Simplify microservices consumption via API gateways and traffic management.
This use case focuses on microservices architecture, which requires interaction with multiple services. API gateways, part of API management solutions, facilitate easy developer consumption of microservices as managed APIs and help manage API traffic.
We’ve listed the products and solutions that commonly address the Microservices Architecture use case below.
Lightweight open-source API platform supporting both REST and event-driven APIs.
3Scale API Management Platform, powered by Red Hat, enables API management and monetization. It offers a simple user interface, suitable API gateway, and is ideal for scenarios involving external APIs.
Axway's Amplify API Management supports various deployment models and integrates with other API Gateways like Amazon API Gateway and Azure API Gateway. It offers API strategy support from its "catalyst" strategy team.
Azure API Management, part of Azure Integration Services, enables hybrid deployment using Kubernetes or Azure Arc. Its intuitive admin interface simplifies API management and supports seamless integration with existing monitoring solutions.
Boomi's API Management offering is a part of the Boomi Atmosphere Platform. Boomi API Management enables API publishers to expose versioned APIs for a logical group of APIs. Boomi's API Management offering is well known for its ease of use and setup.
Apigee, part of Google Cloud, assists organizations in designing, securing, and scaling APIs. It offers feature-rich API Management with NGINX and Envoy-based gateways, industry-specific accelerators, and straightforward pricing.
IBM API Connect allows developers to create, run, manage, and secure APIs in IBM Cloud. It emphasizes strong security standards and is part of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration based on Red Hat OpenShift.
Mulesoft's Anypoint API Manager provides versatile API deployment within the Anypoint Exchange platform. It supports flex gateway, datagraph, and offers effective API governance and community management.
SAP API Management, part of the SAP Integration Suite within the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), leverages an OEM version of Apigee Edge API Gateway. It offers comprehensive API templates and policies through the API Business Hub.
webMethods API Management Platform securely exposes APIs to developers, partners, and consumers, combining an API portal, gateway, catalog, and consumption management tools for streamlined application development.
TIBCO Cloud API Management, formerly Cloud Mashery, combines API mocking, modeling, a developer portal, control center, analytics, and microgateway. It ensures operational benefits and multiple deployment options.
WSO2 API Manager is a complete platform for building, integrating, and exposing managed APIs in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid architectures. It offers industry-specific solutions and Microsoft Azure-based API Manager Analytics.
A cloud-native API management platform built on Kong Gateway with integrated service mesh and Kubernetes support.
Open-source, pluggable API gateway with native support for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC.
Fully managed API gateway service for building and securing APIs at scale.
Enterprise-focused API platform with lifecycle management, security, and governance features.
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| Feature | Dimensions | Description | Priority |
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| API Mediation |
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Supports message format transformation, protocol conversion, and service call formatting. | Critical |
| API Productization |
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Launch your APIs as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products to monetize any niche functionality you can provide. | Critical |
| API Report Design |
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Create new reports and dashboards through a wizard that pulls data from different types of metrics. | Critical |
| API Usage Monitoring |
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Get detailed reports on your total traffic volume coming through the API platform's gateway. | Critical |
| Microgateway |
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A lightweight, distributed API proxy to enforce policies and business logic at or near the service endpoints. | Critical |
| API Cataloging |
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Create a catalog of the APIs you build and share the catalog with external systems. | Important |
| Traceability |
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Trace an API through its execution. | Important |
| API Community |
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Manage multiple developer communities, and enable collaboration between them during the entire API lifecycle. | Nice To Have |
| Test Console |
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Provides interactive tools to test an API without writing test code. | Nice To Have |
| Test Reports |
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Provide test reports and detail the available report formats. | Nice To Have |
| WS-Security |
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Support for WS-Security, an extension of SOAP for more secure web services. | Nice To Have |
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