API-580 availability - Risk Based Inspection Professional Updated: 2023

Microsoft recently announced the public preview of two new Azure API Management tiers: Basic v2 and Standard v2.

Azure API Management is Microsoft’s API Gateway offering in the Cloud and provides customers with various tiers based on workloads and features. The new Basic V2 tier is designed for development and testing scenarios. It is supported by an SLA. At the same time, the new Standard V2 is a production-ready tier with support planned for advanced API Management features previously available only in a Premium tier of API Management, including high availability and networking options.

One of the benefits of Standard V2 is that an instance of API Management is deployed in minutes and supports Virtual Network (VNet) Integration - allowing outbound traffic to be restricted to a single connected VNet. In addition, both Basic and Standard V2 support up to 10 scale units, a 5X and 2.5X improvement over the current Basic and Standard tiers.

Toon Vanhoutte, a Microsoft MVP, outlined in one of his blog posts the features of the new tiers and concluded:

With the new Standard v2 tier, we can privatize API Management for 1/4 of the premium price.  Be aware that the load that is single Standard v2 unit can handle is probably lower than what the Premium tier can manage.  Another remark is that the price for Standard v2 includes 50M API requests per month and that you have to pay per extra bucket of 1M API requests.

Fernando Mejia, a Senior Program Manager - Azure API Management at Microsoft, explains In a Tech Community blog post the reason for the new tiers:

The new tiers answer popular customer requests, offer quality-of-service improvements, and allow customers of any size to get started with API Management, adding capabilities and scale as their API programs grow.

In addition, on a LinkedIn post from Mejia about the new tiers, Sathish Krishnan, a Distinguished Engineer and director of Cloud Engineering at UBS, commented:

Much awaited update. Having to pay premium for VNet integration was a costly proposition.

In a dev.to blog post, the author Matonen writes:

Pricing of the Premium tier is €3.65 per hour, so Standard v2 is 4 times cheaper. Now, even small organizations can consider API management and deploy backends to private network.

Lastly, during the preview phase, the Basic v2 and Standard v2 tiers are accessible in select public regions for newly created service instances. The pricing details of all API Management tiers are available on the pricing page.

DTCC launches ALERT API suite

DTCC has launched an ALERT API suite, providing market participants with an alternative way to request and receive standing settlement instructions (SSIs) and market availability data in real time.

DTCC’s ALERT API builds on its ALERT platform and includes two APIs. The first enables investment managers and their outsourcers to retrieve their own specific market, security and depository SSI for a specific account in real time.

The other has been designed to support client onboarding. It enables investment managers and their outsourcers to obtain a list of available market, security, depository combinations for the investment manager account.

Third parties can also pull this information on behalf of investment managers per account as well as on behalf of a broker dealers' permissioned investment manager account.

For more than 30 years, custodian banks and prime brokers have maintained SSIs on behalf of their clients through ALERT. The platform has continued to automate the maintenance of timely and reliable SSIs from source providers. The service now includes a global community of 3,500 organisations.

The launch of ALERT API comes as DTCC announces it has reached more than 15 million SSIs, including three million cash SSIs.

“This growth comes at a critical time,” the company says. “Particularly as the US looks to move to a T+1 settlement cycle in May 2024.”

It adds: “Accurate, automated SSIs are key to the facilitation of accelerated settlement, as leveraging golden copy data limits discrepancies that could potentially cause failed or delayed trades.”

Bob Stewart, executive director of ITP at DTCC, says: “As the industry prepares for the implementation of the T+1 settlement cycle in the US, we are pleased to see growing momentum in the adoption of ALERT as firms take advantage of the benefits of leveraging automated SSI data.

“We are also pleased to launch the ALERT API suite, providing flexibility and a new way for users to access critical SSI data. ALERT, and its automated SSI capabilities, is a key enabler of accelerated settlement cycles and reduced trade fails, and we look forward to continuing to enhance the service to meet evolving client needs.”

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We compared website builders Wix and Webflow on pricing, design and user interface, features, e-commerce options, customer support and best use cases. Learn which won for each category and why. 

Wix vs. Webflow: Overview

Wix and Webflow are website builders that small businesses can use to create custom websites with features for blogging and e-commerce. Wix is a better choice for beginners, with its drag-and-drop format and over 900 templates, while we’d recommend Webflow for those with experience in coding who’ll benefit from its HTML and CSS editor.

