Comparison

Apache APISIX vs AWS API Gateway

On the evidence we track, Apache APISIX leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Apache APISIX54

AWS API Gateway44

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Apache APISIXLeader	AWS API Gateway
vioscaleAI score	54 / 100medium · 53%	44 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.2	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://apisix.apache.org/blog/2023/03/02/security-policy-auditable/	https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fapache%2Fapisix&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	17,220	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	67	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	61	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Lua	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, DE, IE · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Apache APISIX54 / 100medium · 53%

AWS API Gateway44 / 100low · 41%

Pricing

Free tier

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Model

Apache APISIXopen_source

AWS API Gatewayfreemium

Price level

Apache APISIXfree

AWS API Gatewaylow

Transparent

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Integrations

Count

Apache APISIX11

AWS API Gateway7

Security

Disclosure policy

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Fedramp

Apache APISIX–

AWS API Gateway✓

Gdpr

Apache APISIX–

AWS API Gateway✓

Pci

Apache APISIX–

AWS API Gateway✓

Scorecard

Apache APISIX7.2

AWS API Gateway–

Trust center

Apache APISIXhttps://apisix.apache.org/blog/2023/03/02/security-policy-auditable/

AWS API Gatewayhttps://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc

Vulnerabilities

Apache APISIXCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fapache%2Fapisix&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

AWS API Gateway–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Apache APISIX1

AWS API Gateway–

Github stars

Apache APISIX17,220

AWS API Gateway–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Apache APISIX67

AWS API Gateway–

Release

Cadence days

Apache APISIX61

AWS API Gateway–

History

Apache APISIX20 items

AWS API Gateway–

License

Spdx

Apache APISIXApache-2.0

AWS API Gateway–

Language

Primary

Apache APISIXLua

AWS API Gateway–

Market

Availability

Apache APISIX–

AWS API GatewayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, DE, IE · HQ US

Content

Faq

Apache APISIX6 items

AWS API Gateway7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for API Gateways
Capability	Apache APISIX	AWS API Gateway
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud only
Kubernetes-native	✓	✗
Traffic
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Request/response transformation	✓	✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT	✓	✓
Mutual TLS	✓	-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway	✗	✗
gRPC support	✓	✗
Delivery
Developer portal	✓	✓
Monetization	✓	-
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem	Extensive	-
Insight
Observability	✓	✓

Deployment

Hosting

Apache APISIXCloud + self-hosted

AWS API GatewayCloud only

Kubernetes-native

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Traffic

Rate limiting

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Request/response transformation

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Security

OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Mutual TLS

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway-

Protocols

GraphQL gateway

Apache APISIX✗

AWS API Gateway✗

gRPC support

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Delivery

Developer portal

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Monetization

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway-

Ecosystem

Plugin ecosystem

Apache APISIXExtensive

AWS API Gateway-

Insight

Observability

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache APISIX

Leader

Open-source software that manages and routes traffic to APIs and AI services. Designed for flexible deployment on your own infrastructure with extensive customization through plugins.

Independently observed

AWS API Gateway

AWS Bedrock provides organizations with managed access to foundation models from leading AI providers, supporting on-demand inference, batch processing at discounted rates, model fine-tuning, and integrated knowledge base capabilities for building AI applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache APISIX

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

AWS API Gateway

Usage-basedFree tier

Token-based usage pricing with Standard, Flex, Priority, and Reserved tiers. Batch inference 50% cheaper. Knowledge Base includes free tier components. Custom pricing available on request.

Standard-
Flex-
Priority-
Reserved-

as of 2026-09-23verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Apache APISIX	AWS API Gateway
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✓

Linux

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

CLI

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Apache APISIX✗

AWS API Gateway✓

Self-hosted

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

On-premise

Apache APISIX✓

AWS API Gateway✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

Anthropic
AWS Lambda

Apache APISIX

Leader

28 total - 26 not shared

OpenAI
AWS Bedrock
DeepSeek
Ollama
gRPC
gRPC-Web
Open Policy Agent
Spring Boot
OAuth2
OpenID Connect
Keycloak
Istio
Kuma
Azure Serverless Function
Apache OpenWhisk
Vault
Dubbo
MQTT
etcd
OpenTelemetry
ClickHouse
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
Azure Functions
+2 more

Independently observed

AWS API Gateway

20 total - 18 not shared

Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
AWS PrivateLink
AWS Serverless Application Model
AWS IoT
AWS CloudWatch
Amazon Cognito
AWS IAM
AWS CloudFront
Meta
Mistral AI
Amazon
SharePoint
Confluence

Independently observed

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