Azure API Center is a web service for organizing and governing APIs through their lifecycle. It supports OpenAPI and AsyncAPI formats, with API linting and style guide enforcement for API definitions. Lifecycle controls support governance as APIs progress, and role-based access control provides a way to manage access by user role. CI/CD integration links API governance with delivery workflows. The Free plan provides full feature capabilities for the first five APIs, with no time limit. Its plan details also refer to a 90-day evaluation plan. The Standard plan supports registration of up to 10,000 APIs and up to three analysis profiles. Standard is included at no additional cost for customers with linked API Management Standard, Standard v2, Premium, or Prem plans. Both plan entries display “$-” rather than a monetary price. Azure API Center is available on the web.
Who it is for
Azure API Center suits teams that need to organize API definitions and apply governance across their lifecycle. It may fit teams using OpenAPI or AsyncAPI formats, role-based access, and CI/CD integration.
What is good
- Supports OpenAPI and AsyncAPI formats.
- Includes API linting and style guide enforcement.
- Provides lifecycle controls.
- Supports role-based access control.
- CI/CD integration is available.
What to know first
- The Free plan covers the first five APIs.
- Standard is included at no additional cost only with specified linked API Management plans.
- Plan entries display no monetary price.
Verdict
Choose Azure API Center if you need web-based API governance with linting, lifecycle controls, and CI/CD integration. The Free plan covers five APIs; teams managing more can consider Standard, which supports up to 10,000 APIs and is included with qualifying linked API Management plans.
Get started with Azure API Center
- Visit https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-center/.
- Use the web platform.
- Start with the Free plan for full feature capabilities on up to five APIs.
- Consider Standard if you need registration for more APIs or up to three analysis profiles.
- Link API Management Standard, Standard v2, Premium, or Prem to receive Standard at no additional cost.
What the free plan stops at
The Free plan provides full feature capabilities for the first five APIs. Standard supports up to 10,000 registered APIs and up to three analysis profiles; it is included at no additional cost with specified linked API Management plans.
Questions about Azure API Center
Is Azure API Center free?
A Free plan is listed with no time limit and full feature capabilities for the first five APIs. The plan details also describe a separate 90-day evaluation plan.
What does Standard include?
Standard supports registration of up to 10,000 APIs and up to three analysis profiles.
When is Standard included at no additional cost?
It is included for customers with linked API Management Standard, Standard v2, Premium, or Prem plans.
What API formats does it support?
It supports OpenAPI and AsyncAPI.
What platform is Azure API Center available on?
The listed platform is web.
Azure API Center plans and pricing
All plansCompared on API marketplace software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Style guide enforcement
- Yes
- API linting
- Yes
- Governed API formats
- OpenAPI, AsyncAPI
- Lifecycle controls
- Yes
- CI/CD integration
- Yes
- Access control level
- role-based
