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Comparison

Cloudflare AI Gateway vs WSO2 API Manager

No leader: the top candidate WSO2 API Manager 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.

Cloudflare AI Gateway full profile →WSO2 API Manager full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Cloudflare AI Gateway81
WSO2 API Manager94
Score
Vioscale score
Cloudflare AI Gateway81 / 100low · 37%
WSO2 API Manager94 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Model
Cloudflare AI Gatewayfreemium
WSO2 API Manageropen_source
Price level
Cloudflare AI Gatewaylow
WSO2 API Managerfree
Starting price
Cloudflare AI Gateway$0.05
WSO2 API Manager–
Transparent
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Integrations
Count
Cloudflare AI Gateway8
WSO2 API Manager600
Security
Disclosure policy
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Gdpr
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Hipaa
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Iso27001
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Pci
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Soc2
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Reliability
Status page
Cloudflare AI Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Market
Availability
Cloudflare AI GatewayAvailable worldwide
WSO2 API ManagerAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai gateway security. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture model
Cloudflare AI GatewayGlobal edge network
WSO2 API ManagerOpen source proxy
Universal API key for 100 plus LLM providers
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Auto fallback routing on rate limit or downtime
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Semantic caching for repeat queries and cost savings
Cloudflare AI Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager✓
Organization wide cost tracking and chargebacks
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Custom rate limiting by user or tenant id
Cloudflare AI Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager✓
Pii redaction and data masking in flight
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Streaming token support server sent events
Cloudflare AI Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager-
Bring your own keys byok routing
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager-
Zero data retention and prompt logging opt out
Cloudflare AI Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager-
SOC2 type ii
Cloudflare AI Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager-
Mit or apache permissive oss license
Cloudflare AI Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager-
Pricing model
Cloudflare AI Gatewayusage-based-saas
WSO2 API ManagerFree open source

What each one is

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

Cloudflare AI Gateway

A platform providing visibility into AI API usage through analytics and logging, with controls for caching, rate limiting, and request management across multiple AI providers.

Independently observed

WSO2 API Manager

A gateway platform that centralizes management of APIs and AI model traffic across cloud and self-hosted environments, with built-in cost controls, security policies, and monetization capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cloudflare AI Gateway

from $0.05/million requestsHybridFree tier

Free core features; usage-based pricing for requests on paid plans. Inference costs passed through at provider rates with no markup.

  • FreeFree
    • Dashboard analytics
    • Caching
    • Rate limiting
    • Request retries
    • Model fallback
    • +1 more
  • Workers Paid$0.05 per million requests after 10M/month included
    • All free features
    • 10M logs per gateway
    • Logpush
    • DLP with full profiles (if Zero Trust included)
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

WSO2 API Manager

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source. No per-gateway fees or usage caps.

  • Self-HostedFree
    • Full lifecycle API management
    • Design and publish REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, Webhook APIs
    • Developer portal with try-it console
    • Multi-gateway support
    • Kubernetes and Docker deployment
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
CLI
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloudflare AI Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Self-hosted
Cloudflare AI Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager✓
Hybrid
Cloudflare AI Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini

Cloudflare AI Gateway

10 total - 7 not shared
  • Workers AI
  • Vectorize
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • Third-party LLM models
  • Replicate
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Agent Memory
Independently observed

WSO2 API Manager

11 total - 8 not shared
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Mistral
  • AWS Bedrock Guardrails
  • Azure Content Safety
  • Moesif
  • Azure AI
  • Mistral AI
Independently observed

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