WSO2 API Manager
The Open Platform to Control APIs, AI, and MCP
- Also known as
- wso2-api-manager
What is WSO2 API Manager?
WSO2 API Manager is a platform for shipping, governing, and monetizing APIs, AI services, and MCPs across any cloud deployment. Available as SaaS and self-hosted solution with zero lock-in.
WSO2 API Manager pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $119/mo (Growth). Free 30-day trial. Enterprise custom pricing. Metered billing for events and advanced features.
30-Day Trial
FreeFor students and individual developers looking to get started
- gateway_events
- 1M/mo
- ai_gateway_events
- 1M/mo
- managed_interfaces
- 5
- 5 Managed Interfaces
- 1M Gateway Events
- 1M AI Gateway Events
- 1 Hybrid Gateway
- 1 API Developer Portal
- Basic Analytics
- Basic Support
Growth
For small to mid-sized businesses with basic API management needs
- gateway_events
- 10M/mo
- managed_interfaces
- 10
- Up to 10 Managed Interfaces
- Up to 10M Gateway Events
- Up to 10M AI Gateway Events
- Up to 3 Hybrid Gateways
- 1 API Developer Portal
- Basic Analytics
- Basic Support
Enterprise
Contact salesFor large enterprises with complex API management and larger volumes
- Custom Managed Interfaces
- Custom Gateway Events
- Custom AI Gateway Events
- Hybrid Gateways
- Private Data Plane
- Multiple Developer Portals
- Advanced Analytics & Monetization
- Federation
- Self-hosted available
- Enterprise Support
Add-ons
- Additional API Developer Portal$100/mo
- Advanced Analytics & Monetization$0.02 per million_metered_events
What WSO2 API Manager 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
- -
- Observability
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
WSO2 API Manager alternatives
Other api gateways we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- ZuploThe Unified Gateway for APIs, AI, and MCPmedium · 60%
- IBM API ConnectSeamlessly develop, manage, secure and socialize all your API types, wherever they live.low · 2%
- Traefiklow · 22%
- Tyklow · 44%
- EmissaryA Kubernetes-native API gateway for microservices built on the Envoy Proxylow · 24%
- Kong GatewayThe AI Connectivity Companylow · 30%
The Vioscale 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 WSO2 API Manager, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Posture | 100 | 22.00 | 2200.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 30.00 | 1500.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 12.00 | 1200.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 12.00 | 805.4 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 25 | 8.00 | 200.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 16.00 | 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.