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Product	Azure API Management by Microsoft View product	Salt Security API Discovery by Salt Security 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.	Salt Security API Discovery: visual API topology and passive traffic analysis. Built for shadow API detection. Compare Application Security alternatives.
Product type	API Management Platform	Continuous Automated API Discovery & Inventory Solution
Best for	Cross-industry	Banking, Insurance, E-commerce, Technology, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Azure cloud; Self-hosted gateway; Hybrid	Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid Sensors; Cloud-native SaaS; Passive sensor
Data residency	Depends on Azure region selected	US; EU; Global cloud
Key features
What it offers	API gateway API policies Authentication and authorization Rate limiting Developer portal Analytics Monitoring API versioning	Automated shadow & zombie API discovery Continuous inventory updates Sensitive parameter mapping Passive traffic analysis Visual API topology Shadow API detection Zombie API decommission Continuous API asset inventory
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	CloudAPI GatewaysMicroservices
Compliance	Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI DSS 4.0
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools	AWS API GatewayNGINXApigeeKongEnvoyAzure API Management
Industries	Cross-industry	BankingInsuranceE-commerceTechnologyHealthcare
Regions	Global	GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Salt Security
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Palo Alto, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	201-500
Founded	1975	2016

Azure API Management

by Microsoft

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Salt Security API Discovery

by Salt Security

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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.

Salt Security API Discovery

Salt Security API Discovery: visual API topology and passive traffic analysis. Built for shadow API detection. Compare Application Security alternatives.

Product type

Azure API Management

API Management Platform

Salt Security API Discovery

Continuous Automated API Discovery & Inventory Solution

Best for

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

Salt Security API Discovery

Banking, Insurance, E-commerce, Technology, Healthcare

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure API Management

Contact Vendor

Salt Security API Discovery

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure API Management

Salt Security API Discovery

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure API Management

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Salt Security API Discovery

SaaSCloudHybrid

Deployment details

Azure API Management

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

Salt Security API Discovery

Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid Sensors; Cloud-native SaaS; Passive sensor

Data residency

Azure API Management

Depends on Azure region selected

Salt Security API Discovery

US; EU; Global cloud

Key features

What it offers

Azure API Management

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

Salt Security API Discovery

Automated shadow & zombie API discovery
Continuous inventory updates
Sensitive parameter mapping
Passive traffic analysis
Visual API topology
Shadow API detection
Zombie API decommission
Continuous API asset inventory

Platform & access

API access

Azure API Management

Salt Security API Discovery

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure API Management

Salt Security API Discovery

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure API Management

Salt Security API Discovery

Multi-tenant

Azure API Management

Salt Security API Discovery

Mobile app

Azure API Management

Salt Security API Discovery

Supported platforms

Azure API Management

CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes

Salt Security API Discovery

CloudAPI GatewaysMicroservices

Compliance

Azure API Management

Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service

Salt Security API Discovery

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI DSS 4.0

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure API Management

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools

Salt Security API Discovery

AWS API GatewayNGINXApigeeKongEnvoyAzure API Management

Industries

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

Salt Security API Discovery

BankingInsuranceE-commerceTechnologyHealthcare

Regions

Azure API Management

Global

Salt Security API Discovery

GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific

Vendor

Company

Azure API Management

Microsoft

Salt Security API Discovery

Salt Security

Headquarters

Azure API Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

Salt Security API Discovery

Palo Alto, California, USA

Company size

Azure API Management

200,000+

Salt Security API Discovery

201-500

Founded

Azure API Management

1975

Salt Security API Discovery

2016