What is Wix?

Wix is an all-in-one website builder and content management system that offers users an interface with hundreds of templates you can customize. You don’t need any coding experience to build a website, and most plans offer features for:

• E-commerce.
• Booking. 
• Ticket and event management. 
• Restaurant management. 
• Hotel management. 
• Content monetization. 

There is no free plan available, and the cheapest starts at $16 per month. Wix provides its own free website hosting too, and all plans come with a free custom domain for one year. However, once you start building a website, you’ll need to commit to it. You can’t export content to a new template, nor can you export the design to an outside hosting platform.

Its drag-and-drop interface is ideal for beginners, but if you’re looking to customize your website down to the most minute details then you might find it somewhat limited.

What is Webflow?

Webflow offers users a more detailed and precise website builder that caters more to experienced web designers. It offers a visual interface that lets you create HTML and CSS elements you can drag and edit in detail without having to write custom code. It also offers over 2,000 templates and the ability to add custom code if you so choose anywhere across your site.

All plans allow form submissions, but you’ll need a paid plan for:

• A custom domain.
• No Webflow branding. 
• Password protection.
• Custom code.
• SEO features.

You can get started with a free plan with Webflow, though it’s limited to only two pages, 1 GB of bandwidth and 1,000 visitors. You also won’t get a custom domain. You don’t get phone or chat support either, so we’d recommend this for those with experience in web design who are confident in their website building ability. 

Wix vs. Webflow: Pricing

Winner: Webflow

Wix offers five different plans, starting with its Light plan at $16 per month and going up to Business Elite at $159 per month. Enterprise customers can get a custom solution. 

Here’s a summary of each plan:

• Light ($16 per month): 2 GB of storage space, access for two collaborators, a light marketing suite and a free domain for one year.
• Core ($27 per month): 50 GB of storage and five collaborators, along with the basic marketing suite, basic site analytics, e-commerce tools, payment acceptance capabilities and a free domain for one year.
• Business ($32 per month): 10 collaborators, 100 GB of storage; an upgrade to standard marketing, analytics and e-commerce; payment acceptance capabilities and a free domain for one year.
• Business Elite ($159 per month): 15 collaborators, unlimited storage, an advanced developer platform and advanced marketing, analytics and e-commerce tools.
• Enterprise (custom pricing): Includes all premium features as well as unlimited collaborators, management for multiple websites, single-sign on, custom templates and custom integrations. 

Webflow offers five general plans, its Starter plan being free — a bonus, as Wix doesn’t offer a free option. Its general plans go up to the Business plan for $49 per month. Webflow also offers a custom solution for its Enterprise plan.

• Starter (free): Two pages, 50 items in the CMS and 50 form submissions as well as 1 GB of bandwidth. It doesn’t offer a custom domain, only a Webflow.io domain.
• Basic ($18 per month): Custom domain, up to 150 pages, 50 GB of bandwidth, but no CMS items. You can add custom code to your site with this plan.
• CMS ($29 per month): Adds 2,000 CMS items, access for three content editors, 200 GB of bandwidth and automatic search indexing every 72 hours.
• Business ($49 per month): 10,000 CMS items, access for 10 content editors, 400 GB of bandwidth and automatic search indexing every 12 hours.
• Enterprise (custom pricing): Customized solution that lets you have a range of extra features and capabilities tailored specifically for your needs.

Webflow also has e-commerce specific plans that are best for businesses with high volume. Those include: 

• Standard ($42 per month): 500 e-commerce items, 2,000 CMS items, a 2% transaction fee and all plan features from the CMS general plan.
• Plus ($84 per month): 5,000 e-commerce items, 10,000 CMS items, a zero transaction fee and all features from the Business general plan.
• Advanced ($235 per month): 15,000 e-commerce items, 10,000 CMS, a zero transaction fee and all features from Business general plan.

Wix vs. Webflow: Design and user interface

Winner: Wix

Wix and Webflow both allow you to customize your website but to different degrees. Wix is better for beginners, with a drag-and-drop user interface that requires absolutely no coding knowledge. You’ll have access to over 900 customizable templates, but you’ll need to work within the limits of each template. You’ll also be able to use a range of over 500 connected apps, but you can’t connect your own or any other third-party apps or integrations unless already supported. 

