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Comparison

Gloo 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.

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Gloo Gateway51
WSO2 API Manager94
Score
Vioscale score
Gloo Gateway51 / 100low · 33%
WSO2 API Manager94 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Model
Gloo Gatewayfreemium
WSO2 API Manageropen_source
Price level
Gloo Gatewaylow
WSO2 API Managerfree
Transparent
Gloo Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager✓
Integrations
Count
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager600
Security
Disclosure policy
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Gdpr
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Hipaa
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Iso27001
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Pci
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Soc2
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Reliability
Status page
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Market
Availability
Gloo Gateway–
WSO2 API ManagerAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Gloo GatewaySelf-hosted only
WSO2 API ManagerCloud + self-hosted
Kubernetes-native
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Traffic
Rate limiting
Gloo Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager✓
Request/response transformation
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
Gloo Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager-
Mutual TLS
Gloo Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
gRPC support
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Delivery
Developer portal
Gloo Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager✓
Monetization
Gloo Gateway-
WSO2 API Manager✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
Gloo Gateway-
WSO2 API ManagerExtensive
Insight
Observability
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 ↗

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
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
CLI
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gloo Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager✓
Self-hosted
Gloo Gateway✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Hybrid
Gloo Gateway✗
WSO2 API Manager✓

Integrations

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

Gloo Gateway

Not documented yet.

WSO2 API Manager

11 total
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Google Gemini
  • 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.