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Best API Management (2026)
The cheapest api management is Apigee (Google Cloud) at $0/mo. 7 offer a free tier (Apigee (Google Cloud), Gravitee, Kong Konnect). This page compares 8 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
8 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Apigee (Google Cloud) at $0/mo (Evaluation).
- Typical paid price: from $9/mo, median $56/mo, up to $1250/mo — across 7 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Apigee (Google Cloud), Gravitee, Kong Konnect, Postman, Stoplight, Tyk, Zuplo.
- HIPAA-ready: Apigee (Google Cloud).
- Tracked: 8 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | API Management | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apigee (Google Cloud) | $0/mo Evaluation | No | Yes | — | Enterprise Google Cloud workloads | cloud.google.com |
| 2 | Gravitee | $0/mo Community (Open Source) | Yes | — | — | Event-driven API architectures | gravitee.io |
| 3 | Kong Konnect | $0/mo Free Trial | Yes | — | — | API gateway management | konghq.com |
| 4 | Postman | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | API development teams | postman.com |
| 5 | Stoplight | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | API design-first teams | stoplight.io |
| 6 | Tyk | $0/mo Open Source | Yes | — | — | Teams wanting open-source first with optional cloud | tyk.io |
| 7 | Zuplo | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Edge API gateway | zuplo.com |
| 8 | Treblle | $233/mo Core | No | — | — | API observability and monitoring | treblle.com |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest api management?
Apigee (Google Cloud) has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Evaluation), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does api management cost per month?
Across the 7 api management with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $56/mo, ranging from $9/mo to $1250/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 7 also offer a free tier.
Which api management have a free plan?
Apigee (Google Cloud), Gravitee, Kong Konnect, Postman, Stoplight, Tyk, Zuplo offer a free tier.
Which api management support HIPAA?
Apigee (Google Cloud) state HIPAA support (a BAA). Always confirm current scope with the vendor.
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How we compiled this
Official pricing pages were fetched and verified via WebFetch on 2026-06-15 for Postman (postman.com/pricing), Kong (konghq.com/pricing), Apigee (cloud.google.com/apigee/pricing, corroborated against official Google Cloud pay-as-you-go docs), Tyk (tyk.io/pricing), Zuplo (zuplo.com/pricing), Stoplight (stoplight.io/pricing), Gravitee (gravitee.io/pricing), and Treblle (treblle.com/pricing — now reachable live). Treblle was rebuilt: the live official page shows only Core ($233/mo billed yearly), Growth (custom), and Enterprise (custom) — NO free tier and NO $25 Starter tier; the draft's Free and Starter plans were fabricated from stale Capterra/GetApp aggregator data and have been removed. Kong Konnect Plus overage corrected to the official $200/million-requests figure (the aggregator's $34.25 contradicts the live page). Zuplo's dead pricingsaas.com corroboration (404) was removed. MuleSoft and RapidAPI Enterprise Hub remain excluded (blocked, unverifiable). For quote-only/contact-sales plans, monthlyUsd is null. Prices in USD. accessedAt 2026-06-15.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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