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Product	Azure API Management by Microsoft View product	Akamai API Security by Akamai 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.	Akamai API Security covers automated API discovery, shadow API detection and OWASP API Top 10 protection for shadow API discovery. Compare top API Security tools.
Product type	API Management Platform	API Security & Threat Protection Platform
Best for	Cross-industry	E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, Travel, Media, Telecommunications
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 / Edge Platform; Cloud SaaS; Edge Integration
Data residency	Depends on Azure region selected	Global distributed edge; Multi-region data privacy
Key features
What it offers	API gateway API policies Authentication and authorization Rate limiting Developer portal Analytics Monitoring API versioning	Automated API discovery Shadow API detection OWASP API Top 10 protection Sensitive data classification Behavioral anomaly detection API risk scoring Shadow API discovery Sensitive data leak prevention
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	Cloud API GatewaysContainersServerless ArchitecturesMicroservices
Compliance	Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools	Akamai Connected CloudApigeeKongAWS API GatewaySplunkServiceNow
Industries	Cross-industry	E-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareTravelMediaTelecommunications
Regions	Global	Global edge network130+ countries
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Akamai
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	200,000+	10,001+
Founded	1975	1998

Azure API Management

by Microsoft

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Akamai API Security

by Akamai

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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.

Akamai API Security

Akamai API Security covers automated API discovery, shadow API detection and OWASP API Top 10 protection for shadow API discovery. Compare top API Security tools.

Product type

Azure API Management

API Management Platform

Akamai API Security

API Security & Threat Protection Platform

Best for

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

Akamai API Security

E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, Travel, Media, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure API Management

Contact Vendor

Akamai API Security

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure API Management

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Akamai API Security

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Azure API Management

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

Akamai API Security

Cloud SaaS / Edge Platform; Cloud SaaS; Edge Integration

Data residency

Azure API Management

Depends on Azure region selected

Akamai API Security

Global distributed edge; Multi-region data privacy

Key features

What it offers

Azure API Management

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

Akamai API Security

Automated API discovery
Shadow API detection
OWASP API Top 10 protection
Sensitive data classification
Behavioral anomaly detection
API risk scoring
Shadow API discovery
Sensitive data leak prevention

Platform & access

API access

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Multi-tenant

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Mobile app

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Supported platforms

Azure API Management

CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes

Akamai API Security

Cloud API GatewaysContainersServerless ArchitecturesMicroservices

Compliance

Azure API Management

Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service

Akamai API Security

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure API Management

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools

Akamai API Security

Akamai Connected CloudApigeeKongAWS API GatewaySplunkServiceNow

Industries

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

Akamai API Security

E-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareTravelMediaTelecommunications

Regions

Azure API Management

Global

Akamai API Security

Global edge network130+ countries

Vendor

Company

Azure API Management

Microsoft

Akamai API Security

Akamai

Headquarters

Azure API Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

Akamai API Security

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Azure API Management

200,000+

Akamai API Security

10,001+

Founded

Azure API Management

1975

Akamai API Security

1998