Apigee vs Google Cloud Endpoints and Apigee Edge vs ESP

[Nick Laqua]

Hi there,

I am sure that question is being asked frequently. Google announced the beta availability of Google Cloud Endpoints as the internal API Mgmt platform on 1/09, and the acquisition of Apigee on 8/09.

So what is the way forward for these two products/offerings ?

Although I agree that this is early days (even though Google must have had a clear idea of where to take Apigee before signing the deal), for all the potential customers of Google Cloud incl API Mgmt, the product convergence strategy is essential in making respective platform decisions.

Nick

[Dan Ciruli]

Unfortunately, Nick -- our legal team cautions us that we won't be able to comment on the roadmap until the deal is finalized (in the next 45 days, ideally).

I know it is frustrating (and, believe me, it's very frustrating for us as well). 

We will absolutely keep this group informed as much as we can.

I can also say that both companies are heavily involved in the Open API Initiative and believe that the OpenAPI Spec is the "right" way to configure any API management solution.

DC

[gat...@businessos.net]

Hi DC, I believe it's passed 45 days now. Is the deal finalized? Could you give an update on this? Really count on this to make some decision on the way to go. 

Thanks!

[Dan Ciruli]

Hi, Gatsby -

Deal still hasn't finalized (but we're hoping it will soon!).

Watch this space.

DC

[Gatsby Wang]

OK thank you! Will keep watching. 

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[tino.t...@googlemail.com]

Hi DC -

"On November 10, 2016, Google completed the acquisition of Apigee.". So is it finalized now? :) Any news regarding the initial question?

Thx

Tino

[Dan Ciruli]

Hi, all --

Both existing product lines (Apigee Edge, Google Cloud Endpoints) will continue and Apigee Edge will be fully supported -- both on-premises and in the cloud. Google is fully committed to supporting a broad range of API customer needs, ranging from the full-fledged enterprise support that Apigee customers have found critical in exposing on-premises services, to GCP customers serving APIs.

Apigee Edge remains an industry-leading, full-featured proxy. It is customizable, it is available on premises or as a cloud service and, importantly, features the standards and features that enterprises need: PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2 compliance, SAML and OAuth2 integration, etc. It is often a key piece in a customer’s multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud strategy.

Edge will continue to be a great choice for enterprise customers, even those who are not using any other GCP services at all. It features a host of ‘enterprise’ features (PCI & HIPAA compliance, Active Directory integration, many more) and has its own (very rich) dashboards. It allows significant logic in the proxy itself so can be used to expose APIs from systems not originally designed for Web APIs (SOAP, XML, etc).

Google Cloud Endpoints remains a fantastic option that is well-integrated with much of Google Cloud Platform. With a thin proxy that can be automatically deployed in Google App Engine or in a container on Google Container Engine, it integrates with Google Cloud Logging and Stackdriver Cloud Trace.

Cloud Endpoints is primarily designed for companies who are already GCP customers and need authentication and monitoring for their APIs. It can be used for APIs on GAE, GKE, GCE or on-premises (or in another cloud), but is particularly tightly integrated for workloads running GAE or containerized workloads. It sends logging, tracing and monitoring information through Stackdriver so is well-suited for customers who are already using those tools. It is designed for serving web APIs (JSON/REST or gRPC), but not for exposing other technologies like SOAP APIs.

Google is committed to supporting the Open API specification, and both Apigee Edge and Cloud Endpoints respect API Definitions as the primary interface for describing APIs. This common specification format will make transition between the products frictionless.

On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 11:01:06 PM UTC-7, Nick Laqua wrote: