About Apigee
Apigee is Google Cloud's API management platform. It sits in front of backend services as a gateway that handles traffic, security and policies, and it provides analytics on API usage so organizations can see who calls their APIs and how those APIs perform.
The platform also supports monetization, letting providers package APIs into products and charge for access. Apigee is proprietary and available as a hosted Google Cloud service, with hybrid deployment options widely associated with it. Google documents the current capabilities and pricing on its site.
Key features
- API gateway for traffic and security policies
- Analytics on API usage and performance
- Monetization of API products
- Developer portal for API consumers
- Managed on Google Cloud
Good fit for
- →Managing APIs across a large organization
- →Selling access to APIs as products
- Tags
- api-management
- api-gateway
- google-cloud
- api-analytics
- monetization
- enterprise
Apigee: questions and answers
- What is Apigee used for?
- Apigee is a Google Cloud API management platform with a gateway, traffic analytics and monetization features for managing APIs at scale. It is a good fit for managing APIs across a large organization and selling access to APIs as products.
- How much does Apigee cost?
- Apigee is a paid product with no free plan.
- Is Apigee open source?
- No. Apigee is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Apigee include Tyk, Orange API Gateway and Kong.
- What are some alternatives to Apigee?
- Apigee competes with Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management and IBM API Connect. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Apigee alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to Apigee
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Tyk
API Tools
Open Source API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context
OSSvs Apigee★ 11k
Orange API Gateway
API Tools
OpenResty/Nginx Gateway for API Monitoring and Management.
MITvs Apigee★ 2.3k
Kong
API Tools
🦍 The API and AI Gateway
Apache-2.0vs Apigee★ 44k
Apache APISIX
API Tools
The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway
Apache-2.0vs Apigee★ 17k
Higress
API Tools
🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway
Apache-2.0vs Amazon API Gateway★ 9.5k
KrakenD
API Tools
KrakenD Community Edition: High-performance, stateless, declarative, API Gateway written i
Apache-2.0vs Amazon API Gateway★ 2.7k
SaaS alternatives to Apigee
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Amazon API Gateway
API Tools
Managed AWS service for creating, publishing and securing REST and WebSocket APIs
SaaS
Azure API Management
API Tools
Azure gateway and developer portal for publishing and managing APIs
SaaS
IBM API Connect
API Tools
IBM platform for creating, securing and managing APIs
SaaS
MuleSoft
Workflow Automation
Salesforce's API-led integration platform for connecting apps, data and devices
SaaS
Zuplo
API Tools
Programmable API gateway with a developer portal and key management
SaaS
Axway Amplify
API Tools
API management platform for securing, managing and monetizing APIs
SaaS

