Apache APISIX Alternatives

Apps similar to Apache APISIX include Orbital API, which is open source with a free version. Other options are KrakenD, Kong, Tyk and Istio. You can choose from more than 10 API Clients like Apache APISIX for self-hosting, Linux, the web, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Orbital API icon
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    Orbital automates integration between data sources (APIs, Databases, Queues and Functions). BFF's, API Composition and ETL pipelines that adapt as your specs change.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  2. KrakenD icon
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    KrakenD emerges as a premier API Gateway, designed for unmatched efficiency, flexibility, and scalability. As a high-performance solution, it acts as a Backend For Frontend (BFF), sitting between clients (frontend) and source servers (backends).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Rackspace
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Docker
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Azure DevOps
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  3. Kong icon
     6 likes

    Kong is a scalable, open source API layer (also known as a API gateway, or API middleware). Kong runs in front of any RESTful API and is extended through plugins, which provide extra functionalities and services beyond the core platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Add your Service and Route on Kong
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  4. Tyk icon
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    Open source API management platform featuring an API gateway, analytics, developer portal and dashboard. Available in 3 editions: cloud, on-prem, or hybrid.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  5. Istio icon
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    Istio is an open platform for providing a uniform way to integrate microservices, manage traffic flow across microservices, enforce policies and aggregate telemetry data. Istio's control plane provides an abstraction layer over the underlying cluster management platform...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. OBEY API Gateway is an open-source (MIT), self-hosted AI gateway that gives you a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of all your LLM providers. Just change your OPENAI_API_BASE to point at the gateway with no application code changes and gain automatic failover...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  7. WSO2 API Manager is a complete solution for designing and publishing APIs, creating and managing a developer community, and for securing and routing API traffic in a scalable way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Apigee icon
     3 likes

    Apigee is a free tools platform for developers and API providers to debug, test, protect and get analytics on APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. Apiman icon
     4 likes

    apiman is an open source API management layer that streamlines repetitive tasks often required when providing an API, such as implementing security, throttling and billing.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  10. Cilium icon
     1 like

    A microservices-based application is split into small independent services that communicate with each other via APIs using lightweight protocols like HTTP, gRPC, Kafka and more. However, existing Linux network security mechanisms (e.g.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
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  11. Otoroshi icon
     3 likes

    Otoroshi is a modern, cloud-native API gateway and service mesh designed to manage, secure, and observe services, webapps and APIs at scale.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. AWS AppSync is an enterprise-level, fully managed GraphQL service with real-time data synchronization and offline programming features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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