Gravitee

Name: Gravitee
Brand: Gravitee

An end-to-end solution to securely manage Agentic AI, Events, and APIs, no matter the gateway, broker, or agent.

Est 2015|Valuation $222.2M|Raised $127.3M|44 Ref Customers

LinkedIn 37K|Web traffic 79K|FTEs 178|HQ Denver, CO

MarketsAPI Management

01Competitive Landscape

| Aspect | Gravitee | Kong Konnect / Kong Gateway | Google Apigee | |--------|----------|-----------------------------|---------------| | Starting Price | OSS: Free; Planet: Published per-gateway pricing available from the vendor. | Free trial; Plus (published per-gateway pricing) and Enterprise (custom). Dedicated cloud gateway add-ons may include separately metered control plane and bandwidth components. | Time-limited no-cost evaluation (sandbox). Ongoing pricing varies by model and usage; enterprise procurement typically depends on edition and usage. | | Best For | Organizations seeking a single control plane for APIs and event streams (Kafka/MQTT) and organizations evaluating per-gateway pricing models. | Organizations prioritizing high-throughput gateway performance, a broad plugin ecosystem, and mature SaaS control plane options. | Organizations with significant investment in Google Cloud that require a mature enterprise APIM with Google integrations. | | Key Strength | Governance across REST and event streams; open-source option; explicit event-stream positioning. | Ecosystem and performance reputation; mature SaaS options. | Enterprise APIM maturity, analytics, and deep integration with Google services. | | Key Weakness | Some usability and documentation gaps reported in reviews; advanced/event features may be tier-gated; fewer public community performance benchmarks versus some competitors. | Pricing predictability can be complex due to metered dimensions (bandwidth, analytics, control-plane components). | Can be complex and relatively expensive; best value in GCP-aligned deployments. | - Direct competitors and key differentiators - Gravitee vs Kong - Gravitee emphasizes integrated event-stream governance and per-gateway pricing messaging. - Kong emphasizes a broad plugin ecosystem, high-performance gateway capabilities, and a strong community/market presence for pure gateway use cases. - Gravitee vs Apigee - Apigee is widely used as an enterprise APIM with mature policy and analytics features; Gravitee differentiates by emphasizing event-native architectures and flexible deployment options. - Gravitee vs Tyk - Both have open-source origins and developer-centric positioning; community discussions compare the distribution of functionality between OSS and commercial tiers. - Pricing comparison: value proposition vs alternatives - Gravitee - Public Planet pricing for initial production gateways is published by the vendor; vendor messaging emphasizes per-gateway pricing and inclusive call/event allowances at that tier. - Kong - Public materials indicate multiple metered dimensions that can affect cost at scale (control plane, bandwidth, analytics thresholds). - Apigee - Pricing depends on edition and usage model; procurement typically treats Apigee as a higher-cost enterprise option in many scenarios. - Customer testimonials comparing this product to competitors - Vendor-authored comparison pages are available but are not neutral; community commentary suggests Gravitee is attractive when combined REST + Kafka governance is required, while Kong is often chosen for pure gateway workloads. - Market share and adoption trends - High-quality market share data was not found in the reviewed sources. Public review volumes indicate adoption in a subset of enterprises, but review counts are not a market-share proxy.

01Competitive Landscape

Aspect	Gravitee	Kong Konnect / Kong Gateway	Google Apigee
Starting Price	OSS: Free; Planet: Published per-gateway pricing available from the vendor.	Free trial; Plus (published per-gateway pricing) and Enterprise (custom). Dedicated cloud gateway add-ons may include separately metered control plane and bandwidth components.	Time-limited no-cost evaluation (sandbox). Ongoing pricing varies by model and usage; enterprise procurement typically depends on edition and usage.
Best For	Organizations seeking a single control plane for APIs and event streams (Kafka/MQTT) and organizations evaluating per-gateway pricing models.	Organizations prioritizing high-throughput gateway performance, a broad plugin ecosystem, and mature SaaS control plane options.	Organizations with significant investment in Google Cloud that require a mature enterprise APIM with Google integrations.
Key Strength	Governance across REST and event streams; open-source option; explicit event-stream positioning.	Ecosystem and performance reputation; mature SaaS options.	Enterprise APIM maturity, analytics, and deep integration with Google services.
Key Weakness	Some usability and documentation gaps reported in reviews; advanced/event features may be tier-gated; fewer public community performance benchmarks versus some competitors.	Pricing predictability can be complex due to metered dimensions (bandwidth, analytics, control-plane components).	Can be complex and relatively expensive; best value in GCP-aligned deployments.

Direct competitors and key differentiators
- Gravitee vs Kong
  - Gravitee emphasizes integrated event-stream governance and per-gateway pricing messaging.
  - Kong emphasizes a broad plugin ecosystem, high-performance gateway capabilities, and a strong community/market presence for pure gateway use cases.
- Gravitee vs Apigee
  - Apigee is widely used as an enterprise APIM with mature policy and analytics features; Gravitee differentiates by emphasizing event-native architectures and flexible deployment options.
- Gravitee vs Tyk
  - Both have open-source origins and developer-centric positioning; community discussions compare the distribution of functionality between OSS and commercial tiers.
Pricing comparison: value proposition vs alternatives
- Gravitee
  - Public Planet pricing for initial production gateways is published by the vendor; vendor messaging emphasizes per-gateway pricing and inclusive call/event allowances at that tier.
- Kong
  - Public materials indicate multiple metered dimensions that can affect cost at scale (control plane, bandwidth, analytics thresholds).
- Apigee
  - Pricing depends on edition and usage model; procurement typically treats Apigee as a higher-cost enterprise option in many scenarios.
Customer testimonials comparing this product to competitors
- Vendor-authored comparison pages are available but are not neutral; community commentary suggests Gravitee is attractive when combined REST + Kafka governance is required, while Kong is often chosen for pure gateway workloads.
Market share and adoption trends
- High-quality market share data was not found in the reviewed sources. Public review volumes indicate adoption in a subset of enterprises, but review counts are not a market-share proxy.

Aspect

Gravitee

Kong Konnect / Kong Gateway

Google Apigee

Starting Price

OSS: Free; Planet: Published per-gateway pricing available from the vendor.

Free trial; Plus (published per-gateway pricing) and Enterprise (custom). Dedicated cloud gateway add-ons may include separately metered control plane and bandwidth components.

Time-limited no-cost evaluation (sandbox). Ongoing pricing varies by model and usage; enterprise procurement typically depends on edition and usage.

Best For

Organizations seeking a single control plane for APIs and event streams (Kafka/MQTT) and organizations evaluating per-gateway pricing models.

Organizations prioritizing high-throughput gateway performance, a broad plugin ecosystem, and mature SaaS control plane options.

Organizations with significant investment in Google Cloud that require a mature enterprise APIM with Google integrations.

Key Strength

Governance across REST and event streams; open-source option; explicit event-stream positioning.

Ecosystem and performance reputation; mature SaaS options.

Enterprise APIM maturity, analytics, and deep integration with Google services.

Key Weakness

Some usability and documentation gaps reported in reviews; advanced/event features may be tier-gated; fewer public community performance benchmarks versus some competitors.

Pricing predictability can be complex due to metered dimensions (bandwidth, analytics, control-plane components).

Can be complex and relatively expensive; best value in GCP-aligned deployments.