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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 vendor's own page and 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 2026-06-15 · 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 2026-06-15) · Apigee (Google Cloud): cloud.google.com (verified 2026-06-15)

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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