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Guides to API gateway concepts, security, Kubernetes, and gateway comparisons.

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Apache APISIX vs Apigee: Gateway vs API Management Platform

Compare the Apache APISIX gateway with Google Cloud’s Apigee API gateway and management platform across scope, cost, deployment, and portability.

Jun 24, 2026

Apache APISIX vs AWS API Gateway: Self-Hosted vs Managed

Compare Apache APISIX and AWS API Gateway: self-hosted open source vs a managed cloud service, pricing at scale, vendor lock-in, and performance.

Jun 24, 2026

Apache APISIX vs Envoy: API Gateway vs Service Proxy

Compare Apache APISIX and Envoy: a turnkey API gateway with a built-in control plane vs a high-performance proxy that needs one (Istio, Gloo).

Jun 24, 2026

Apache APISIX vs NGINX: API Gateway vs Reverse Proxy

Compare Apache APISIX and NGINX as API gateways. APISIX is built on NGINX but adds dynamic config, 100+ plugins, and an Admin API; NGINX Plus too.

Jun 24, 2026

Apache APISIX vs Traefik: Performance vs Auto-Discovery

Compare Apache APISIX and Traefik: APISIX for higher throughput and a larger plugin ecosystem, Traefik for container-native auto-discovery and TLS.

Jun 24, 2026

Apache APISIX vs Kong: Feature Comparison & Performance Benchmarks

Compare Apache APISIX and Kong API Gateway across architecture, performance, plugin ecosystem, Kubernetes support, and migration tradeoffs.

Apr 14, 2026

API Gateway Authentication: Methods, Best Practices & Implementation

Learn how API Gateway authentication works in Apache APISIX with Key Auth, JWT, OpenID Connect, Keycloak, mTLS, HMAC, and access control.

Apr 14, 2026

API Gateway for Microservices: Architecture, Patterns & Best Practices

Learn why microservices need an API Gateway and how Apache APISIX handles routing, discovery, load balancing, retries, and traffic control.

Apr 14, 2026

API Gateway Rate Limiting: Algorithms, Strategies & Configuration

Understand API rate limiting at the gateway layer. Covers token bucket, sliding window, and leaky bucket algorithms with practical configuration examples.

Apr 14, 2026