Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment

Microsoft has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment. Azure API Management supports over 38,000 customers, nearly 3 million APIs, and more than 3 trillion API requests monthly. The platform is expanding beyond traditional API governance to cover AI workloads, offering a unified control plane for managing models, tools, and agents in production. Customer examples include Heineken (50M API calls/month, 100% uptime, 75% cost reduction), Banco Bradesco (centralized AI and API governance for digital banking), Access Group (50+ AI products launched, 2.2M users), and Air India (40,000 daily AI-handled queries). Microsoft positions Azure API Management as a single platform for governing both APIs and AI systems at enterprise scale.