{"id":"aws-api-gateway","name":"AWS API Gateway","af_score":81.1,"security_score":null,"reliability_score":null,"what_it_does":"AWS managed API gateway service for creating, deploying, and managing REST, HTTP, and WebSocket APIs that front Lambda functions, HTTP backends, or AWS services, with usage plans and throttling.","best_when":"You're building serverless applications on AWS and need a fully managed API gateway that integrates natively with Lambda, IAM, and AWS Cognito.","avoid_when":"You need multi-cloud portability, complex API transformation policies, or you're not in the AWS ecosystem.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.276594+00:00"}