Zuplo vs
Gravitee
The Enterprise API Gateway for Teams Replatforming Off Gravitee
What's wrong with Gravitee
Gravitee's key limitations for modern engineering teams
The forces driving enterprises off Gravitee in 2026 — operational tax, plugin sprawl, retrofitted AI, and pricing that doesn't predict.
Java Runtime + MongoDB + Elasticsearch
Production deployments require JVM tuning plus MongoDB and Elasticsearch operations — even the managed starter edition surfaces these as platform decisions.
Enterprise Features Behind Paywalls
Community Edition lacks async API support, hybrid deployments, alerting, advanced observability, and enterprise SSO. Most capabilities enterprises actually need are Enterprise-only.
Java-Based Policy Framework
Custom logic via Java-based policies and a proprietary DSL. Specialist skills required, not naturally Git-native.
Why Zuplo
Built for teams replatforming off Gravitee
Managed, modern API management with predictable economics across procurement cycles — no operator overhead, no plugin sprawl, no consumption-pricing surprises.
Compliance and Audit Readiness
First-class managed compliance vs. compliance dependent on deployment.
Enterprise Identity (SSO + RBAC)
SAML/SCIM included on Enterprise vs. Enterprise-Edition-only SSO.
Managed Dedicated Deployment
Managed dedicated across major clouds vs. self-hosted or per-gateway managed pricing.
A solutions architect can walk you through your current Gravitee setup, surface the biggest operational tax, and map a migration path — no slide deck required.
Enterprise ready
Production-ready for regulated and high-volume workloads
Compliance & Audit
- SOC 2 Type II audited annually
- Third-party penetration test reports available under NDA
- GDPR-aligned data processing
- Audit logs across the control plane
- API governance with policy enforcement
Identity & Access
- SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning
- Role-based access control across organizations, projects, and environments
- Service-account credentials with scoped permissions
- API key metadata for downstream authorization
Deployment Flexibility
- Managed edge across 300+ locations — global by default
- Managed dedicated single-tenant on AWS, Azure, GCP, Akamai, or any major cloud
- Self-hosted on Kubernetes with full control plane
- Bring-your-own-cloud for data residency requirements
Support & Success
- Up to 30-minute response SLA on Enterprise
- 24/7/365 emergency hotline for critical incidents
- Named technical account manager
- Architecture and migration professional services
Built for the AI era
Built for AI agents, MCP, and token-aware traffic
Gravitee's AI capabilities are exposed through generic policies on its event-native architecture. Token-aware routing, MCP-native architecture, and agentic auth are not first-class.
Unified AI Gateway
Multi-provider model routing, semantic caching, prompt injection protection, budget and token controls.
MCP Gateway
Turn any API into a remote MCP server, or govern third-party MCP servers behind a single managed gateway.
Agentic auth and identity
Per-agent API keys, scoped credentials, and dynamic per-call policies.
Token economics built in
Per-token metering, per-customer model budgets, Stripe-native monetization.
See it in action
See Zuplo running on your stack
A 30-minute working session with a Zuplo solutions engineer. Bring an OpenAPI spec or a Kong route definition and walk away with a working preview.
Side by side
Feature-by-feature comparison
Migration path
Migrating from Gravitee to Zuplo
OpenAPI specs import directly. Gravitee policies map to Zuplo TypeScript policies. Async-API workloads can stay where Gravitee's event-native gateway is core; sync API management migrates to Zuplo.
Inventory APIs and policies
Catalog Gravitee APIs, plans, applications, and policies. Identify async-API workloads that may stay on Gravitee.
Foundation deployment
Stand up Zuplo Enterprise on managed dedicated deployment. Configure SSO/SCIM, RBAC, and CI/CD wiring.
Policy and consumer migration
Translate Gravitee policies to TypeScript. Migrate plans, applications, and API keys via the Zuplo Developer API.
Cut-over and decommission
Move sync API traffic to Zuplo with weighted routing, validate SLOs, then decommission Gravitee components for that surface.
Routes & specs
Direct OpenAPI import
Gravitee plugins
Map to TypeScript policies
Migration phases
Typical production cut-over in 6–12 weeks
Inventory APIs and policies
Catalog Gravitee APIs, plans, applications, and policies. Identify async-API workloads that may stay on Gravitee.
2 wksPlan lockedFoundation deployment
Stand up Zuplo Enterprise on managed dedicated deployment. Configure SSO/SCIM, RBAC, and CI/CD wiring.
2 wksFoundation livePolicy and consumer migration
Translate Gravitee policies to TypeScript. Migrate plans, applications, and API keys via the Zuplo Developer API.
4 wksSide-by-sideCut-over and decommission
Move sync API traffic to Zuplo with weighted routing, validate SLOs, then decommission Gravitee components for that surface.
2 wksCut-over done
What our customers say
Trusted by engineering teams at scale
90%
Hardware footprint reduction at scale
"The move to Zuplo from our existing API Management vendor was easy, taking just over 2 months to switch mission critical systems, and we're saving over 70% on costs."
Ryan Waites
Senior Director, Blockdaemon
"Zuplo gives us the flexibility to scale efficiently, ensures security and compliance, and reduces operational complexity so we can focus on building new capabilities."
Daryl Benzel
Staff Software Engineer, Yext
1B+
End users served via Zuplo APIs
Hours
To launch MCP server on regulated APIs
"We didn't touch a line of code, it's just plug and play. The results were very surprising, in just a couple of hours we had a great result and a fully working MCP Server."
Miguel Madeira
CTO & Co-Founder, Finsolutia
Trusted for regulated and high-volume workloads
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Zuplo vs Gravitee.
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