IBM API Connect Enterprise as a Service overview
API Connect Enterprise as a Service is an integrated API management offering, where all of the steps in the API lifecycle, and the actions that surround it, are performed within the offering.
What is API Connect Enterprise as a Service?
API Connect Enterprise as a Service is a cloud-based edition of IBM API Connect. Using API Connect Enterprise as a Service enables you to work in the cloud to create, manage, secure, and socialize APIs by using our latest user experiences, innovation, and industry standards for full API lifecycle management.
API Connect Enterprise as a Service uses the software-as-a-service is a delivery model. With this model, API Connect is hosted as a multi-tenant service on Amazon Web Services. It is managed by IBM and you pay for usage through your AWS bill.
API Connect Enterprise as a Service offers the following options:
- Trial: provides a single service instance for 30 days, with up to 100 K API calls, at no cost.
- Standard or premium subscription: provides 3 service instances, a choice of call-volume tiers, and a dedicated support team within IBM.
For more information about the subscriptions, see Purchase, subscription, and upgrade information.
Supported Regions
| Region | API Manager |
|---|---|
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N. Virginia (us-east-1) |
https://api-manager.us-east-a.apiconnect.automation.ibm.com/manager |
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Frankfurt (EU-central-1) |
https://api-manager.eu-central-a.apiconnect.automation.ibm.com/manager |
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London (EU-west-2) |
https://api-manager.eu-west-a.apiconnect.automation.ibm.com/manager/ |
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Mumbai (AP-south-1) |
https://api-manager.ap-south-a.apiconnect.automation.ibm.com/manager/ |
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Sydney (AP-southeast-2) |
https://api-manager.ap-southeast-a.apiconnect.automation.ibm.com/manager/ |
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Jakarta (AP-southeast-3) |
https://api-manager.ap-southeast-b.apiconnect.automation.ibm.com/manager/ |
Solution architecture
What is API Connect?
API Connect is an integrated API management offering, where all of the steps in the API lifecycle, and the actions that surround it, are performed within the offering.
- Automated, visual, and coding options that API providers can use to create scalable APIs
- Lifecycle management and governance for APIs
- Pricing details in plans to define revenue-producing subscription plans for your APIs
- Access control over APIs for both API providers and consumers by using role-based permissions, API packaging constructs, and subscription and community management
- Customizable, self service portals for publishing APIs for discovery and use
- Runtime enforcement of built-in and user-defined policies, and mechanisms to secure, control, and optimize API traffic
- API usage analytics for both API providers and consumers, with runtime and historical reporting on usage patterns and performance metrics
For more information, see Getting started and Understanding API Connect.