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Comparison

Red Hat 3scale 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.

Red Hat 3scale full profile →Zuplo full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Red Hat 3scale50
★Zuplo68
Score
Vioscale score
Red Hat 3scale50 / 100low · 13%
Zuplo68 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo✓
Model
Red Hat 3scalecommercial
Zuplofreemium
Price level
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplolow
Transparent
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo✗
Integrations
Count
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo7
Security
Disclosure policy
Red Hat 3scale✓
Zuplo–
Soc2
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo99.99
Status page
Red Hat 3scale✓
Zuplo✓

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Red Hat 3scale-
ZuploCloud only
Kubernetes-native
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo-
Traffic
Rate limiting
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
Request/response transformation
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
Mutual TLS
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
gRPC support
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo-
Delivery
Developer portal
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
Monetization
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
Red Hat 3scale-
ZuploLimited
Insight
Observability
Red Hat 3scale-
Zuplo✓

What each one is

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

Red Hat 3scale

Red Hat 3scale is an API management solution that helps organizations design, build, and operate APIs at scale.

Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader

Zuplo 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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Red Hat 3scale

Pricing not documented yet.

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
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo✓
CLI
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Red Hat 3scale–
Zuplo✓

Integrations

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

Red Hat 3scale

Not documented yet.

Zuplo

Leader
7 total
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Codex
  • Windsurf
  • ChatGPT
  • Stripe
Independently observed

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