Manage the entire API lifecycle with tools for API design, monetization, documentation, and more.
This requirements table for API Management products clearly outlines the key features and functionalities considered when evaluating vendors. We include Attack Protection, Authentication, Compliance, Ecosystem, Policy Management, Pricing, Security, Service Orchestration, Workflow, Support, Access Controls, Governance, Integration, Lifecycle and Observability.
Other important considerations may include the level of technical support offered, the availability of detailed documentation and developer resources, and pricing and licensing options. Customize these requirements in Taloflow and get expert ratings for 15 different vendors against all of the features in the table below, including None.
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| Must allow for secure API authentication | Provides authentication for users making calls to the APIs. |
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| Must automate the API lifecycle process | Enables API lifecycle automation, and therefore, faster deployments of APIs with fewer tradeoffs for speed over quality. |
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| Must have API mediation capabilities | Must have mediation capabilities that help with dynamic discovery, integration, while providing a high degree of scalability and flexibility. |
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| Must have API testing and test reports | Must come with a user interface that has an integrated test tool for generating test reports. |
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| Must have access control | Must provide features to enable/disable API access. |
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| Must have affordable pricing | Offers low pricing options based on the expected adoption of the tool and future usage growth. |
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| Must have extensive compliance policy management | Must allow features to be added to the APIs at runtime with the help of configurable files. |
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| Must have message-level security features | Provides message-level security to check for injection or DDoS attacks. |
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| Must make APIs discoverable | Must make it easier for developers to find, understand, and get access to different APIs. |
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| Must monitor and improve API performance | Must have features for traffic and quota management. |
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| Must offer a community management service | Must have a space for API evangelists to engage with peers, developers, and API consumers, and build and operate communities to help with knowledge exchange. |
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| Must protect against attacks | Comes with features to prevent attacks and mitigate OWASP API security threats. |
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| Must provide API reporting features | Must have effective reporting features that help pull out reports to gain insights on API usage. |
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| Must provide data protection | Must provide features for protecting the data while in-flight. |
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| Must provide developer-friendly features for API development | Provides a great developer experience through the whole API lifecycle. |
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| Must provide features for API productization | Provides capabilities for enabling APIs as products that can be monetized. |
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| Must provide flexible deployment options | Provides support for deployment options suitable for the environment and architecture. |
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| Must provide identity management | Must support identity management features for strong and adaptive authentication, privacy management, cross-protocol, SSO, and more. |
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| Must provide key management | Must have features that enable the management of API keys, and the setting of restrictions to the APIs based on the keys. |
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| Must provide tools for API design | Must help create a blueprint for the API. |
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| Must support the DevOps workflow | Must have a built-in CI/CD pipeline to support faster deployments and API versioning. |
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