| Kong |
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| API Design & Lifecycle Management |
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| Apigee |
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| AWS API Gateway |
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| API Security & Access Control |
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| Policy-driven OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS |
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| IAM, Cognito, JWT |
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| OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS via plugins |
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| Traffic Management & Protection |
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| API Runtime Execution |
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| Lightweight, high-performance gateway |
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| Proxy-based execution layer |
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| Fully managed AWS-native runtime |
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| Observability & Analytics |
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| Metrics via plugins + external tools |
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| Advanced analytics and dashboards |
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| Standards enforced via automation |
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| Governance & Policy Enforcement |
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| Centralized, policy-driven governance |
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| Limited, AWS-centric governance |
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| Monetization & Partner Management |
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| Industry-leading monetization |
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| Limited monetization (enterprise) |
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| Minimal monetization support |
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| High-performance rate limiting plugins |
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| Enterprise-grade rate limiting and spike arrest |
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| Native throttling and quotas |
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| CloudWatch metrics and logs |
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| CI/CD-driven lifecycle using OpenAPI and config |
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| Strong built-in lifecycle workflows |
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| Basic lifecycle, manual processes |
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