API Gateway REST API versus API Gateway HTTP API

11 Dec 2024

Learn how API Gateway REST API differs from API Gateway HTTP API.

API Gateway REST API API Gateway HTTP API
Type

REST API

REST API

HTTPS/TLS

Backends

✅ Lambda
✅ Public endpoint
✅ Private endpoint
✅ AWS Service APIs

✅ Lambda
✅ Public endpoint
✅ Private endpoint
⚠️ AWS Service APIs

Costs

💰💰

💰

Maturity

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Authentication

✅ IAM
✅ API Key
✅ OpenID Connect
✅ SAML
✅ Social
✅ Custom

✅ IAM
❌ API Key
✅ OpenID Connect
❌ SAML
❌ Social
✅ Custom

Tenant-based Throttling

Request Validation

Req./Res. Transformation

Endpoints

✅ Public
✅ Private

✅ Public
❌ Private

WAF