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What is the difference between Azure API Management and Azure App Service? ›

Microsoft's Azure API Management supports creation of API. The Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling.

Wherever we want to maintain the security of the API and the ingredient data is very confidential, we must use this service. Also, if we would like to manage a large number of API at one go, we must use it. However, for few general APIs, we can avoid the Azure API Management use due to the overall cost strategy.

In addition to simplifying API management, Azure API Management also provides scalability and reliability. The service can handle massive API traffic, and it scales automatically based on demand, ensuring that my APIs remain responsive and available to users.

The main difference between an API and an APP is that an API is an interface, while an APP is a complete application. An API exposes the data and functionality of an application to other applications, whereas an APP is an application that runs on an electronic device.

API management is typically adopted for REST services that face external developers—referred to as north-south traffic. On the other hand, service mesh is more commonly used by internal suites of microservices to help control lateral, or east-west, communication.

For most scenarios, App Service is the best choice. For microservice architecture, consider Azure Spring Apps or Service Fabric. If you need more control over the VMs on which your code runs, consider Azure Virtual Machines.

Businesses use API management to create a developer portal where newly published APIs can be distributed along with their documentation. Sometimes known as an API store, this digital marketplace allows developers to search for APIs to meet their needs.

What are the benefits of API management? ›

The benefits of API management platforms:

Greater flexibility in the composition of offerings. Secure access, authorisation and use at all times, by concentrating inputs in a single point. Develop new growth drivers through new services. Enhance business value by enriching its own services with third-party APIs.

Azure API Management helps customers meet these challenges: Abstract backend architecture diversity and complexity from API consumers. Securely expose services hosted on and outside of Azure as APIs. Protect, accelerate, and observe APIs.

Azure API Management allows setting policies on API operations so that they can return a mocked response. This method enables developers to proceed with implementation and testing of the APIM instance even if the backend is not available to send real responses.

As a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Azure API Management abstracts many details of the infrastructure used to host and run your service.

Azure App Service lets you run web apps, mobile app back ends, and API apps in Azure. For a more detailed overview, see the Azure App Service product page.

Azure API Management is a hybrid, multicloud management platform for APIs across all environments. As a platform-as-a-service, API Management supports the complete API lifecycle.

Execution Model: Azure API Management operates in a stateful manner, maintaining the API state and retaining request/response information. It provides advanced features like caching, traffic management, and error handling. Azure Functions, on the other hand, follows a stateless execution model.