Webflow’s more advanced and customizable design interface means it’s not intuitive for beginner designers, but with training and practice, it offers greater flexibility and more hands-on design features. If you’re comfortable with coding and you have a precise vision for what you want your website to look like, then it’s likely you’ll be matched to Webflow. You don’t necessarily need to be able to code to use the visual editor, but it’s definitely more suited to those with web designing experience.

Wix and Webflow offer different approaches to website design, so it will depend somewhat on your experience and confidence with coding and design. However, given that Wix is overall more accessible to users, we judge it the winner in this category. 

Wix vs. Webflow: Features

Winner: Webflow

Wix offers multiple powerful features you can use when building your website without needing any coding experience. The standard features you’ll get include:

• A custom domain, free for the first year.
• No Wix branding.
• Storage space, starting at 2 GB.
• Video hours, starting at 30 minutes.

You’ll have access to the Wix drag-and-drop editor, and you’ll be able to hire professionals on the Wix Marketplace. 

All plans except the Light plan offer customer accounts, professional logos and a year of free access to the events calendar and Site Booster apps. You can accept payments on all plans from the Core plan upward, as well as sell on marketplaces and social channels. You’ll get up to 50,000 products and dropshipping as part of Wix’s e-commerce platform. 

You’ll be able to build your website for specific industries like hotel or restaurant management, with functionality for reservations, custom menus and advanced room pricing. Finally, Wix incorporates AI into web design using its ADI (Artificial Design Intelligence). It allows you to create a website in seconds.

Webflow also offers an extensive range of features, giving you greater customization and flexibility than Wix but also requiring a higher level of expertise. All paid plans offer:

• A custom domain for a year.
• No Webflow branding.
• Implementation of custom code across your site.

However, the Basic plan doesn’t offer any CMS functionality — you’ll need the CMS plan for this. With the CMS plan and above you’ll get API access, schedules and multi-item publishing and 200 GB of bandwidth.

Webflow’s design features are more advanced than Wix’s, allowing you to use unstyled HTML elements and Quick Stack elements to create a fully custom design. You’ll be able to preview builds in multiple formats with its responsive designer to ensure your site fits any device. Webflow translates your design into code and allows you to add your own custom code anywhere across the site. Lastly Webflow provides its own ecommerce solution, a suite of SEO tools and site and page password protection.

While Wix is a capable and intuitive website builder, the flexibility offered by Webflow makes for a more powerful tool in the right hands. We’d recommend this especially for web designers and those with a very specific vision in mind for their website.

Wix vs. Webflow: E-commerce options

Winner: Wix 

Wix and Webflow both offer the ability to set up an online shop to sell your goods or services. With Wix you’ll be able to use over 500 templates to help you create your own custom online store and sell products on multiple channels including Facebook, Google Shopping and eBay. 

You’ll also have access to Wix’s API for further customization, and you can translate your e-commerce business into more than 90 languages.

Wix’s e-commerce platform lets you sell up to 50,000 products on all plans apart from the Light plan, and set up abandoned cart recovery. Customers on Business plans and upward have advanced shipping features, and Business Elite and Enterprise customers can integrate Smile.io’s loyalty program. 

Dropshipping is available for Core customers at 25 products, Business customers at 250 products and unlimited products for Business Elite and Enterprise customers. 

Webflow also offers separate e-commerce plans. All of these plans offer payments with Stripe; support for PayPal, Apple Pay and web payments; automatic tax calculations and no restrictions on sales volume. You can also integrate with Facebook and Instagram, Google Shopping and Mailchimp. 

While Webflow’s website builder means you’ll be able to create a highly customized online shop, Wix offers a more powerful e-commerce platform with more useful features. However, if your business is dedicated to e-commerce, then you might find that other e-commerce website builders such as Shopify offer a more useful platform.

Wix vs. Webflow: Customer support

Winner: Wix 

Customer support is always an important factor, and the two main aspects you’ll need to consider is the channels you can use to reach out and when they’re available. Wix offers customer support through phone and live chat for customers, and all plans get 24/7 support. Business Elite and Enterprise customers qualify for priority support, too.

Webflow only offers email support with the customer service team, with no phone or live chat options available. However, Webflow’s University also provides a range of video tutorials that can guide you through the process of building a website. But overall, given Wix’s variety of options and availability, it wins in this category.

