Ambassador Edge Stack vs API7 Enterprise
Ambassador Edge Stack
landing.gravitee.io
API7 Enterprise
api7.aiSide by side
| Figure | Ambassador Edge Stack | API7 Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · API Gateway Software | 7.9 (#9) | 8.1 (#8) |
| Deployment | The product can be installed manually or with Helm. | The product page lists deployment on bare metal, virtual machines, Kubernetes, and cloud. |
| Developer portal | Developers can discover, subscribe to, and test Edge Stack and Gravitee APIs from the same developer portal. | The portal publishes API documentation for internal, partner, or external developers. |
| Integrations | It integrates with Istio as an edge proxy routing external traffic to the internal service mesh. | The product page names Keycloak, OAuth, Okta, and 2FA authentication systems, plus Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana for observability. |
| Product | Edge Stack is a cloud-native API gateway that runs in Kubernetes. | API7 Enterprise manages the API lifecycle across teams and environments using an Apache APISIX data plane and centralized management. |
| Support | Gravitee says Ambassador customers can keep using the same support channels and teams, with ongoing improvements planned. | The Enterprise product page lists onboarding, migration guidance, architecture review, performance optimization, custom plugin development, and GitOps integration as professional support services. |
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Ambassador Edge Stack
Ambassador Edge Stack has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
API7 Enterprise
API7 Enterprise has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.