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Comparison

Emissary-ingress vs Zuplo

On the evidence we track, Zuplo leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Emissary-ingress48
★Zuplo68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Emissary-ingress48 / 100low · 3%
Zuplo68 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo✓
Model
Emissary-ingressopen_source
Zuplofreemium
Price level
Emissary-ingressfree
Zuplolow
Transparent
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo✗
Integrations
Count
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo7
Security
Certifications
Emissary-ingress–
ZuploSOC 2 Type II
Soc2
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo99.99
Status page
Emissary-ingress✓
Zuplo✓
Content
Faq
Emissary-ingress3 items
Zuplo6 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Emissary-ingress-
ZuploCloud only
Kubernetes-native
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo-
Traffic
Rate limiting
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
Request/response transformation
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
Mutual TLS
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
gRPC support
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo-
Delivery
Developer portal
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
Monetization
Emissary-ingress-
Zuplo✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
Emissary-ingress-
ZuploLimited
Insight
Observability
Emissary-ingress✓
Zuplo✓

What each one is

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

Emissary-ingress

Open-source API management platform and access management solution.

Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader

An API gateway and management platform providing developer authentication, API key management, and consumer access control capabilities through a developer-facing API and portal.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Emissary-ingress

Open source
as of verify ↗

Zuplo

Leader
from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free tier for ≤100K requests/month. Builder at $25/month with metered usage. Enterprise from $1,000/month with custom pricing available.

  • StarterFree
    • 100K requests/month
    • 1 day of analytics, live logs & traces
    • Up to 2 developer seats
    • GitOps with GitHub
    • MCP Gateway
    • +2 more
  • Builder$25/month + $100 per 100K requests over included amount
    • Custom domains
    • 10 custom environments
    • 1000 API consumers & keys
    • 7 days analytics retention
    • 1 day log & trace history
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom volume discounts available
    • SSO + RBAC
    • Audit logs
    • 99.5% SLA baseline (up to 99.999%)
    • Unlimited custom domains
    • +7 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo✓
CLI
Emissary-ingress–
Zuplo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Emissary-ingress✗
Zuplo✓
Self-hosted
Emissary-ingress✓
Zuplo✗

Integrations

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

Emissary-ingress

Not documented yet.

Zuplo

Leader
9 total
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Codex
  • Windsurf
  • ChatGPT
  • Stripe
  • Amberflo
  • Moesif
Independently observed
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