Feature-based comparison of the Azure API Management tiers
Each API Management pricing tier offers a distinct set of features and per unit capacity. 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 Azure China cloud.
| Feature | Consumption | Developer | Basic | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure AD integration1 | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Network (VNet) support | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Private endpoint support for inbound connections | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-region deployment | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Availability zones | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multiple custom domain names | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Developer portal2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in cache | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in analytics | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted gateway3 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Workspaces | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| TLS settings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| External cache | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Client certificate authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Policies4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backup and restore | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Management over Git | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Direct management API | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Monitor logs and metrics | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Static IP | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pass-through WebSocket APIs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pass-through GraphQL APIs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Synthetic GraphQL APIs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1 Enables the use of Azure AD (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 dedicated, consumption, and self-hosted gateways.
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