# Dreamfactory vs Azure API management

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/dreamfactory-vs-azure-api-management/380>\
**Category:** FAQs\
**Created:** [September 20, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/dreamfactory-vs-azure-api-management/380 "2014-09-20T18:44:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![surfnerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@surfnerd](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/surfnerd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/dreamfactory-vs-azure-api-management/380/1 "2014-09-20T18:44:34Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to get started with Dreamfactory.  
We currently have application based on Azure API manager. It just support internal API to external API communication.

How does Dreamfactory compare with Azure API Management. We don’t need database to API connectivity for now.  
Can we replace our costly Azure API management with Dreamfactory ?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![benbusse](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/benbusse/32/4_2.png) [@benbusse](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/benbusse)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/dreamfactory-vs-azure-api-management/380/2 "2014-09-21T06:36:06Z")

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What are your specific use cases for REST APIs and what is the backend data your apps need to access? DreamFactory provides REST APIs and server-side security with user roles and SSO for four types of backend data: SQL, NoSQL, files, and remote web services.