--- title: Four ways multicloud breaks you (and how API gateways help) description: Multicloud setups introduce four recurring pain points: cross-cloud networking, fragmented IAM and security models, divergent configuration across providers,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/four-ways-multicloud-breaks-you-and-how-api-gateways-help--v6zjed7nn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Four ways multicloud breaks you (and how API gateways help) | daily.dev og:description: Multicloud setups introduce four recurring pain points: cross-cloud networking, fragmented IAM and security models, divergent configuration across providers,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/four-ways-multicloud-breaks-you-and-how-api-gateways-help--v6zjed7nn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v6ZJED7nN.png og:image:alt: Four ways multicloud breaks you (and how API gateways help) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Four ways multicloud breaks you (and how API gateways help) **[ngrok Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Multicloud setups introduce four recurring pain points: cross-cloud networking, fragmented IAM and security models, divergent configuration across providers, and siloed observability. Each requires separate tooling (VPNs, service meshes, federated IAM, IaC, monitoring stacks) that only solves one piece of the puzzle. API gateways are presented as a way to address all four simultaneously by unifying routing, security policy, traffic management, and observability across clouds, contrasted against vendor-locked gateways (AWS/GCP/Azure) and self-deployed options (Kong, NGINX, Envoy), with ngrok's own multicloud API gateway pitched as the easiest path forward. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the main challenges of running a multicloud architecture? Multicloud setups typically break down in four areas: cross-cloud networking (since VPCs, peering, and private links don't extend across providers), security fragmentation (each cloud has its own IAM model, requiring federated IAM to avoid policy drift), configuration fragmentation (services like AWS Lambda don't port to Google Cloud Functions), and siloed observability (each cloud's monitoring stack doesn't integrate natively, requiring centralization via tools like OpenTelemetry or Datadog). _Engineers weighing a multicloud strategy can track architecture trade-off discussions like this on daily.dev._ ### What's the difference between vendor-specific and self-deployable API gateways for multicloud? Vendor-specific gateways like AWS API Gateway, GCP API Gateway, and Azure API Management are locked to their respective clouds, so cross-cloud use means deploying multiple gateways with different security and configuration models and manually synchronizing them. Self-deployable gateways like Kong, NGINX, and Envoy are environment-agnostic and avoid vendor lock-in, but require significant setup, security integration, and configuration synchronization via a separate control plane or IaC tool such as Terraform. _Teams comparing API gateway options for cross-cloud routing follow these trade-offs on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Multicloud Challenges: 9 Key Issues & Best Practices](https://daily.dev/posts/multicloud-challenges-9-key-issues-best-practices-fadvnlanj) · Spacelift · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cloud Native Doesn’t Have to Mean Cloud-Frustrating](https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-native-doesn-t-have-to-mean-cloud-frustrating-ufpeczptu) · Cloud Native Now · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Multi-Cloud: Challenges and Best Practices for Cloud Flexibility](https://daily.dev/posts/multi-cloud-challenges-and-best-practices-for-cloud-flexibility-vsvh6eokg) · Cast AI · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [API Gateways, AI Gateways, and MCP Gateways: Are Enterprises About to Pay Twice Again?](https://daily.dev/posts/api-gateways-ai-gateways-and-mcp-gateways-are-enterprises-about-to-pay-twice-again--vg8t9rdi1) · Nordic APIs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability), [#api-gateway](https://daily.dev/tags/api-gateway) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/four-ways-multicloud-breaks-you-and-how-api-gateways-help--v6zjed7nn) ```json 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