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  "Security, traffic control, developer experience, monetization, and more —
  built into one unified API management platform."
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# Platform Features

> Zuplo is a fully-managed API management platform that bundles security,
> traffic control, developer experience, monetization, observability, and more
> into a single gateway. Every feature ships as a configurable policy so teams
> can compose exactly the API layer they need.

## Features

### API Governance

**Category:** Governance

Enforce consistent standards, security policies, and compliance requirements
across all your APIs — automatically, at the gateway level.

[Learn more](/features/api-governance)

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### API Key Management

**Category:** Authentication

Add API Key based authentication to an API in minutes, adhering to best
practices and allowing your users to self-serve their keys.

[Learn more](/features/api-key-management) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/api-key-management)

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### API Monetization

**Category:** Monetization

Turn your API into a revenue-generating product with native usage metering, a
flexible product catalog of meters, features, and plans, and multiple pricing
models.

[Learn more](/features/api-monetization) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/monetization)

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### API Observability

**Category:** Observability

Understand exactly how your APIs are being used with real-time analytics,
detailed request logs, and integrations with your existing observability stack.

[Learn more](/features/api-observability) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/metrics-plugins)

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### API Security

**Category:** Security

Protect your APIs from unauthorized access, abuse, and attacks with built-in
authentication, authorization, and bot protection running at the edge.

[Learn more](/features/api-security) · [Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/policies)

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### Developer Portal

**Category:** Developer Experience

Give your API consumers a Stripe-quality developer experience with
auto-generated docs, self-serve API keys, and interactive exploration.

[Learn more](/features/developer-portal) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/developer-portal)

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### GitOps

**Category:** Developer Workflow

Manage your entire API gateway configuration as code. Version control, peer
review, and CI/CD for your API policies — just like your application code.

[Learn more](/features/gitops) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/source-control)

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### MCP Servers

**Category:** AI & MCP

Auto-generate MCP servers from your existing APIs, or build custom tools with
code. Give AI systems secure, controlled access to your services without weeks
of integration work.

[Learn more](/features/mcp-servers) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/mcp-server/introduction)

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### Multi-Cloud Gateway

**Category:** Infrastructure

Route API traffic to backends across any cloud provider from a single, unified
gateway. No vendor lock-in, no complex networking.

[Learn more](/features/multi-cloud) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/secure-tunnel)

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### OpenAPI Support

**Category:** Standards

Define your API using the industry-standard OpenAPI specification. Import
existing specs, generate routes, and keep documentation always in sync.

[Learn more](/features/open-api) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/openapi)

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### Programmable Gateway

**Category:** Customization

Write custom gateway logic in TypeScript. No proprietary DSLs, no cURL commands
— just familiar, type-safe code that runs at the edge.

[Learn more](/features/programmable) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/policies/custom-code-inbound)

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### Rate Limiting

**Category:** Traffic Control

Protect your APIs from abuse and ensure fair usage with flexible, programmable
rate limiting that works at the edge.

[Learn more](/features/rate-limiting) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/policies/rate-limit-inbound)

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### Unlimited Environments

**Category:** Developer Workflow

Every Git branch is a full gateway environment. Test changes in isolation
without the cost or complexity of managing multiple clusters.

[Learn more](/features/unlimited-environments) ·
[Docs](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/environments)

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## Next steps

- [Start for free](https://portal.zuplo.com/signup)
- [Book a demo](https://zuplo.com/meeting)
- [Read the docs](https://zuplo.com/docs)