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Feature-based comparison of the Azure API Management tiers

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  • 01/06/2025

APPLIES TO: All API Management tiers

Each API Management pricing tier offers a distinct set of features to meet the needs of different customers. The following table summarizes the key features available in each of the tiers. Some features might work differently or have different capabilities depending on the tier. In such cases the differences are called out in the documentation articles describing these individual features.

Important

  • The Developer tier is for non-production use cases and evaluations. It doesn't offer SLA.
  • The Consumption tier isn't available in the US Government cloud or the Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet cloud.
  • For information about APIs supported in the API Management gateway available in different tiers, see API Management gateways overview.
Feature Consumption Developer Basic Basic v2 Standard Standard v2 Premium Premium v2 (preview)
Microsoft Entra integration1 No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual network injection support No Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Private endpoint support for inbound connections No Yes Yes No Yes Yes (preview) Yes No
Outbound virtual network integration support No No No No No Yes No Yes
Multi-region deployment No No No No No No Yes No
Availability zones No No No No No No Yes No
Multiple custom domain names for gateway No Yes No No No No Yes No
Developer portal2 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Built-in cache No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
External cache Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Autoscaling No No Yes No Yes No Yes No
API analytics No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Self-hosted gateway3 No Yes No No No No Yes No
Workspaces No No No No No No Yes No
TLS settings Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Client certificate authentication Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Policies4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Credential manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backup and restore No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
Management over Git No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
Azure Monitor metrics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Azure Monitor and Log Analytics request logs No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Application Insights request logs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Static IP No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No

1 Enables the use of Microsoft Entra ID (and Azure AD B2C) as an identity provider for user sign in on the developer portal.
2 Including related functionality such as users, groups, issues, applications, and email templates and notifications.
3 See Gateway overview for a feature comparison of managed versus self-hosted gateways. In the Developer tier, self-hosted gateways are limited to a single gateway node.
4 See Gateway overview for differences in policy support in the classic, v2, consumption, and self-hosted gateways.

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