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Comparison

AWS API Gateway vs KrakenD

No clear leader: AWS API Gateway (54.5) and KrakenD (51.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS API Gateway full profile →KrakenD full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
AWS API Gateway55
KrakenD52
Score
Vioscale score
AWS API Gateway55 / 100low · 41%
KrakenD52 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Model
AWS API Gatewayfreemium
KrakenDcommercial
Price level
AWS API Gatewaylow
KrakenDlow
Transparent
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Integrations
Count
AWS API Gateway10
KrakenD13
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD–
Fedramp
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD–
Gdpr
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Pci
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD–
Soc2
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD0
Github stars
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD2,668
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD9
Release
Cadence days
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD24
History
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenD20 items
License
Spdx
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenDApache-2.0
Language
Primary
AWS API Gateway–
KrakenDGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
AWS API GatewayCloud only
KrakenDCloud + self-hosted
Kubernetes-native
AWS API Gateway✗
KrakenD-
Traffic
Rate limiting
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Request/response transformation
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
AWS API Gateway-
KrakenD✓
Mutual TLS
AWS API Gateway-
KrakenD✓
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
AWS API Gateway✗
KrakenD✓
gRPC support
AWS API Gateway✗
KrakenD✓
Delivery
Developer portal
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Monetization
AWS API Gateway-
KrakenD✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
AWS API Gateway-
KrakenDLimited
Insight
Observability
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓

What each one is

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

AWS API Gateway

A managed cloud service that handles the complete lifecycle of APIs—from creation and deployment to monitoring and security—including traffic management, authorization, throttling, and version control.

Independently observed

KrakenD

KrakenD is an open-source API gateway offering both a free community edition and a commercial enterprise version. It provides API aggregation, request/response transformation, traffic management, and security features for microservices and AI workload routing.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

AWS API Gateway

from $1/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments. HTTP APIs: $1.00/million calls; REST APIs: $3.50/million calls; data transfer charges apply. Free tier: 1M API calls per month for 12 months (new AWS customers). $200 free tier credit for new customers as of July 15, 2025.

  • HTTP APIs1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $1.00/million (first 300M), $0.90/million above 300M
    • 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
    • Tiered pricing after free tier
    • Data transfer out charges apply
  • REST APIs1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $3.50/million API calls (Edge Optimized/Regional)
    • 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
    • $3.50 per million for Edge Optimized/Regional APIs
    • No data transfer charges for Private APIs (PrivateLink charges apply)
    • Optional data caching at hourly rate
  • WebSocket APIs1M free messages + 750k connection minutes/month for 12 months
    • 1M free messages per month for 12 months
    • 750k free connection minutes per month for 12 months
    • Messages up to 128KB, metered in 32KB increments
    • Control frames (ping/pong) not metered
  • API Gateway PortalsContact sales
    • Developer portal hosting
    • 10 PortalProducts with 40 REST endpoints each included monthly
    • Additional PortalProducts billed separately
    • API discovery and documentation
    • Centralized governance
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

KrakenD

HybridFree tier

Free Community Edition; Enterprise Edition available by quote

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✗
CLI
AWS API Gateway✗
KrakenD✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS API Gateway✓
KrakenD✓
Self-hosted
AWS API Gateway✗
KrakenD✓
Hybrid
AWS API Gateway✗
KrakenD✓

Integrations

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

AWS API Gateway

10 total
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon VPC
  • AWS PrivateLink
  • AWS Serverless Application Model
  • AWS IoT
Independently observed

KrakenD

13 total
  • REST APIs
  • RabbitMQ
  • SNS
  • SQS
  • Kafka
  • GraphQL
  • gRPC
  • SOAP
  • Lambda
  • NATS
  • OpenAI
  • Moesif
  • Google Analytics
Independently observed

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