# WSO2 API Manager

> The Open Platform to Control APIs, AI, and MCP

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/wso2-api-manager
- **Category:** API Gateways
- **Homepage:** https://wso2.com/api-manager/
- **Also known as:** wso2-api-manager
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T12:11:57.446Z

## Vioscale score

**70.3 / 100**, confidence 50% (medium).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 25 | 8 | 200 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 30 | 1500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 12 | 805.4 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 16 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 100 | 22 | 2200 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 12 | 1200 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://wso2.com/api-manager/). Independently observed._

from $119/mo · Subscription · Free tier · 30-day trial

> From $119/mo (Growth). Free 30-day trial. Enterprise custom pricing. Metered billing for events and advanced features.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| 30-Day Trial | Free | ✓ | - |
| Growth | From $119/mo, scales with usage | - | monthly |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | - |

### 30-Day Trial

For students and individual developers looking to get started

**Included limits:** 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

**Included limits:** 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 sales)

For 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)

## About

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.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for API Gateways. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted |
| Kubernetes-native | - |
| **Traffic** | |
| Rate limiting | - |
| Request/response transformation | - |
| **Security** | |
| OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT | ✓ |
| Mutual TLS | - |
| **Protocols** | |
| GraphQL gateway | - |
| gRPC support | - |
| **Delivery** | |
| Developer portal | ✓ |
| Monetization | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** | |
| Plugin ecosystem | - |
| **Insight** | |
| Observability | ✓ |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/api-manager/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://wso2.com/api-manager/) | 2026-08-03 | 70% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | high | [link](https://wso2.com/api-manager/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 119 | [link](https://wso2.com/api-manager/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/api-manager/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.wso2.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/api-manager/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/security) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/security) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/security) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/security) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://wso2.com/security) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/wso2-api-manager). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*