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Apigee API Management vs KrakenD API Gateway

Apigee API Management

cloud.google.com

KrakenD API Gateway

krakend.io

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FigureApigee API ManagementKrakenD API Gateway
Price from$20/moFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published32
Spec score · API Security & Management Platforms7.1 (#6)7.6 (#5)

Plans

Apigee API Management

  • EvaluationFree
  • Pay-as-you-go$20 a month
  • SubscriptionPriced on request

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KrakenD API Gateway

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionPriced on request

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Apigee API Management

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KrakenD API Gateway

KrakenD API Gateway is a stateless, distributed gateway for connecting, securing, aggregating, and transforming APIs and AI workloads. It can combine data from multiple services into one response shaped for client needs. Traffic controls include rate limiting, circuit breaking, IP filtering, bot detection, and load balancing. Connectivity includes REST, RabbitMQ, SNS, SQS, Kafka, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and Lambda; listed protocols also include HTTP, WebSockets, AMQP, and NATS. Authentication options include JWT, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, client credentials, API keys, Basic Authentication, and mTLS. KrakenD is self-hosted, with deployment choices including Docker, Kubernetes, cloud marketplace virtual machines, and Linux packages or binaries. The maker says the development Docker image can be used on Windows, Mac, or Linux, and KrakenD runs natively on Linux and Mac OS. Community Edition costs nothing and includes unlimited requests, APIs, and AI workloads. AI Gateway and AI security are Enterprise features.

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