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WunderGraph vs Zuplo API Gateway
Focuses on API composition rather than unified API/AI gateway with spend caps.
Which to pick
Pick WunderGraph if you want…
- Federated GraphQL governance and scaling
- API composition platform
- Open-source code (wundergraph/wundergraph on GitHub)
- Integrations with gRPC, Kafka or NATS (on WunderGraph's list, not Zuplo API Gateway's)
Pick Zuplo API Gateway if you want…
- Unified API, AI and MCP gateway
- The lower starting price: $25/month against $499/month
- Integrations with OpenAI SDK, Anthropic or GitHub (on Zuplo API Gateway's list, not WunderGraph's)
Side by side
- What it is
- WunderGraph:WunderGraph Cosmo is a platform for building, managing and scaling federated GraphQL APIs.
- 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
- WunderGraph:Federated GraphQL governance and scaling
- Zuplo API Gateway:Unified API, AI and MCP gateway
- Who it’s for
- WunderGraph:Teams that need to compose, govern and host GraphQL federations at any scale.
- Zuplo API Gateway:Developers, engineering leaders and teams needing fast, code-first API/AI management.
- Pricing
- WunderGraph:Freemium
- Zuplo API Gateway:Freemium
- Plans
- WunderGraph:Launch $499 per month · Scale $3499 per month
- Zuplo API Gateway:Free $0 · Builder $25/mo per month · Enterprise From $1,000/mo per month
- Open source
- WunderGraph:Yes
- Zuplo API Gateway:—
- Works with
- WunderGraph:gRPC, Kafka, NATS, Redis, Apollo Federation v1, Apollo Federation v2, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
- Zuplo API Gateway:OpenAI SDK, Anthropic, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Azure DevOps, Datadog
WunderGraph features
- Connect any service. Expose gRPC, Kafka, NATS or Redis services through a unified GraphQL router without extra infrastructure.
- Real-time streams. Router handles subscriptions, aggregating events from Kafka, NATS or Redis and pushes updates to clients.
- MCP Gateway. One gateway turns approved operations into agent-ready tools with built-in authentication, eliminating separate MCP servers.
- Graph governance hub. Shared canvas for schema design, review, ownership, proposals and safe deployments with audit logs and RBAC.
- Cache warming. Pre-warm query planning cache to eliminate long planning delays for high-load scenarios.
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.
WunderGraph vs Zuplo API Gateway FAQ
Is WunderGraph or Zuplo API Gateway free?+
WunderGraph has a free plan; paid plans start at $499/month (Launch). Zuplo API Gateway has a free plan; paid plans start at $25/month (Builder).
Which is cheaper, WunderGraph or Zuplo API Gateway?+
Zuplo API Gateway is cheaper to start with: Zuplo API Gateway's Builder plan ($25/month) against WunderGraph's Launch plan ($499/month).
Is WunderGraph or Zuplo API Gateway open source?+
WunderGraph is open source (wundergraph/wundergraph on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Zuplo API Gateway.
Do WunderGraph and Zuplo API Gateway integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: WunderGraph lists gRPC, Kafka, NATS, Redis and 4 more; Zuplo API Gateway lists OpenAI SDK, Anthropic, GitHub, GitLab and 3 more.
On DevHunt
WunderGraph
38 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 3, 2023
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