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API management cost, 14 vendors, one TCO calculator

An independent reference for what API management actually costs in 2026. Calculator-first. Quote-only vendors render as quote. We do not infer rates we cannot source.

POST/v1/tco.calculate
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tier
Response 200 OK median monthly
$4,522
across 12 vendors with public pricing
GET/v1/tco.matrix
vendorgatewayper-callegressadd-onsops FTEtotal / mo/yr commit
AWS API Gateway$0$100$45$600$3,646$4,391$42.2K
Azure API Management$270$0$45$600$3,646$4,569$43.9K
Apigee X$648$50$45$600$3,646$5,008$48.1K
Kong Konnect$450$0$45$600$3,646$4,754$45.6K
MuleSoft Anypointquotequote$45$600$3,646quote
Cloudflare API Gateway$45$27$45$600$3,646$4,364$41.9K
Tyk Cloud$1,080$0$45$600$3,646$5,403$51.9K
WSO2 Choreo$0$75$45$600$3,646$4,366$41.9K
Gravitee$630$0$45$600$3,646$4,940$47.4K
KrakenD$0$0$45$600$3,646$4,291$41.2K
Solo Glooquotequote$45$600$3,646quote
Fastly API Gateway$50$50$45$600$3,646$4,392$42.2K
Portkey AI Gateway$178$0$45$600$3,646$4,474$43.0K
Kong AI Gateway$450$0$45$600$3,646$4,754$45.6K
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Vendor endpoints

14 vendor reference pages

One page per vendor, structured as an endpoint reference. The right gutter shows the cheapest published rate. Quote-only vendors are marked quote and we will not invent a number to fill the cell.

POST/vendors/aws-api-gatewayAWS API Gateway·$0.90 per million HTTP API requests after the first 300M/month at $1.00/M
PUT/vendors/azure-api-managementAzure API Management·Basic v2 lists at roughly $0.21 per hour, about $150 per month per unit
PUT/vendors/apigee-xApigee X·$0.50 per hour per region for a Pay-as-you-go Base environment
PATCH/vendors/kong-konnectKong Konnect·Plus starts at $250 per month for 5 services
DELETE/vendors/mulesoft-anypointMuleSoft Anypoint·quote
POST/vendors/cloudflare-api-gatewayCloudflare API Gateway·Cloudflare Pro starts at $25 per month
POST/vendors/tyk-cloudTyk Cloud·Tyk Cloud starts in the low-hundreds-per-month range for the Cloud tier
GET/vendors/wso2-choreoWSO2 Choreo·Choreo Free includes a generous request and compute allowance
PATCH/vendors/graviteeGravitee·Gravitee Cloud Essential starts in the low-hundreds-per-month band
GET/vendors/krakendKrakenD·KrakenD CE is open source and free
DELETE/vendors/solo-glooSolo Gloo·quote
POST/vendors/fastly-api-gatewayFastly API Gateway·Fastly publishes a $50 monthly minimum and pay-as-you-go request + bandwidth pricing
POST/vendors/portkey-ai-gatewayPortkey AI Gateway·Portkey Free is generous for prototyping
PATCH/vendors/kong-ai-gatewayKong AI Gateway·Layers on Kong Konnect Plus from $250/month

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Pricing models

Pricing change log last 10

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2026-06-15
PATCHKong AI Gateway
bundled on Plus≡bundled on Plus + Enterprise
2026-05-22
PUTAzure APIM
Standard v2: no VNet≡Standard v2: VNet GA
2025-07-15
POSTAWS API Gateway
$300 12-mo Free Tier≡$200 6-mo Free Tier credits
2026-03-08
POSTCloudflare API Shield
Business gating≡schema validation GA on Business

How this site is written

One author. Quarterly refresh. Every numeric claim links to a primary source with a tick like that one. Quote-only vendors render as quote. Read the methodology for the per-line formulae.

Verified 20 June 2026 By Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder, Digital Signet