Ranked list · API Gateways · 6 companies
Best API Gateways Software in 2026
Choosing an API Gateway involves evaluating factors such as pricing structures, available features, and integration capabilities. The products listed offer various approaches to API management, from usage-based models to comprehensive enterprise solutions.
Kong offers extensive API management with support for various protocols and services, unlimited agents for agent-to-agent traffic, and AI observability with token-level tracking.
Free tier · paid from $12/user/month
- · Starting price: $12/user/month
- · Free tier available
- · Key features: API, protocol, and service support, Unlimited agents for agent-to-agent traffic, AI Observability with token-level tracking, Advanced analytics for up to 1M API requests, Developer portal support for 2 portals
- · Integrates with: AWS, Azure, GCP, Git, Slack
- · Strengths: Comprehensive API management; Free trial available; Robust support for enterprise
Apigee provides pay-as-you-go pricing across multiple subscription tiers, along with API Analytics and advanced API Security.
Free tier · paid from $20 (Standard API Proxy, per 1M API calls)
- · Starting price: $20 (Standard API Proxy, per 1M API calls)
- · Free tier available
- · Key features: Pay-as-you-go pricing, Multiple subscription tiers, API Analytics, Advanced API Security
- · Strengths: No upfront commitment; Flexible pricing options; Tailored for various use cases
AWS API Gateway features pay-as-you-go pricing, includes one million free API calls, and has no minimum fees or upfront commitments.
Free tier · paid from $1.00/million
- · Starting price: $1.00/million
- · Free tier available
- · Key features: Pay-as-you-go pricing, One million free API calls, No minimum fees, No upfront commitments
- · Strengths: Flexible pricing model; Generous free tier offers; Scalable for different needs
Zuplo is a fully managed API gateway providing 100K free requests per month, pay-per-request pricing, and edge-native, multi-cloud access.
Free tier · paid from $25/month
- · Starting price: $25/month
- · Free tier available
- · Key features: Fully managed API gateway, 100K requests/month free, Pay per request pricing, Edge-native and multi-cloud access
- · Strengths: Customizable plans based on usage; No per-seat fees; Fast deployment under 60 seconds
Tyk supports usage-based pricing, includes unlimited API gateways, and offers a developer portal.
Free tier available
- · Free tier available
- · Key features: Usage-based pricing, Unlimited API gateways, Developer portal included, Enhanced success plan
- · Strengths: Flexible pricing model; Easy to start with a free trial; Scalable for enterprise needs
Gravitee provides unlimited users and APIs under management, production gateways, and flat pricing for all API calls.
From $1,250/month
- · Starting price: $1,250/month
- · Key features: Unlimited Users, Unlimited APIs under Management, Production Gateways available, Gold Support
- · Strengths: Flat pricing for all API calls; Free onboarding and setup; Flexible gateway options
How we rank
Composite score, weighted across five public signals from each company's published releases:
- · Recency (25%) — exponential decay from the most recent release
- · Volume (20%) — releases published in the last 90 days
- · GEO score (25%) — average AI-optimization score
- · Citations (20%) — confirmed AI-engine citations
- · Entities (10%) — entity richness per release