Gravitee

gravitee.io
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Unified API, event, agent management platform

How to Replace Gravitee

Overview

Gravitee is a comprehensive API management platform that unifies the management of APIs, event streams, and AI agents across multiple gateways and brokers. It provides enterprise-grade security, a 4x faster event-native API gateway, and unlimited API calls and events for one monthly price. The platform enables organizations to expose, secure, govern, and monetize APIs and event streams while consolidating AI agent management into a single control point.

Features

41 features across 15 categories

AI(6)

A2A ProxyAIPremium

Agent-to-Agent communication proxy for AI systems

Agent CatalogAIPremium

Catalog management for AI agents, MCPs, and LLMs

AI Agent ManagementAI

Consolidate, secure, and manage every AI agent to eliminate agent sprawl

LLM ProxyAIPremium

Proxy for managing and securing Large Language Model interactions

MCP ProxyAIPremium

Model Context Protocol proxy for managing AI agent integrations

MCP Tool ServerAIPremium

Tool server for Model Context Protocol to enable AI agent capabilities

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Billing(1)

Consumption-Based Pricing Model

Alternative billing model based on consumption rather than per gateway

Also in: Insightly, Airtable, Obsidian

Core Management(3)

Event-Native Gateway

Event-native, streaming-first API gateway for managing event streams

Java-Based API Gateway

Open source Java-based API gateway for event-native and traditional APIs with pre-built policies

Unified API Management

Manage every API across gateways and brokers in one platform

Deployment(2)

Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Deployment

Deploy via cloud, on-premises, hybrid, or within Kubernetes

Customer Hosted Control PlanePremium

Option to manage and host your control plane with customer approval

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

DevOps(3)

APIOps

Streamline CI/CD pipelines with API lifecycle automation for versioning, validation, and publishing from OpenAPI specs

GitOps Support

Define API policies, gateways, and configurations as code and deploy through Git-based workflows

Kubernetes Support

Kubernetes-native deployment models to scale and orchestrate API infrastructure

Also in: MuleSoft, Jira, Jira

Developer Tools(2)

API Designer

Drag-and-drop API designer to create new APIs with automatic documentation and spec generation

Developer Portal

Consolidate APIs into a single portal for customers to find APIs, subscribe, view documentation, and manage subscriptions

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Event Management(1)

Kafka Gateway

Expose Kafka streams natively with security and governance like traditional APIs

Governance(1)

Multi-Gateway, Multi-Broker Governance

Manage APIs across every broker and gateway including AWS, Azure, Apigee, IBM, Confluent, and Solace

Also in: MuleSoft, Looker, Okta

Integrations(2)

Enterprise IntegrationsPremium

Advanced integrations available for enterprise plans

Third-Party Broker Federation

Connect to third-party brokers like Kafka and Solace

Monetization(1)

Event Stream Monetization

Monetize event streams with advanced security, governance, usage quotas, and self-serve plan management

Monitoring & Analytics(3)

API Alert Engine

In-depth API activity logging and analytics with instant alerts to development teams

API Observability

Detailed analytics on traffic, API activities, requests, performance, availability with instant alerts

Performance Monitoring

Track response time, uptime, error rates, CPU and heap usage, and availability over time

Policies(5)

Authentication Policies

Pre-built authentication policies for securing API access

Message-Level Policies

Apply policies at the message level for streaming data such as Kafka

Rate Limiting

Set rate limits and usage quotas across subscription tiers and plans

Request-Response Policies

Apply policies at the request and response levels

Traffic Shaping

Policy for traffic shaping to control API traffic patterns

Protocol Support(4)

Multiple Protocol Support

Expose event streams and APIs via REST, SOAP, WebSocket, and HTTP protocols

Protocol Mediation

Expose event broker resources over non-native protocols, such as exposing Kafka as WebSocket

Webhook Support

Expose event and message broker resources as client-side webhook subscriptions

WebSocket Support

Expose event and message broker resources as WebSockets

Reliability(1)

Failover and Disaster Recovery

Supports failover on clusters with disaster recovery capabilities

Security(6)

AuthZen Policy Decision PointAIPremium

AuthZen-based policy decision point for centralized authorization

Data Logging MaskingPremium

Enterprise feature for masking sensitive data in logs

Enterprise Auth PackageAIPremium

Native MCP authentication and fine-grained authorization for agent tool access

Enterprise Security

Multi-factor authentication, biometric authentication, token-based auth, identity and access management, and registration requirements

MCP Resource ServerAIPremium

Resource server for Model Context Protocol authentication and authorization

OpenFGA Permission EngineAIPremium

Fine-grained authorization using OpenFGA for AI agent access control

Pricing

Planet

$2,500/mo
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited APIs under Management
  • 1 Production Gateway
  • Gold Support

Galaxy

Custom
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited APIs under Management
  • 2 Production Gateways
  • Enterprise plugins available
  • Limited event broker support
  • Hybrid or managed deployment
  • Consumption Model available
  • Gold Support

Universe

Custom
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited APIs under Management
  • 4+ Production Gateways
  • Unlimited Enterprise Functionality
  • All supported event brokers
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Consumption Model available
  • Technical Account Manager
  • 24/7 support

Comet

$1,250/mo
  • 1 Production Gateway
  • 1 third-party federated broker
  • Developer portal
  • Failover and DR
  • Gold support

Meteor

Custom
  • 2 Production Gateways
  • 2 third-party federated brokers
  • Developer portal
  • Failover and DR
  • Gold support
  • Platinum available

Asteroid

Custom
  • 4 Production Gateways
  • 4 third-party federated brokers
  • Developer portal
  • Failover and DR
  • Platinum support
  • Protocol mediation
  • Customer hosted control plane available

Agent Management Package

Custom
  • One Control Point to Secure & Govern AI Agents, MCP, and LLMs
  • LLM Proxy
  • MCP Proxy
  • A2A Proxy
  • MCP Tool Server
  • Agent Catalog
  • Enterprise Auth

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Gravitee

Monthly$1250/mo
Yearly$15k/yr
5-Year Total$75k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~3 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $14.8k
SaaS
$15k
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $44.3k
SaaS
$45k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $73.8k
SaaS
$75k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 41 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Gravitee alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 41 features.

Buy Gravitee

Monthly cost$12,500/mo
3-year total$450,000
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Better Value
Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Building could save ~$413,040 over 3 years.

Estimates based on 41 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

10 known integrations

ApigeeAWSAzureConfluentIBMKafkaMQTTOpenAPIRabbitMQSolace