REST API VS HTTP API Differences - AWS

AWS API Gateway is a great technology for managing and securing access to your backend REST APIs. However, AWS currently supports two very different versions of the technology. 

REST APIs and HTTP APIs are both RESTful API products. 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. Choose REST APIs if you need features such as API keys, per-client throttling, request validation, AWS WAF integration, or private API endpoints. Choose HTTP APIs if you don't need the features included with REST APIs.

Endpoint type

The endpoint type refers to the endpoint that API Gateway creates for your API.

Security

API Gateway provides a number of ways to protect your API from certain threats, like malicious actors or spikes in traffic.

Authorization

API Gateway supports multiple mechanisms for controlling and managing access to your API.

Development

As you're developing your API Gateway API, you decide on a number of characteristics of your API. These characteristics depend on the use case of your API.

Monitoring

We have to consider lot of factors in deciding which API to go for.