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Fluent CI vs Zuplo API Gateway

Enables CI/CD pipelines in TypeScript; not an API management or AI gateway solution.

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What it is
Fluent CI:Fluent CI lets you write CI/CD pipelines in TypeScript instead of YAML.
Zuplo API Gateway:Zuplo is a fully-managed API and AI gateway that adds auth, rate limiting, spend caps and monetization to APIs, LLMs and MCP calls.
Best for
Fluent CI:TypeScript-based CI pipelines
Zuplo API Gateway:Unified API, AI and MCP gateway
Who it’s for
Fluent CI:Developers who prefer a real programming language for CI/CD pipelines.
Zuplo API Gateway:Developers, engineering leaders and teams needing fast, code-first API/AI management.
Pricing
Fluent CI:Open source
Zuplo API Gateway:Freemium
Plans
Fluent CI:—
Zuplo API Gateway:Free $0 · Builder $25/mo per month · Enterprise From $1,000/mo per month
Open source
Fluent CI:Yes, 122 GitHub stars
Zuplo API Gateway:—
Works with
Fluent CI:Deno, Gleam, Rescript, Rust, Bun, Cloudflare, Terraform, Android
Zuplo API Gateway:OpenAI SDK, Anthropic, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Azure DevOps, Datadog
DevHunt upvotes
Fluent CI:158
Zuplo API Gateway:0
Launched on DevHunt
Fluent CI:Jan 2024
Zuplo API Gateway:Aug 2025

Fluent CI features

  • TypeScript pipelines. Define build, test, and deploy steps using TypeScript code.
  • Self-hosted. Run Fluent CI locally or on any server you control.
  • FluentCI Studio. Graphical UI to explore and edit pipelines across projects.
  • Plugin SDK. Write custom CI plugins with IDE auto-completion and type checking.
  • 170+ extensions. Ready-made pipelines for many languages and services.
  • Dagger & Deno core. Built on Dagger for portable pipelines and Deno for secure execution.
  • Registry of pre-built pipelines. Browse and reuse community pipelines for common stacks.
  • CI provider integration. Develop locally then push pipelines to any CI provider.

Zuplo API Gateway features

  • Programmable policy engine. Write TypeScript policies for auth, rate limits, spend caps and audit that apply to APIs, LLMs and MCP calls.
  • AI & MCP traffic routing. Route LLM requests and AI agent calls with budgets, caching and guardrails.
  • Developer portal & monetization. Self-serve docs, API keys, usage-based billing and Stripe integration.
  • GitOps deployment. Deploy gateways from GitHub (or GitLab, BitBucket, Azure DevOps) in minutes.
  • Real-time observability. Dashboards show per-agent, per-token usage; export logs to Datadog or your SIEM.
  • Dynamic rate limiting. Automatically caps traffic spikes to protect origin costs.
  • Security controls. Auth, schema validation, prompt-injection defense and audit logs protect APIs and AI models.
  • SLA & compliance. 99.99% uptime SLA, SOC 2 Type II and enterprise-grade SSO/RBAC options.

Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.