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Apigee API Management

byGoogle
in
4.5
Market Presence: API Management, API Protection

Overview

Product Information on Apigee API Management

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Apigee API Management?

Apigee API Management is a software that enables organizations to design, secure, deploy, monitor, and scale application programming interfaces. The software provides tools for API traffic management, security protocols, analytics, and developer engagement, supporting both internal and external API use cases. It assists businesses in managing digital connections between various services and applications, helping them streamline integration, enforce access policies, and gain insights from API analytics. Apigee API Management addresses challenges related to API scalability, reliability, and governance, while aiding in the efficient delivery and operation of digital services.

Apigee API Management Pricing

Apigee API Management is a software offered with tiered pricing plans based on usage levels, which commonly include features such as API traffic volume, analytics, security, and support. The software provides options for both subscription-based models and custom enterprise pricing, allowing organizations to select plans aligned to their API management requirements and projected usage.

Overall experience with Apigee API Management

It Associate
<50M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Comprehensive Features and Integration Define Apigee for Large-Scale API Management”

4.0
Apr 9, 2026
My overall experience with Apigee has been quite positive, especially for building and managing APIs at scale. The platform is robust, secure, and integrates well within the broader Google Cloud ecosystem. We were able to standardize our API lifecycle, improve monitoring, and enforce policies effectively. However, the learning curve is steep for new users, and initial setup can feel complex without prior experience. Pricing is also on the higher side compared to some alternatives, which can be a concern for smaller teams or startups.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
<50M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“it actually works, but didn't suite good for ours case”

3.0
Jan 29, 2024
Actually pricing estimation was wrong due to some misunderstanding of pricing model

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

Company Details

Updated 11th November 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
Mountain View, CA, United States
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
www.google.com

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Apigee API Management Reviews and Ratings

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4.5

(77 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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47%
4 Star
51%
3 Star
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2 Star
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0%
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Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

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  • It Associate
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Comprehensive Features and Integration Define Apigee for Large-Scale API Management

    4.0
    Apr 9, 2026
    My overall experience with Apigee has been quite positive, especially for building and managing APIs at scale. The platform is robust, secure, and integrates well within the broader Google Cloud ecosystem. We were able to standardize our API lifecycle, improve monitoring, and enforce policies effectively. However, the learning curve is steep for new users, and initial setup can feel complex without prior experience. Pricing is also on the higher side compared to some alternatives, which can be a concern for smaller teams or startups.
  • Design Manager
    <50M USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Comprehensive Security and Analytics Strengths Contrast With Complex Setup Challenges

    5.0
    Feb 14, 2026
    The platform offers strong secutiy controls,detailed analytics,and reliable traffic management. It helps in complete visibilty into api perfomance which helps in data driven decisions. Once configured properly, it becomes a powerful and stable API management solution for large scale environments.
  • MARKETING MANAGER
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Reliable Performance and Advanced Insights With Apigee, Yet Configuration Remains Complex

    4.0
    Dec 19, 2025
    My overall experience with Apigee API management has been positive. It provides a robust and scalable foundation for API governance, security and life cycle management. Once set up, the platform is reliable and capable of handling high volumes of traffic with strong performance. While there is a learning curve, especially for teens new to enterprise API management. It has to be a dependable solution for production environments.
  • CYBER SECURITY ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Apigee Delivers Strong Security and Scalability for API Management Solutions

    5.0
    Jan 23, 2026
    our overall experience with apigee api management has been very positive. the platform provides a robust and scalable solution for designing securing publishing and monitoring APIs. It offer strong capabilities i API security, traffic management analytics and policy enforcement which helps ensure reliable and controlled API consumption
  • IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
    1B-10B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Extensive Policy Features in Apigee Offset by Concerns Over Cumulative Pricing

    5.0
    Dec 17, 2025
    Our overall experience with Apigee has trasformative for our API-first strategy. Before implementaion, we struggled with a fragmented landscape of point-topoint intergrations that were difficult to secure and monitor. Since adopting Apigee.
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User Sentiment About Apigee API Management
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Apigee API Management Likes & Dislikes

Like

What stands out the most is the maturity and depth of features that Apigee offers. The API gateway capabilities are powerful, with strong policy enforcement, rate limiting, and security controls. The analytics dashboard provides detailed insights into API usage, which helped us optimize performance and detect issues early. Another major strength is its seamless integration with Google Cloud services, making it easier to build scalable and reliable architectures. Additionally, the developer portal and documentation tools help streamline onboarding for internal and external developers.

Like

it's easy to integrate with Cloud Run (good integration with another google products)

Like

Strong security features, advanced analytics and monitoring dashboards, easy api proxy creation, reliable perfomance.

Dislike

One of the main drawbacks is the pricing, which can become expensive as usage scales. The learning curve is another challenge, especially for teams new to API management platforms. Additionally, debugging and troubleshooting can sometimes be difficult due to the layered architecture and multiple components involved.

Dislike

pricing model

Dislike

Initial setup is complex, the pricing is high, the user interface can feel overwhelming, and a deep technical knowledge is also required for debugging.