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Product	Azure API Management by Microsoft View product	42Crunch API Protection by 42Crunch View product
Overview
What it is	Azure API Management: API gateway, API policies and authentication and authorization. Built for API publishing. Compare Application Security alternatives.	42Crunch built 42Crunch API Protection for positive security API firewall. Explore zero latency, review container deployment and compare similar API Security products.
Product type	API Management Platform	Runtime API Micro-Firewall & Protection Engine
Best for	Cross-industry	Financial Services, SaaS, Telecommunications, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Azure cloud; Self-hosted gateway; Hybrid	Containerized; Kubernetes; Microservices; Docker Container; Kubernetes Sidecar; API Gateway Plugin
Data residency	Depends on Azure region selected	Customer Cloud / Kubernetes Cluster
Key features
What it offers	API gateway API policies Authentication and authorization Rate limiting Developer portal Analytics Monitoring API versioning	Positive security model API firewall OpenAPI contract conformance Blocking injection attacks Microservice sidecar deployment Zero latency Positive security API firewall OWASP API Top 10 blocking Microservice API defense
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes	KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAPI Gateways
Compliance	Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools	KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAWS API GatewayApigeeKong
Industries	Cross-industry	Financial ServicesSaaSTelecommunicationsRetail
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	42Crunch
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Dublin, Ireland
Company size	200,000+	51-200
Founded	1975	2016

Azure API Management

by Microsoft

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42Crunch API Protection

by 42Crunch

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Overview

What it is

Azure API Management

Azure API Management: API gateway, API policies and authentication and authorization. Built for API publishing. Compare Application Security alternatives.

42Crunch API Protection

42Crunch built 42Crunch API Protection for positive security API firewall. Explore zero latency, review container deployment and compare similar API Security products.

Product type

Azure API Management

API Management Platform

42Crunch API Protection

Runtime API Micro-Firewall & Protection Engine

Best for

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

42Crunch API Protection

Financial Services, SaaS, Telecommunications, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure API Management

Contact Vendor

42Crunch API Protection

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Protection

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure API Management

CloudHybridOn-Premise

42Crunch API Protection

Cloud

Deployment details

Azure API Management

Cloud; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Azure cloud; Self-hosted gateway; Hybrid

42Crunch API Protection

Containerized; Kubernetes; Microservices; Docker Container; Kubernetes Sidecar; API Gateway Plugin

Data residency

Azure API Management

Depends on Azure region selected

42Crunch API Protection

Customer Cloud / Kubernetes Cluster

Key features

What it offers

Azure API Management

API gateway
API policies
Authentication and authorization
Rate limiting
Developer portal
Analytics
Monitoring
API versioning

42Crunch API Protection

Positive security model API firewall
OpenAPI contract conformance
Blocking injection attacks
Microservice sidecar deployment
Zero latency
Positive security API firewall
OWASP API Top 10 blocking
Microservice API defense

Platform & access

API access

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Protection

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Protection

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Protection

Multi-tenant

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Protection

Mobile app

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Protection

Supported platforms

Azure API Management

CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes

42Crunch API Protection

KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAPI Gateways

Compliance

Azure API Management

Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service

42Crunch API Protection

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure API Management

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools

42Crunch API Protection

KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAWS API GatewayApigeeKong

Industries

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

42Crunch API Protection

Financial ServicesSaaSTelecommunicationsRetail

Regions

Azure API Management

Global

42Crunch API Protection

Global

Vendor

Company

Azure API Management

Microsoft

42Crunch API Protection

42Crunch

Headquarters

Azure API Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

42Crunch API Protection

Dublin, Ireland

Company size

Azure API Management

200,000+

42Crunch API Protection

51-200

Founded

Azure API Management

1975

42Crunch API Protection

2016