DigitalAPI
vs
Apigee

Why use Apigee and pay more for complexity? With DigitalAPI, you can design and deploy your APIs seamlessly, elevate developer experience, and manage your entire API lifecycle all from a unified developer portal.

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The Problem with Legacy Platforms like Apigee!

High operational costs

Legacy gateways like Apigee come with high setup, maintenance, and licensing costs but deliver limited ROI.

Steep learning curve

Teams rely on manual setup and configuration, making onboarding slow and error-prone.

Vendor lock-in

Rigid contracts make it hard to move APIs between gateways or adopt hybrid-cloud architectures.

No built-in marketplace

Lack of an integrated API marketplace blocks monetization and discovery opportunities.

Why choose DigitalAPI over Apigee API Management?

Built by former Apigee engineers who understand the toughest challenges in API management, DigitalAPI eliminates vendor lock-in, streamlines API management, and reduces cost.

Elevated developer experience

Give your developers a single developer portal to discover, test, and subscribe to APIs across any gateway.

New revenue streams

Build new offerings by bundling APIs as products and monetizing them with billing and pricing support via your branded portal.

Lightest AI gateway with easy migration

Migrate from Apigee to Helix Gateway within weeks and go live with low and predictable subscription costs.

DigitalAPI vs Apigee: Feature Breakdown

Here’s why you should choose Digital API over Apigee!

Feature

Lightest API Gateway

DigitalAPI’s native API gateway, Helix, is fast and easy to use with zero learning curve!

Apigee has a steep learning curve and is much more complex to set up.

Developer experience

Unified self-serve portal to discover, test, and subscribe to APIs, with sandboxing and built-in documentation generator.

Requires separate portal setup for other gateways and natively only supports Apigee.

Flexible deployment options

SaaS , Private SaaS, Hybrid , On Premise for API Marketplace

Only limited to Google Cloud!

Multi-gateway management

Manage APIs across multiple gateways, all from one developer portal.

Restricted to Apigee’s own gateway and environment.

RBAC & governance

Enterprise-grade RBAC, access policies, and governance across all gateways.

Role management is confined within Apigee’s scope.

API monetization

Monetize API products directly through a branded portal with support for billing and multiple pricing models.

Basic monetization features with much higher licensing costs if opted for.

AI Affinity (API Sprawl mitigation)

Identify duplicate APIs and prevent API sprawl.

Doesn’t have an API duplicate finder.

Unified analytics

Get in-depth insights and performance metrics across every gateway.

Analytics is limited to APIs managed within Apigee.

Migration & extensibility

Migrate from legacy gateways in one click.

Closed ecosystem with limited extensibility options.

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Feature

Lightest API Gateway

Developer experience

Flexible deployment options

Multi-gateway management

RBAC & governance

API monetization

AI Affinity (API Sprawl mitigation)

Unified analytics

Migration & extensibility

DigitalAPI’s native API gateway, Helix, is fast and easy to use with zero learning curve!

Unified self-serve portal to discover, test, and subscribe to APIs, with sandboxing and built-in documentation generator.

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Manage APIs across multiple gateways, all from one developer portal.

Enterprise-grade RBAC, access policies, and governance across all gateways.

Monetize API products directly through a branded portal with support for billing and multiple pricing models.

Identify duplicate APIs and prevent API sprawl.

Get in-depth insights and performance metrics across every gateway.

Migrate from legacy gateways in one click.

DigitalAPI’s native API gateway, Helix, is fast and easy to use with zero learning curve!

Requires separate portal setup for other gateways and natively only supports Apigee.

Only limited to Google Cloud!

Restricted to Apigee’s own gateway and environment.

Role management is confined within Apigee’s scope.

Basic monetization features with much higher licensing costs if opted for.

Doesn’t have an API duplicate finder.

Analytics is limited to APIs managed within Apigee.

Closed ecosystem with limited extensibility options.

Powering business for Fortune 500 companies

With DigitalAPI, Implementing Fintech Onboarding and API monetization has been a game-changer for our business. Also, the seamless integration of billing, usage tracking, and tiered pricing allowed us to cater to different customer segments effortlessly.
Sovdeep Das
Sr. Director, Product Management, Fiserv
“A true partner in every sense-reliable, responsive, and always on the same page. Collaboration was effortless.”
Roberto Salomone
Business Transformation Manager @SRG SSR

Still Using Legacy Platforms
like Apigee? Shift to DigitalAPI Today!

Most enterprises today have outgrown Apigee. It’s heavy to operate, slow to set-up, costly to scale, and definetely not built for the era of distributed, AI-ready systems.

DigitalAPI is built for that reality. It’s offers a lightweight, intelligent API gateway that manages APIs, events (Kafka, Solace), and MCP servers seamlessly across environments. Unlike Apigee’s complex model, DigitalAPI automates governance, scales effortlessly, and provides unified analytics.

Built with an AI-native core, multi-protocol flexibility, and a developer-first experience, DigitalAPI streamlines enterprise API operations, freeing teams to deliver value instead of maintaining legacy infrastructure.

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