# Azure API Management

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-api-management
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-api-management.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-api-management/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://microsoft.com
- **Slug:** azure-api-management
- **Categories:** developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** A fully managed, hybrid, multicloud API management platform (PaaS) that supports the complete API lifecycle. Key differentiators include its comprehensive suite of components (gateway, management plane, customizable developer portal), support for self-hosted gateways, federated API management with workspaces, and deep integration with other Microsoft Azure services.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Azure API Management is a hybrid, multicloud management platform for APIs across all environments, supporting the complete API lifecycle as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS). It enables organizations to provide a comprehensive API platform, abstract backend complexity, secure, accelerate, and observe APIs, and facilitate API discovery and consumption by internal and external users.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - API gateway
  - management plane
  - developer portal
  - self-hosted gateway
  - workspaces for federated API management. It supports various API definitions like OpenAPI
  - WSDL
  - OData
  - WebSocket
  - GraphQL
  - and gRPC.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Tiered pricing with various options (Developer, Basic, Standard, Premium, v2 tiers) offering distinct features, performance, capacity, and SLAs. A Consumption tier is available for serverless, per-execution billing.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Organizations needing to manage APIs across hybrid and multicloud environments, including those looking to unlock legacy assets, simplify app integration, enable multi-channel user experiences (web, mobile, IoT), and scale B2B integration. Serves developers, IT professionals, and enterprise architects.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.