G2 Vendor Directory

KrakenD AI & API Gateway vs. Azure API Management

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

MetricKrakenD AI & API Gateway

by KrakenD

Azure API Management

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.74.2
Review count6832
Ease of use9.18.4
Ease of setup9.08.3
Quality of support9.68.3
Meets requirements9.39.0
NPS79.41176535.483871
Small Business29.9%12.5%
Mid-Market56.7%43.8%
Enterprise13.4%43.8%
Total page views262191
Total LLM citations4679

KrakenD AI & API Gateway

KrakenD is the next-generation API Gateway built for high-performance, large-scale environments. Its stateless, database-free architecture enables true linear scalability with minimal infrastructure and no external dependencies. You can deploy KrakenD anywhere, scale without coordination, and operate efficiently using GitOps workflows and declarative configurations. It supports a wide range of protocols and patterns—REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, SOAP, Backend For Frontend (BFF), and more—without middleware bloat.

Pros

  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Use
  • Ease of Implementation
  • Features
  • Flexibility
  • Performance

Azure API Management

Microsoft Azure API Management - Take any backend and publish an API in minutes! Transform it, protect it, promote it and monitor it in the cloud.

Pros