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Comparison

Apigee vs Gloo Gateway

No leader: the top candidate Gloo Gateway has only 0.33 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Apigee42
Gloo Gateway51
Score
Vioscale score
Apigee42 / 100low · 41%
Gloo Gateway51 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
Apigee–
Gloo Gateway✓
Model
Apigeecommercial
Gloo Gatewayfreemium
Price level
Apigeeunknown
Gloo Gatewaylow
Transparent
Apigee✗
Gloo Gateway✗
Integrations
Count
Apigee4
Gloo Gateway–
Security
Disclosure policy
Apigee–
Gloo Gateway✓
Soc2
Apigee–
Gloo Gateway✓
Reliability
Status page
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway–
Market
Availability
ApigeeAvailable worldwide
Gloo Gateway–

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
ApigeeCloud only
Gloo GatewaySelf-hosted only
Kubernetes-native
Apigee-
Gloo Gateway✓
Traffic
Rate limiting
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway-
Request/response transformation
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
Apigee-
Gloo Gateway-
Mutual TLS
Apigee-
Gloo Gateway-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✓
gRPC support
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✓
Delivery
Developer portal
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway-
Monetization
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway-
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
ApigeeLimited
Gloo Gateway-
Insight
Observability
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✓

What each one is

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

Apigee

A fully managed API management platform from Google Cloud that enables organizations to design, deploy, and control APIs across diverse architectural styles and deployment environments with comprehensive security and analytics capabilities.

Independently observed

Gloo Gateway

Enterprise-grade API gateway delivering high performance with flexibility for self-managed deployment. Handles 400k+ requests/sec, 7+ years in production, built on open-source Envoy with CNCF governance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Apigee

Hybrid60-day trial

Pay-as-you-go or subscription pricing available; contact for specific rates

as of verify ↗

Gloo Gateway

HybridFree tier

Free open source forever. Enterprise support available.

  • Open SourceFree
    • Request routing by path, header, method, query parameter, host
    • Kubernetes Gateway API support
    • Traffic splitting and transformation
    • Multi-protocol support: REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket
    • Active community with regular releases
  • Solo EnterpriseContact sales
    • 24x7 Support SLA with guaranteed response times
    • N-3 Long Term Support with security patches and bug fixes
    • FIPS Compliant Images
    • Private Slack Channel with white-glove support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✓
CLI
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apigee✓
Gloo Gateway✗
Self-hosted
Apigee✗
Gloo Gateway✓

Integrations

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

Apigee

4 total
  • Google Cloud L7 Load Balancers
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini Code Assist
  • Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Independently observed

Gloo Gateway

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.