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Apigee vs Apollo GraphOS comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Apigee
Ranking in API Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
API Testing Tools (10th)
Apollo GraphOS
Ranking in API Management
30th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 8.3%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apollo GraphOS is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Apigee8.3%
Apollo GraphOS0.5%
Other91.2%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

IM
consultant at Allstate
Apigee empowers effective API management while needing improvements in technical support
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private cloud. I am not currently utilizing AI in the private cloud with Apigee, but I'm unsure about hybrid and Apigee X.
Sagor Rana - PeerSpot reviewer
Front End Engineer at Upwork
Efficiently filters API data though experiences slower performance with larger projects
I would like to see better performance in larger projects. When dealing with large amounts of data, it can become slow, causing users to potentially abandon the application. Improving performance and ensuring the app runs smoothly would enhance user experience. Stability issues, where it sometimes breaks down, need to be addressed as well.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If you have numerous applications and high traffic, Apigee is a strong choice for its excellent features and outstanding performance."
"The tool is one of the earliest API management products and is good. It reduces the Time To Market aspects of products."
"I have found the most valuable features to be tracing a proxy, and managing proxy versions and revisions via the Edge UI component."
"Highly scalable from any initial topology to horizontal extension"
"The flexibility allows you to quickly run a cloud-native application architecture."
"We use it to build API proxies for securing targeted back-ends with an emphasis on Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD)."
"The pricing is okay."
"Apigee's best features are flexibility and breadth of capabilities."
"Apollo GraphOS has significantly enhanced both the developer experience and product delivery timelines by offering a centralized approach to managing GraphQL schemas and services, helping reduce overhead and improve collaboration between frontend and backend teams."
"The most valuable features of Apollo GraphOS OS for me are its security and authentication processes."
"The most valuable features of Apollo GraphOS OS for me are its security and authentication processes."
 

Cons

"More documentation on the Open Banking Standard will help."
"I would like to see SOAP services and socket-based connectivity developed."
"Drag and drop of features would be more beneficial, rather than manually working on the configuration and updates."
"Apigee is costlier compared to other solutions. For government organizations, especially those that do not want cloud-based solutions and prefer on-premise implementations, we recommend WSO2 due to its cost-effectiveness and suitability for private cloud environments."
"I am still struggling to understand how we can use Apigee as a hybrid system. The pricing of this solution could also be improved as there are multiple new products coming onto the market at competitive price points."
"We need better performance monitoring."
"Apigee does not have a testing feature."
"Analytics is one of the areas needing enhancement, specifically more visibility and control over traffic to improve capacity management and high availability."
"Apollo GraphOS OS is using a detailed project, and it can be time-consuming because it has a lot of data to manage."
"Apollo GraphOS OS is using a detailed project, and it can be time-consuming because it has a lot of data to manage. It sometimes takes longer than three seconds, which can affect loading times and lead to user dissatisfaction. I would like to see improved performance."
"There’s room for improvement in schema collaboration tools, especially in large teams where multiple developers are working on overlapping parts of the API."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apigee has several different licenses you can obtain depending on your needs."
"In Latin America, Apigee is expensive. It's not for small businesses; it's more for big businesses."
"They need to work on the cost of the solution."
"Its price is reasonable for the features they provide and the maturity of the platform."
"You do not necessarily pay for the license. The cloud solution is based more on transactions. So, you pay for it either way."
"The tool is extremely expensive."
"The cost increases as the usage increases."
"Based on your usage of the APIs you can take a decision to go with either an on-cloud or OPDK version. Get in touch with the sales representatives of Apigee."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise65
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a cloud-based solution. Both solutions are easy to use. Apigee allows for the ability...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apollo GraphOS?
I am not sensitive to nor very knowledgeable about the pricing and setup cost.
What needs improvement with Apollo GraphOS?
So far, I could say that Apollo GraphOS is quite comprehensive, there’s room for improvement in schema collaboration tools, especially in large teams where multiple developers are working on overla...
What is your primary use case for Apollo GraphOS?
I’ve been using Apollo GraphOS across several mobile and web projects. On the mobile side, I’ve integrated it with React Native and Flutter. For web applications, the usage has been primarily withi...
 

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Sample Customers

Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson
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