There are many other API Gateway providers available in the market. As we mentioned earlier, all gateways provide the same set of features. Similar to AWS API Gateway, Apigee is another well-known API Gateway technology that is a part of Google Cloud. The problem with cloud providers is that they can cause vendor lock (that is, they cannot easily migrate to another platform). There are many open source API Gateways available on the market.
The right way to pick an API Gateway depends on the conditions of the business. If the API server is living on the AWS cloud, AWS API Gateway is a nice choice. For a company that can manage a gateway by itself, it is worth trying the following open source alternatives:
- Kubernetes
- Kong
- Tyk
- KrakenD
There is no best choice, but if workloads are not so big, nginx can also be used as an API Gateway. See https://www.nginx.com...
