Tyk
A cloud-native API gateway for routing and securing REST, GraphQL, TCP, and gRPC traffic
- Vendor
- Tyk Technologies
- Also known as
- tyk
Available worldwide
What is Tyk?
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.
Tyk pricing
We don't have Tyk's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Open source (MPL v2.0) with commercial licensing available
What Tyk does
The capabilities that matter for api gateways, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Kubernetes-native
- ✓
- Rate limiting
- ✓
- Request/response transformation
- ✓
- OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
- ✓
- Mutual TLS
- ✗
- GraphQL gateway
- ✓
- gRPC support
- ✓
- Developer portal
- ✓
- Monetization
- ✗
- Plugin ecosystem
- Limited
- Observability
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- OpenAPI
- OpenTelemetry
- GraphQL
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- OpenAPI/Swagger
- Kafka
- MQTT
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Tyk FAQ
Common questions about Tyk, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Tyk?
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. It is indexed under API Gateways.
Source: https://tyk.io
Is Tyk free?
Tyk offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://tyk.io
What platforms does Tyk support?
Tyk supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://tyk.io
Can Tyk be self-hosted?
Yes. Tyk can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://tyk.io
What does Tyk integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for Tyk, including OpenAPI, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka and MQTT. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://tyk.io
What security certifications does Tyk have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Tyk. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Tyk not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://tyk.io
Tyk alternatives
Other api gateways we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- WSO2 API ManagerOpen-source API management platform for enterpriseslow · 24%
- Zuplomedium · 70%
- TraefikA cloud-native gateway and reverse proxy platform for routing microservices, containers, and APIs across hybrid environmentslow · 44%
- Apache APISIXOpen-source traffic management for APIs and AI servicesmedium · 54%
- Envoy GatewayControl and optimize your API and application traffic with an Envoy-based gatewaymedium · 54%
- AWS API GatewayFully managed platform for creating, deploying, and securing APIs at scalelow · 42%
Compare Tyk
Side by side against other api gateways, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Tyk, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 70 | 0.12 | 8.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 94 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 43 | 0.09 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 50 | 0.04 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 76 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.08 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 26 | 0.06 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.06 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 22 | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Mtls: No · Hosting: both · K8s native: Yes · Oauth oidc: Yes · Open source: Yes · Grpc support: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-25 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 5 | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FTykTechnologies%2Ftyk&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 90% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://tyk.io/blog/why-compliance-matters-to-tyk/ | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
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