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Regional vs. Edge APIs

Explore the key differences between regional and edge-optimized APIs in AWS API Gateway. Understand when to use each type based on latency, deployment location, and integration with AWS services to optimize application performance.

Edge location

Remember that the AWS infrastructure is divided into regions across the world. These regions, distributed across the globe, provide a strong network for all AWS deployments. The list of regions has grown over the years, but we generally have a few regions in each continent. These are still often far away from most of us, so AWS also has Edge ...