builds	Lifecycle	Automated builds and deployments.	OK	OK
Automatic API Generation	Lifecycle	Supports the automatic generation of API specs from code.	Poor	OK
Client SDK	Lifecycle	Auto generate client-side code (e.g., Javascript, Node.js, Python libraries).	NA	NA
Common API Design	Lifecycle	Supports defining, implementing, and validating consistent design standards for APIs across the organization.	Poor	Great
Load Balancing	Lifecycle	Balances load across multiple service endpoint hosts and API endpoint hosts.	OK	Good
OAS 2.0	Lifecycle	Supports Open API Standard v2.0, which is used for designing RESTful APIs.	OK	Great
OAS 3.0	Lifecycle	Supports Open API Standard v3.0, which is used for RESTful APIs.	OK	Great
Prebuilt API Mappings	Lifecycle	Get prebuilt API specifications and mappings based on business functions or industry verticals like banking, finance, travel, and retail.	Poor	Poor
Server Sent Events (SSE)	Lifecycle	Build Async APIs that support server push technology, which enables automatic server updates to clients via an HTTP connection.	NA	OK
Test Console	Lifecycle	Provides interactive tools to test an API without writing test code.	OK	NA
Traceability	Lifecycle	Trace an API through its execution.	OK	Good
WSDL	Lifecycle	Supports Web Services Description Language (WSDL), an XML format for SOAP-based web services.	OK	Good
WebSockets	Lifecycle	Supports communication over WebSockets.	OK	Good
API Report Design	Observability	Create new reports and dashboards through a wizard that pulls data from different types of metrics.	Poor	Great
API Usage Monitoring	Observability	Get detailed reports on your total traffic volume coming through the API platform's gateway.	OK	Great
Activity Logging	Observability	Provides API performance and error logging.	OK	OK
Alerting and Notifications	Observability	Delivers notifications and alerts when Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are approaching or have exceeded a specified threshold.	OK	OK
Cache Analytics	Observability	Provides in-cache analytics and covers how cache information is structured (e.g., web service, API, subscriber, application, organizational levels).	OK	OK
Granular Analytics & Monitoring	Observability	Monitor API performance with high-resolution metrics segmented by endpoint, user, or region.	Good	Great
Observability (Logging & Tracing)	Observability	Gain full visibility into API behavior through logging, distributed tracing, and correlation ID support.	OK	Good
QoS Dashboard	Observability	Reporting and dashboarding to monitor reliability, availability, scalability, and performance.	OK	OK

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