Compare products

Put two or three cybersecurity products side by side and see how they differ on deployment, pricing, features, integrations and compliance.

Azure API Management42Crunch API Security Platform2 of 3 products

Side-by-side comparison of Azure API Management, 42Crunch API Security Platform
Product	Azure API Management by Microsoft View product	42Crunch API Security Platform 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 API Security Platform is a developer-first API security testing & runtime platform for end-to-end API DevSecOps. See features and API Security alternatives.
Product type	API Management Platform	Developer-First API Security Testing & Runtime Platform
Best for	Cross-industry	Software Engineering, DevSecOps, Financial Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Azure cloud; Self-hosted gateway; Hybrid	Cloud SaaS; IDE Plugins; Containerized Firewalls; Cloud SaaS + Containerized API Firewalls
Data residency	Depends on Azure region selected	United States; European Union
Key features
What it offers	API gateway API policies Authentication and authorization Rate limiting Developer portal Analytics Monitoring API versioning	Complete API lifecycle security Automated OpenAPI contract audit CI/CD conformance testing Runtime micro-firewall Developer remediation guides End-to-end API DevSecOps API runtime micro-firewalling
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	Developer IDEsCI/CD PipelinesKubernetes Clusters
Compliance	Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools	GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsPostmanVS CodeIntelliJ
Industries	Cross-industry	Software EngineeringDevSecOpsFinancial Services
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

View product

42Crunch API Security Platform

by 42Crunch

View product

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 Security Platform

42Crunch API Security Platform is a developer-first API security testing & runtime platform for end-to-end API DevSecOps. See features and API Security alternatives.

Product type

Azure API Management

API Management Platform

42Crunch API Security Platform

Developer-First API Security Testing & Runtime Platform

Best for

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

42Crunch API Security Platform

Software Engineering, DevSecOps, Financial Services

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure API Management

Contact Vendor

42Crunch API Security Platform

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Security Platform

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure API Management

CloudHybridOn-Premise

42Crunch API Security Platform

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Azure API Management

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

42Crunch API Security Platform

Cloud SaaS; IDE Plugins; Containerized Firewalls; Cloud SaaS + Containerized API Firewalls

Data residency

Azure API Management

Depends on Azure region selected

42Crunch API Security Platform

United States; European Union

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 Security Platform

Complete API lifecycle security
Automated OpenAPI contract audit
CI/CD conformance testing
Runtime micro-firewall
Developer remediation guides
End-to-end API DevSecOps
API runtime micro-firewalling

Platform & access

API access

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Security Platform

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Security Platform

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Security Platform

Multi-tenant

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Security Platform

Mobile app

Azure API Management

42Crunch API Security Platform

Supported platforms

Azure API Management

CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes

42Crunch API Security Platform

Developer IDEsCI/CD PipelinesKubernetes Clusters

Compliance

Azure API Management

Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service

42Crunch API Security Platform

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure API Management

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools

42Crunch API Security Platform

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsPostmanVS CodeIntelliJ

Industries

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

42Crunch API Security Platform

Software EngineeringDevSecOpsFinancial Services

Regions

Azure API Management

Global

42Crunch API Security Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

Azure API Management

Microsoft

42Crunch API Security Platform

42Crunch

Headquarters

Azure API Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

42Crunch API Security Platform

Dublin, Ireland

Company size

Azure API Management

200,000+

42Crunch API Security Platform

51-200

Founded

Azure API Management

1975

42Crunch API Security Platform

2016