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Amazon API Gateway vs CentraSite comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon API Gateway
Ranking in API Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CentraSite
Ranking in API Management
28th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Amazon API Gateway is 9.8%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CentraSite is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon API Gateway9.8%
CentraSite0.4%
Other89.8%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

SM
Head - Engineering ,Technology and Enterprise Architecture at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
Faced challenges with audit trails and seek better user-level monitoring and control
Regarding built-in authorization, monitoring is quite substantial, and versioning systems is also what we are using. With Amazon API Gateway, we utilize a variety of deployment methods and services they provide, so monitoring services are the important parameter in API control from our side, allowing us to see how the APIs behave and how well they pick up the data from their respective sources. Integration with AWS Lambda has been beneficial since we have event controllers that help identify the APIs, which then call the API from the API services. We're managing this with events that are parameterized through API identification, mostly using Python in Lambda, which has inbuilt features to track API lifecycle parameters. The defined parameterized features in Amazon API Gateway help streamline API lifecycle management. Our AWS system admin team sets these configurations for us. The versioning number gets updated as we deploy revised API versions, which gets monitored on the API monitoring services. The cloud engineering team assists us as we are from a solutions development and deployment team. The importance of Amazon API Gateway's global API deployment for our application's performance is significant in terms of scalability and availability. Amazon API Gateway services have been very good, maintaining a 99.99 SLA, providing us confidence in the global deployment level as it is capable of handling various endpoint types, such as database sites and legacy systems.
IsmailEl Dahshan - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Exact Holding NV
Governance has streamlined service registry usage but deployment and integration still need work
I work with GraphQL, REST API, and SOAP services as well. API Connect works with GraphQL and can deploy GraphQL services. I also work with GraphQL in Software AG webMethods API Gateway. I'm working with DataPower. I have experience with IBM API Gateway, API Connect, Event Stream, and App Connect, the Cloud platform integration. I didn't involve DataPower with BPM before. I have used the webMethods API Gateway. I have used an open-source framework that is not a product for a specific vendor. I work with GraphQL in three different products: API Connect, the API Gateway of the webMethods Software AG, and the Java Spring framework. I work with CentraSite and also work with the Integration Server, webMethods Integration Server, and Universal Messaging. The governance is powerful. I can recommend CentraSite for any industry working with service registry and repositories. I would rate it eight out of ten. I have seven years of experience with IBM solutions and rate them nine or ten out of ten. I have one year of experience with webMethods and rate it eight out of ten. I have five years of experience with other solutions. The overall review rating for this product is seven.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution is user-friendly."
"The Cognito authorization integration is very useful, along with the easy multi-region integration and connectivity with various AWS services like SQS, SNS, and Lambda functions."
"We would definitely recommend sticking to native solutions because then you have one Hyperscale provider supporting the applications, storage, compute, and APIs."
"In terms of the most valuable features, I would say that it is really easy to start working with it."
"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."
"What I like best about Amazon API Gateway is that it's simple to use, easy to set up, and you can quickly get it up and running. It's a very user-friendly solution. I also didn't experience any issues in terms of Amazon API Gateway interface, integration, or monitoring. The solution runs smoothly."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The governance is powerful, and you can look up services very easily, which may reduce some development cycle time."
 

Cons

"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."
"The only real problem is that you have to know a lot about what is outside of the API gateway in order to make the best use of it."
"An interface more friendly for new users would be helpful."
"Their support services come at a considerable cost, leaving room for improvement."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"I'd appreciate improvements in the user interface to make it more understandable, especially for new AWS users."
"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."
"From a use cases perspective, you need to have an internal and external gateway. AWS can only handle external traffic so has to be used together with another solution."
"The setup is mild. It's not so simple and not very difficult. You can make it happen with some configuration, but it's not easy for non-professional people."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My understanding is that it easily goes to $14,000 or $15,000 USD each month for each account, and we have several such accounts."
"The product is expensive."
"There is an annual licensing cost to use Amazon API Gateway."
"I rate the tool's price as seven on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price and ten means high price."
"It's cost-effective, even as our workload and the number of APIs we manage have increased."
"The pricing model for API Gateway is advantageous due to its serverless nature, as it depends on traffic volume."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"Since it's a serverless solution, Amazon API Gateway is not so expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise21
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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?
Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring, ma...
How does Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager compare with Amazon API Gateway?
I have found that Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the best integration tool out there for API management. It is easy to implement and learn; it provides several options for deployment, (including ...
Which is better - Azure API Management or Amazon API Gateway?
If you use Azure products, API Management is a great solution. It solves many of the problems of externalizing web services. For example, when you need versioning, establish a developer portal and ...
What needs improvement with CentraSite?
There is a big difference in deployment modules and different deployment scenarios. It can be adapted to any environment, not only finance or government. The deployment can be made for each data ce...
What is your primary use case for CentraSite?
I implemented this hybrid integration platform for the finance sector at one of the big banks in Egypt. I used it inside the services exposed from the banking sector only, not for the asset managem...
What advice do you have for others considering CentraSite?
I work with GraphQL, REST API, and SOAP services as well. API Connect works with GraphQL and can deploy GraphQL services. I also work with GraphQL in Software AG webMethods API Gateway. I'm working...
 

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Sample Customers

Autodesk, Fox Digital Consumer Group, iFlix, UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Miovision, Olympusat, PhotoVogue, Royale International Group, Veracode
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