For the third consecutive year, we're happy to announce that Kong has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management and is positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision.

June 10, 2025 - We are excited to share that Gartner® has positioned Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Full Life Cycle API Management. This year’s placement marks the third consecutive year Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader.

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Published: 14 November 2022 · ... This Magic Quadrant assesses 17 vendors in the fast-evolving full life cycle API management market to help software engineering leaders pick the right one....

We're so honored to be named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Full Life Cycle API Management.1 They say seven is a lucky number, but our inclusion has little to do with serendipity. We feel such a recognition has to be earned.

See how the top API Management platforms compare in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management, 2022 & why Software AG is positioned as a leader.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for API Management, Shameen Pillai, John Santoro, 16th October,2024. The report was titled as Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management from 2011-2022.

August 3, 2023 - This Gartner report provides an analysis of the most important API management vendors and explains why Google (Apigee) is a Leader for its Cloud’s API management platform in the Magic Quadrant.

November 17, 2022 - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Postman, the world’s leading API Platform, today announced it has been named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management*. This marks the second year in a row in which Gartner ...

November 19, 2025 - Gartner, 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management, October 7 2025, By Shameen Pillai, John Santoro, Steve Schwent, Nicholas Carter. The report was titled as Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management from 2016-2022 and as Magic Quadrant for Application Services Governance from 2013-2015.

Why Google (Apigee) continues to be recognized as a Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management. As Google (Apigee) in 2018-2022. As Apigee in 2015-16. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger ...

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It provides an analysis of key API management vendors and explains why Apigee is recognized as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant. Trends in how API management is evolving to drive organizational growth and modernization.

The Magic Quadrant compares vendors based on the Gartner standard criteria and methodology. Each report comes with a Magic Quadrant graphic that depicts a market using a two-dimensional matrix that evaluates vendors based on their Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute." The API management market is the market for software that supports all stages of an API’s life cycle: planning and design, implementation and testing, deployment and operation, and versioning and retirement.

October 18, 2023 - 1Gartner, Market Share Analysis: Full Life Cycle API Management, Worldwide, 2022, Nicholas Carter, Fabrizio Biscotti, Varsha Mehta, July 26, 2023 · Gartner, Magic Quadrant™ for API Management, Shameen Pillai, Paul Dumas, John Santoro, Mark O’Neill, Nicholas Carter, Andrew Humphreys, 11 October 2023

1 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management, Shameen Pillai, John Santoro, Steve Schwent, Nicolas Carter, 7 October 2025. The report was published as Magic Quadrant for Application Services Governance for the year 2013 and 2015, as Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management for 2016; 2019–2022...

As companion research, Gartner Critical Capabilities notes provide deeper insight into the capability and suitability of providers’ IT products and services based on specific or customized use cases. The following list of markets, dates and research documents is updated throughout the year with the latest planned Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities research notes.

October 17, 2023 - Gartner, Magic Quadrant for API Management, Shameen Pillai, Kimihiko Iijima, Mark O’Neill, John Santoro, Paul Dumas, Andrew Humphreys, Nicholas Carter, 11 October 2023. This Magic Quadrant report was previously published as Magic Quadrant for Application Services Governance (2015) and previously published as Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management (2016; 2018-2022...

1Gartner, “Critical Capabilities for Full Life Cycle API Management,” Shameen Pillai, Kimihiko Iijima, Mark O'Neill, John Santoro, Paul Dumas and Akash Jain, November 15, 2022. Gartner and Magic Quadrant are registered trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.