Comparison

Gravitee vs Tyk

On the evidence we track, Tyk leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Gravitee45
★Tyk55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gravitee45 / 100medium · 74%
Tyk55 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Gravitee✗
Tyk✓
Model
Price level
Graviteehigh
Tyklow
Starting price
Gravitee$2,500
Tyk–
Transparent
Gravitee✓
Tyk✗
Integrations
Count
Gravitee21
Tyk5
Reliability
Sla pct
Gravitee99.9
Tyk–
Status page
Gravitee–
Tyk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gravitee–
Tyk35
Github stars
Gravitee–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gravitee–
Tyk22
Release
Cadence days
Gravitee–
Tyk11
History
Gravitee–
Language
Primary
Gravitee–
TykGo
Content
Faq
Gravitee7 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Architecture model
GraviteeManaged cloud saas
TykOpen source proxy
Universal API key for 100 plus LLM providers
Gravitee✗
Tyk-
Auto fallback routing on rate limit or downtime
Gravitee✗
Tyk-
Semantic caching for repeat queries and cost savings
Gravitee✗
Tyk-
Organization wide cost tracking and chargebacks
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
Custom rate limiting by user or tenant id
Gravitee✓
Tyk-
Pii redaction and data masking in flight
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
Streaming token support server sent events
Gravitee✓
Tyk-
Bring your own keys byok routing
Gravitee✗
Tyk✓
Zero data retention and prompt logging opt out
Gravitee✗
Tyk-
SOC2 type ii
Gravitee✗
Tyk-
Mit or apache permissive oss license
Gravitee✓
Tyk-
Pricing model
GraviteeVolume tiered saas
TykFree open source

What each one is

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

Gravitee

A platform for designing, securing, and governing APIs, event streams, and AI agents through a single control plane. Supports multiple deployment options including self-hosted, hybrid, and fully managed cloud environments.

Independently observed

Tyk

Leader

An open-source, self-hosted or cloud-managed API gateway and management platform that provides centralized governance, rate limiting, authentication, PII protection, and observability for APIs and AI agent traffic across multiple protocols and deployment modes.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gravitee

from $2500/moSubscription

From $2,500/month

  • Planet$2,500/month
    • Unlimited Users
    • 1 Production + 1 Non-production Gateway
    • 1 module of your choice
    • Standard Features
    • Gold Support
  • GalaxyContact sales
    • 2 Production + 2 Non-production Gateways
    • Enterprise Features
    • Add a second module
    • Self-hosted, hybrid, or full SaaS
    • Consumption Model available
    • +1 more
  • UniverseContact sales
    • 4+ Production + 4+ Non-production Gateways
    • 2 modules included, add as many as you need
    • Technical Account Manager
    • Platinum Support
as of verify ↗

Tyk

Leader
HybridFree tier

Open source (MPL v2.0) with commercial licensing available

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
Linux
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
CLI
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
Self-hosted
Gravitee✓
Tyk✓
On-premise
Gravitee✓
Tyk✗
Hybrid
Gravitee✓
Tyk✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Kafka
  • MQTT
  • GraphQL

Gravitee

29 total - 26 not shared
  • Solace
  • RabbitMQ
  • Confluent
  • AWS API Gateway
  • Azure
  • IBM
  • Apigee
  • Auth0
  • Okta
  • AWS Cognito
  • OAuth2
  • SAML
  • mTLS
  • WebSocket
  • REST
  • SOAP
  • AWS
  • Webhook
  • gRPC
  • OAuth
  • OpenFGA
  • MCP
  • AuthZen
  • Slack
  • +2 more
Independently observed

Tyk

Leader
8 total - 5 not shared
  • OpenAPI
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • OpenAPI/Swagger
Independently observed
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