Amazon Web Services (AWS) Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights

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Amazon API Gateway

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Data Analyst

My experience has been positive. API Gateway is a great tool that provides a fully managed way to create, publish, and secure APIs at scale without worrying about infrastructure. Integration with other AWS services like Lambda, IAM and CloudWatch work seamlessly, which makes it a strong choice for serverless architectures. However, configuration can feel complex at times, and debugging issues isn't always straightforward, especially for new users. 

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Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

10B - 30B USD

Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees

Gov't/PS/ED 50,000 + Employees

Security Analyst

Amazon API Gateway offers a smooth experience for developing your APIs, offering all of the features you would expect, but nothing to set it apart.

IT Associate

We have been using AWS API Gateway to manage and expose our backend services where it provides a scalable and reliable way to handle API traffic, with seamless integration across other AWS services like Lambda, Cloudwatch and IAM significantly simplifies building secure and event-driven architectures.
 This performs well under all scenarios. There is a slight learning curve around the configurations. One of the most valuable aspects is its ability to handle request throttling, authentication and monitoring, which reduces the need for additional infrastructure. Performance is consistent, and the platform scales automatically without manual intervention.
Overall. Amazon API Gateway is a robust, enterprise-grade API management solution that is well-suited for modern cloud-native applications. Despite minor complexities in setup and cost optimization, it delivers strong performance, scalability and integration capabilities.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

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Strong Performance And Security, With Challenges In Advanced Feature Setup

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Amazon API Gateway Provides Essential Features But Lacks Unique Differentiating Factors

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