Gloo Gateway 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
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.
Zuplo
LeaderZuplo is a unified gateway for APIs and AI with a programmable policy engine for models and agents. Provides authentication, rate limiting, spend caps, and audit capabilities across API, LLM, and MCP calls.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Gloo Gateway
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
Zuplo
LeaderFree 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
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Gloo Gateway
Not documented yet.
Zuplo
Leader- Claude Code
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
- Codex
- Windsurf
- ChatGPT
- Stripe
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.