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Gravitee vs Apigee (Google Cloud)

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for api management. Gravitee has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Gravitee has the lower entry price — Gravitee starts at $0/mo, Apigee (Google Cloud) at $0/mo. Free tier: Gravitee Yes, Apigee (Google Cloud) No. HIPAA: Gravitee —, Apigee (Google Cloud) Yes.

As of 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Gravitee

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Community (Open Source))
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPR
Best forEvent-driven API architectures

Apigee (Google Cloud)

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Evaluation)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forEnterprise Google Cloud workloads

Sources — Gravitee: gravitee.io (verified 2026-09-02) · Apigee (Google Cloud): cloud.google.com (verified 2026-09-02)

Key features

Gravitee: Dual product: API Management + Event Management; Flat unlimited pricing model (no per-call charges on paid plans); Native async/event API support (Kafka, MQTT, WebSocket); Open-source core with Apache 2.0 license

Apigee (Google Cloud): Pay-per-region environment model (hourly billed); Full-lifecycle API management with advanced analytics; Hybrid and multi-cloud deployment (Apigee hybrid); Google Cloud security and compliance (HIPAA eligible)

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