Which is best for your business?

Winner: Webflow

Wix and Webflow are both powerful and useful website builders, but they’re better suited for different purposes. Experienced web designers and coders will benefit more from Webflow’s design interface, with flexibility that allows you to build a website from scratch with custom elements and coding. However it’s not the easiest tool to use, and beginners might not be able to fully take advantage of the freedom and customization capabilities it offers.

Wix on the other hand makes building a website straightforward, with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface and hundreds of templates on offer. You won’t have the same degree of customization capabilities, but if you’re new to web design, then it will offer everything you need to publish a functional and attractive website.

However, our overall recommendation would be Webflow. With the ability to craft a fully unique website and add your own custom coding, it’s the better website builder as long as it’s in the right hands. With an abundance of online tutorials available, it’s worth learning how to use it if you want to create a website for your business. 

London, UK, Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today announced general availability of its self-service Ad Fraud Prevention API. With no annual commitments or upfront costs, developers and publishers of all sizes can access Pixalate’s reliable and low-latency solution to easily scale and grow. 

Pixalate APIs are powered by the company’s MRC-accredited Analytics platform. Accreditation areas include sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) detection & filtration for both display and video across Connected TV (CTV), mobile app, mobile web, and desktop.

Access to MRC-accredited ad fraud prevention tools has historically been limited to large, enterprise sized publishers & developers. Pixalate’s self-service API gives smaller developers an upper hand to scale their platforms by protecting existing ad revenue streams and fortifying the integrity of their advertising inventory against bad actors.

Using most globally-accepted credit cards, customers can sign up in minutes, choose the plan that’s right for them, and immediately incorporate Pixalate’s ad fraud prevention insights into their apps. Subscriptions start at $99 a month and provide developers the freedom to adjust based on usage. When a customer exceeds a plan’s usage quota, consumption-based pricing kicks in without any interruption to the service.

Key Benefits Include: 

• Reduce clawbacks. Protects publishers & developers’ revenue by taking steps to Boost ad traffic quality.
• Align with major exchanges. Enable developers to use the same ad fraud technology as major exchanges.
• Combat ad fraud. Prevents 40+ types of invalid traffic (IVT) & fraud vectors that harm app traffic quality.
• Prevent getting blocklisted. Bake fraud prevention into apps from the ground up.
• Billing Dashboard. View real-time API usage and charges on the billing dashboard.
• Ease of Integration. With just a few clicks, any developer can sign up with a freemium plan and begin integrating the APIs with a few lines of code.

API Input Parameters:

• IP address: Analyzes an IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6) to check for any associated risks.
• Device Identifier: Examines the device identifier to detect any abnormalities or signs of fraudulent activity.
• User Agent: Evaluates the user agent data to identify potentially malicious software or bots.

API Output Parameters:

• Fraud Risk Assessment: Subscribers can request a risk score from Pixalate’s servers to gauge the likelihood of an IP, Device ID, or User Agent being compromised or engaged in malicious activity.

Platforms Supported

• Websites
• Mobile (iOS, Android) 
• Connected TV (Roku, Fire TV, Samsung, LG, tvOS and more)

SDKs

To learn more about the Ad Trust & Safety API suite, visit https://developer.pixalate.com.

About Pixalate
Pixalate is the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising. We work 24/7 to guard your reputation and grow your media value. Pixalate offers the only system of coordinated solutions across display, app, video, and CTV for better detection and elimination of ad fraud. Pixalate is an MRC-accredited service for the detection and filtration of sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) across desktop and mobile web, mobile in-app, and CTV advertising.

Media Contact: press@pixalate.com

Disclaimer

As used herein, and per the Media Rating Council, Inc. (MRC), "'Fraud' is not intended to represent fraud as defined in various laws, statutes and ordinances or as conventionally used in U.S. Court or other legal proceedings, but rather a custom definition strictly for advertising measurement purposes;" and "'Invalid Traffic' is defined generally as traffic that does not meet certain ad serving quality or completeness criteria, or otherwise does not represent legitimate ad traffic that should be included in measurement counts. Among the reasons why ad traffic may be deemed invalid is it is a result of non-human traffic (spiders, bots, etc.), or activity designed to produce fraudulent traffic."

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Pixalate Inc.
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