API7

API7 Enterprise is your comprehensive solution for modern, cloud-native API management. Built by the original creators of the high-performance Apache APISIX gateway, it empowers organizations to effectively manage, secure, and scale their APIs across any environment, unlocking their full business value.

Key Features

API7 Enterprise provides the essential tools you need to govern, secure, and optimize your API infrastructure at scale.

• 🌍 Unified Traffic Management: Effortlessly manage both internal (east-west) and external (north-south) API traffic from a single platform. API7 Enterprise proxies, parses, and transcodes a wide range of Layer 4 and Layer 7 protocols, including HTTP, gRPC, MQTT, and even SOAP, connecting APIs seamlessly across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

• 🔄 Comprehensive API Lifecycle Tools: Go beyond just a gateway with built-in capabilities for the entire API lifecycle. This includes a Developer Portal for quick publishing and documentation, alongside features for API mocking and testing, providing an out-of-the-box solution to streamline your API program from design to deprecation.

• 🚦 Advanced Traffic Routing & Deployment: Implement sophisticated traffic control strategies vital for modern development practices. Leverage features like Traffic Labeling, Traffic Split, and Workflow plugins for fine-grained control over canary releases and blue/green deployments based on criteria like request headers or query strings, ensuring smooth and safe application updates.

• 🔒 Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance: Protect your APIs and data with robust security features designed for the enterprise. Benefit from built-in Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), seamless integration with leading authentication systems (like OAuth, Keycloak, Okta, 2FA), and support for compliance standards such as FIPS.

• ⚡ Exceptional Performance & Scalability: Handle demanding workloads with a gateway built for speed and efficiency. Leveraging the power of Apache APISIX, API7 Enterprise delivers high throughput (~18K QPS per CPU core) with ultra-low latency (0.2ms), scaling dynamically to handle peak traffic via its flexible architecture and extensive ecosystem of over 100 built-in and custom plugins.

Use Cases

See how API7 Enterprise helps you solve key challenges and achieve your business objectives.

• Modernizing & Integrating Legacy Systems: Easily connect and expose functionality from older applications, even those using protocols like SOAP, by transcoding requests within the gateway. This allows you to integrate legacy services into modern, cloud-native architectures without costly refactoring, accelerating your modernization efforts.

• Building a Thriving Developer Portal: Quickly launch a self-service portal for internal and external developers to discover and consume your APIs. Publish comprehensive documentation, manage access with flexible plans and rate limiting, and gain insights into API usage through integrated analytics, fostering adoption and potentially creating new revenue streams through monetization.

• Managing Complex Microservices & Multi-Cloud Deployments: Gain unified control over distributed API traffic across diverse environments – from on-premises data centers to multiple cloud providers and Kubernetes clusters. Implement advanced routing, security policies, and observability consistently using a single management dashboard, simplifying the operation of large, complex microservice architectures.

Why Choose API7 Enterprise?

• Founded on Apache APISIX Excellence: Built by the original creators of Apache APISIX, API7 Enterprise leverages the proven performance, flexibility, and community innovation of the leading open-source gateway while adding essential enterprise-grade features, integrated solutions, and professional support tailored to business needs.

• Proven Performance and Reliability: Rely on a platform trusted by technology innovators worldwide, delivering demonstrated high availability and performance metrics essential for mission-critical applications. Its foundation in Apache APISIX ensures a highly optimized core built for demanding production scenarios.

Conclusion

API7 Enterprise provides the robust, performant, and comprehensive API management capabilities enterprises need to thrive in a cloud-native world. By leveraging the power of Apache APISIX with added lifecycle tools, advanced control, and enterprise-grade support, you can unlock the full value of your APIs, securely and at scale.

Explore how API7 Enterprise can transform your API strategy.

FAQ

• Q: How does API7 Enterprise relate to Apache APISIX? A: API7.ai is the original creator and a major contributor to the Apache APISIX open-source project. API7 Enterprise is built directly on the Apache APISIX core, augmenting it with enterprise-specific features, professional support, and integrated solutions like the Developer Portal and advanced management capabilities to offer a complete API lifecycle management platform designed for enterprise requirements.

• Q: Where can I deploy API7 Enterprise? A: API7 Enterprise is designed for deployment flexibility across various environments. You can deploy it on bare metal servers, virtual machines, within Kubernetes clusters, or on any major cloud platform (such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), allowing you to integrate it seamlessly into your existing infrastructure and deployment workflows.

• Q: What kind of support is included with API7 Enterprise? A: API7 Enterprise includes professional technical support directly from the experts who built the platform. This ranges from onboarding assistance and product training to migration support, performance optimization, custom plugin development, integration assistance for legacy applications or GitOps systems, and timely maintenance with defined SLAs, ensuring you have expert help when and where you need it.