Tyk vs Gravitee – evaluating API management alternatives
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Why users choose Tyk over Gravitee
Ex-Gravitee customers who switch, as well as those who compare both platforms side-by-side, consistently report significant advantages with Tyk:
Better developer experiences
Tyk’s intuitive interface and developer experience outshines Gravitee’s. One ex-user put it plainly: “UI was very weak”.
Stable and
future-proof
Tyk has been operating since 2016. With ISO, HIPAA and SOC2 compliance, we build for long-term reliability.
Support all
API protocols
Gravitee has prioritized event APIs above all others, but they’re just another API. Tyk supports Event and Async APIs, but it also is the best in the market for GraphQL, REST, grpc and even SOAP / XML. Tyk is built for every use case so you can connect everything, easily.
Choose Tyk for a partnership that grows with you, backed by a community and a team committed to your technological and business success. Experience the Tyk difference—a modern, open, and user-focused platform that truly values its customers.
Tyk is up to 422 times faster than Gravitee
Load test
In a load test, using identical test harnesses for Tyk and Gravitee, Tyk is superior for real-world workloads:
- P99 time: Tyk serves requests 768x faster than Gravitee
- P95 time: Tyk serves requests 2021x faster than Gravitee
- P90 time: Tyk serves requests 1997x faster than Gravitee
Test harness
The test harness simulates a real production scenario. Not an idealized scenario for one gateway or the other. It’s important to note that we didn’t turn on any particularly special or complex capabilities either, just the typical things you would expect an API Gateway to need to do in a production environment.
- API key authentication
- Shipping request analytics to native database
- Rate Limiting enabled
- Prometheus metrics enabled
This load test was performed using K6 with 500 virtual users and 4K transactions per second.
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Tyk is the best for GraphQL API management
Tyk offers incredibly rich GraphQL API management capabilities. Unlike other API management vendors, Tyk is the only API management solution with first-class native support for GraphQL APIs – we even have a dedicated team for GraphQL.
This includes GraphQL Proxy, GraphQL Federation, and what we call Universal Data Graph (UDG) – which enables you to declaratively compose your GraphQL API from multiple data sources or schemas – such as Kafka and REST.
We also e have full playground support, analytics, OpenTelemetry, and various GraphQL-native security policies such as complexity and depth-based limiting, ensuring a powerful and secure development environment
Leaders in API management
- 100,000+ customers worldwide
- Category leaders in API management
- Used by Fortune 500 companies, SMBs, NGOs
- Powering 1M+ APls daily
- Trusted by industry leaders
Tyk vs Kong – Gartner reviews
Based on verified reviews from real users in the API management market, Kong has a rating on Gartner of 4.5 stars with 164 reviews. Tyk has a rating of 4.8 stars with 77 reviews. Have a look at the Gartner Peer Insights comparison page for more about Kong vs Tyk.
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