---
title: "Introducing API Keys as a service"
description: "Learn how to quickly add API key authentication to your API using Zuplo."
canonicalUrl: "https://zuplo.com/blog/2022/05/05/introducing-api-keys-as-a-service"
pageType: "blog"
date: "2022-05-05"
authors: "josh"
tags: "API Key Authentication"
image: "https://zuplo.com/og?text=Introducing%20API%20Keys%20as%20a%20service"
---
We recently shared some reasoning on
[why we think API keys are the best authentication approach for your public API](/blog/you-should-be-using-api-keys).

We think this is **so** important that we built it as a feature of the Zuplo
gateway. Our API Key management includes:

- secure storage and management of keys and metadata - with an admin UI and API
  to manage consumers.
- integrated developer portal with self-serve key management for your customers.

| Note, if you've already built your own API Key solution, and have a database
store with your keys and users, we can easily integrate zuplo authentication
with custom policies. It's never too late to make hosting your API much easier.

See it all in action in this 2-minute video:

<YouTubeVideo videoId="0oYp53Al9nI" />

Try it out now, for free at
[portal.zuplo.com](https://portal.zuplo.com/signup?utm_source=blog)