API Management · head to head
Paw vs Apigee
Paw
API Management
Full-featured REST client for macOS with powerful scripting and testing
- From
- $99/one-time
- Rated
- -
Apigee
API Management
API management platform for designing, securing, and scaling APIs
- From
- $500/monthly
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Paw now distributed as RapidAPI for Mac; the vendor's own page states it is "exclusively built for macOS" and requires macOS 10.15+, with no Windows or Linux client; Apigee the free evaluation is a sandbox limited to 60 days
- They diverge on capability: Paw covers REST Client, Apigee covers API Gateway.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Paw and Apigee actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (API Management).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Paw
- REST Client
- Scripting
- Dynamic Values
- Slack
- GitHub
- Custom extensions
- MacOS support
Only in Apigee
- API Gateway
- API Analytics
- Developer Portal
- Google Cloud services
- Azure
- AWS
- Okta
- Cloud support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Paw
- API Developmentnot Apigee
- API Gatewaynot Apigee
- API Testingnot Apigee
- API Documentationnot Apigee
- Microservicesnot Apigee
Apigee
- Publishing, securing and versioning APIs for an enterprise API programnot Paw
- Monetizing APIs and running a developer portalnot Paw
- Analyzing API traffic and defending APIs against bots and abusenot Paw
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Paw
- Now distributed as RapidAPI for Mac; the vendor's own page states it is "exclusively built for macOS" and requires macOS 10.15+, with no Windows or Linux client
Apigee
- The free evaluation is a sandbox limited to 60 days
- Pay-as-you-go has no SLA available at all
- Pay-as-you-go bills environments separately from API calls, with a Base environment costing $365 per month per region
- The Base environment is capped at 50 QPS with an SLA of up to 99%
- Standard API Proxy calls are billed at $20 per 1M calls up to 50M, and Extensible API Proxy calls at $100 per 1M calls up to 50M
- API Analytics is a paid add-on at $20 per 1M API calls and cannot be bought on a Base environment
- Advanced API Security is a paid add-on at $350 per 1M API calls and cannot be bought on a Base environment
- Monetization is unavailable on pay-as-you-go and requires a subscription tier
- Additional API proxy deployments beyond those included cost $0.04 per hour per region on a Comprehensive environment
- Subscription tiers Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus are quote only with no published price
- Google Cloud networking charges for IP addresses, data transfer out and forwarding rules are billed on top of Apigee usage
Pricing, plan by plan
Paw
$99/one-time- Standard$99/one-time
- Full REST client
- Advanced scripting
- Extensions
- Annual License$49/yearly
- All features
- Updates
- Priority support
Apigee
$500/monthly- Starter$500/monthly
- API gateway
- Analytics
- Developer portal
- Professional$2500/monthly
- Advanced security
- Traffic management
- Monetization
- Enterprise$undefined/monthly
- Custom deployment
- SLA
- Dedicated support
Which should you pick?
Choose Apigee if
- You need api gateway.
- You work on Cloud, Hybrid, On-premises.
- You also want api analytics.
Questions people ask
- Is Paw or Apigee better?
- Neither clearly leads. Paw starts at $99/one-time and Apigee at $500/monthly, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Paw or Apigee?
- Paw starts at $99/one-time and Apigee at $500/monthly.
- Does Paw or Apigee run on more platforms?
- Paw runs on MacOS. Apigee runs on Cloud, Hybrid, On-premises.
- What is Paw best used for?
- Paw is most often used for api development, api gateway, api testing, api documentation. Of those, api development and api gateway are not what Apigee is typically brought in for.
- What can Paw do that Apigee cannot?
- Paw covers REST Client, Scripting, Dynamic Values, Slack. Apigee covers API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal, Google Cloud services.