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KrakenD 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.

KrakenD full profile →WSO2 API Manager full profile →
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KrakenD52
WSO2 API Manager94
Score
Vioscale score
KrakenD52 / 100high · 76%
WSO2 API Manager94 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Model
KrakenDcommercial
WSO2 API Manageropen_source
Price level
KrakenDlow
WSO2 API Managerfree
Transparent
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Integrations
Count
KrakenD13
WSO2 API Manager600
Security
Disclosure policy
KrakenD–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Gdpr
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Hipaa
KrakenD–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Iso27001
KrakenD–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Pci
KrakenD–
WSO2 API Manager✓
Soc2
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
KrakenD0
WSO2 API Manager–
Github stars
KrakenD2,668
WSO2 API Manager–
Activity
Commits last 30d
KrakenD9
WSO2 API Manager–
Release
Cadence days
KrakenD24
WSO2 API Manager–
History
KrakenD20 items
WSO2 API Manager–
License
Spdx
KrakenDApache-2.0
WSO2 API Manager–
Language
Primary
KrakenDGo
WSO2 API Manager–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

KrakenD

KrakenD is an open-source API gateway offering both a free community edition and a commercial enterprise version. It provides API aggregation, request/response transformation, traffic management, and security features for microservices and AI workload routing.

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.

KrakenD

HybridFree tier

Free Community Edition; Enterprise Edition available by quote

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact 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
KrakenD✗
WSO2 API Manager✓
CLI
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Self-hosted
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓
Hybrid
KrakenD✓
WSO2 API Manager✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • OpenAI
  • Moesif

KrakenD

13 total - 11 not shared
  • REST APIs
  • RabbitMQ
  • SNS
  • SQS
  • Kafka
  • GraphQL
  • gRPC
  • SOAP
  • Lambda
  • NATS
  • Google Analytics
Independently observed

WSO2 API Manager

11 total - 9 not shared
  • Anthropic
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Google Gemini
  • Mistral
  • AWS Bedrock Guardrails
  • Azure Content Safety
  • Azure AI
  • Mistral AI
Independently observed

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