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AWS API Gateway - REST API vs. HTTP API
- Authors
- Name
- Gene Zhang
Overview
REST APIs support more features than HTTP APIs, while HTTP APIs are designed with minimal features so that they can be offered at a lower price and have a lower latency.
Video: What’s the Difference Between AWS REST API & HTTP API?
| function | price | speed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTTP API | ✅ | ✅ | |
| REST API | ✅ |
Functionality
Choose REST APIs if you need features such as:
- API keys
- Per-client throttling
- Request validation
- AWS WAF integration
- API endpoints
Cost
HTTP APIs is at least 71% lower cost compared to API Gateway REST APIs.
Speed
HTTP APIs offers up to 60% reduction in latency.
