Google Cloud Apigee API Management With Flexible Pay-As-You-Go Pricing Options
Google Cloud’s APIGEE introduces exciting pay-as-you-go options with 0 upfront costs
Overview
APIGEE is Google Cloud’s API management platform that allows you to deploy and produce modern, developer-friendly apps.
An API is simply a function library that transmits information across the web. For example, UBEREATS leverages GOOGLE MAPS APIs to depict how far away is your delicious pizza.
From a business perspective, APIGEE enables organizations to create meaningful digital experiences by offering the following features:
- Modern UI and seamless digitization for legacy applications:
– Enabling voice ordering
– Facilitating mobile payments
– Integrating various consumer apps and services - Automation of API documentation featuring SmartDocs
- Monitoring capabilities for API security, troubleshooting, and optimization
In a nutshell, APIGEE facilitates the complete lifecycle management of APIs. Additionally, APIGEE functions as a proxy isolating app developers from back-end services. Consequently, businesses can change underlying servers or databases without impacting client apps.
Introducing the Pay-As-You-Go Pricing Model for APIGEE
Google Cloud recently announced a Pay-as-you-go pricing model that is exactly like it sounds:
- No hidden upfront costs
- No long-term commitments or “lock-in” contracts
- Improved flexibility for scaling
Dissecting the Pay-As-You-Go Pricing Structure
- APIGEE Gateway Nodes
API traffic processed per minute translates into a cost. - API Analytics
A monthly summation of all the API analysis requests is another cost factor. - Networking Usage
This is a classic usage-based cost component where the cost is a function of consumption (network egress, IP address, etc.)
The pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pricing model simply translates consumption into price. You pay what you use for: nothing more or less. For instance, your phone carrier uses a PAYG model which charges you based on minutes used.
Should You Consider the Pay-As-You-Go Model?
Broadly, APIGEE offers three pricing models:
- Evaluation plan – which is a 60-day free trial
- Subscription plans – ideal for predictable workloads across a time frame.
- Pay-as-you-go – ideal for starting small and establishing API trends (before moving to a subscription/slab-based pricing)
For startups and SMBs, the pay-as-you-go is a real game changer as enterprises can “test” the API waters with very nominal OPEX (operational expenditure)
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APIGEE is just a drop in the ocean regarding the fascinating use cases cloud migration promises.
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