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Microsoft Azure API Management

byMicrosoft
in
4.2
Market Presence: API Management, API Generation Software

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Azure API Management

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Azure API Management?

Microsoft Azure API Management is a software that enables organizations to create, publish, secure, monitor, and analyze application programming interfaces in various environments, including on-premises and cloud. The software facilitates the management of API gateways, supporting API versioning, transformation, and protocol translation to streamline integration with backend systems. It offers features such as traffic control, authentication, authorization, rate limiting, quota enforcement, and caching to enhance API performance and security. Developers can utilize built-in analytics, logging, and developer portals for detailed insight and collaboration. The software addresses business problems related to consistent API exposure, governance, access control, and scaling of digital services while maintaining operational visibility and compliance.

Microsoft Azure API Management Pricing

Microsoft Azure API Management software uses a tiered pricing model based on usage, including the number of API calls, features required, and deployment scale. Pricing varies across Developer, Basic, Standard, and Premium tiers, each designed for different levels of workload and environment needs, with charges typically structured as monthly fees and additional costs for high throughput and advanced features.

Overall experience with Microsoft Azure API Management

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
50M - 250M USD, Miscellaneous
FAVORABLE

“Orchestrating API Calls Simplified but Repetitive Errors Raise Reliability Concerns”

4.0
Jan 30, 2026
Traffic orchestrator, security policy enforcer, infrastructure protection API gateway
ENGINEER
250M - 500M USD, Real Estate
CRITICAL

“Integration With Multiple Azure Services Simplifies Scaling and Securing API Ecosystem”

3.0
Nov 18, 2025
It provides a centralized API management layer for our organization where we can publish, secure, monitor and analyse our APIs across our on-prem and cloud systems

About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

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Microsoft Azure API Management Likes & Dislikes

Like

It allows us to orchestrate API calls, auditing consume, revoking non intended accesses. It's easily implemented on a Microsoft environment (towards Azure Function)

Like

It integrates with Azure Services like Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid and Key vault making it easy to secure and scale our API Ecosystem.

Like

It provides strong functionality with consistent results and makes workflows smoother.

Dislike

It works really well. You do face some errors (backendconnectionfailure, errors 403) etc... which appear repeatedly if not configured correctly

Dislike

Azure API Management experienced downtime which affected our Apps

Dislike

I found it has limited multi-tenancy, there is a lack of granular control with monetization, and there is room for improvement with security

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4.2

(218 Ratings)

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  • ENGINEER
    50M-1B USD
    Real Estate
    Review Source

    Integration With Multiple Azure Services Simplifies Scaling and Securing API Ecosystem

    3.0
    Nov 18, 2025
    It provides a centralized API management layer for our organization where we can publish, secure, monitor and analyse our APIs across our on-prem and cloud systems
  • CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
    50M-1B USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Orchestrating API Calls Simplified but Repetitive Errors Raise Reliability Concerns

    4.0
    Jan 30, 2026
    Traffic orchestrator, security policy enforcer, infrastructure protection API gateway
  • Director of IT
    <50M USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Azure APIM Dev Portal and CI/CD Face Maturity and Standards Challenges

    3.0
    Dec 10, 2025
    Used this product after using couple of other Enterprise Products. Found the Dev Portal & CI/CD for Azure APIM still lagging.
  • DIRECTOR OF IT SERVICES
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Consistent Workflow Improvements Noted Despite Needs for Enhanced Security Measures

    5.0
    Nov 5, 2025
    The product was easy to setup, it exceeded expectations and is very intuitive to use.
  • IT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Stable Platform with Azure Integration Balances Scalability and Cost Concerns

    4.0
    Oct 29, 2025
    Our overall experience with this software has been very positive. The platform proved to be stable, intuitive and well-integrated with the Azure ecosystem. Some permissions with EntraID can require a lot of documentation reading.
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