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Amazon API Gateway vs. Akto API Security Platform

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon API Gateway

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Akto API Security Platform

by Akto.io

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count14255
Ease of use8.38.8
Ease of setup8.58.9
Quality of support8.79.2
Meets requirements8.88.6
NPS53.48837266.666667
Small Business33.8%34.5%
Mid-Market28.9%43.6%
Enterprise37.3%21.8%
Total page views194582
Total LLM citations1,4541,295

Amazon API Gateway

Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that enables developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. It acts as the "front door" for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from backend services. With API Gateway, you can build RESTful APIs and WebSocket APIs that support real-time two-way communication applications.

Pros

  • Security
  • Ease of Use
  • API Management
  • Authentication
  • Monitoring
  • Performance

Akto API Security Platform

Akto is a trusted platform for application security and product security teams to build an enterprise-grade API security program throughout their DevSecOps pipeline. Our industry-leading suite of — API discovery, API security posture management, sensitive data exposure, and API security testing solutions enables organizations to gain visibility in their API security posture. 1,000+ Application Security teams globally trust Akto for their API security needs. Akto use cases: 1. API Discovery 2. API Security Testing in CI/CD 3. API Security Posture Management 4.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Automation Testing
  • API Testing
  • API Management
  • Features