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Should I use Zuplo?

Secure, govern, and observe every API, LLM, and MCP call on one programmable policy engine. - zuplo.com

· 1 month ago

Buy if you're a developer-led team securing, rate-limiting, or monetizing public APIs, LLM, or MCP traffic on a managed gateway. Skip it for internal-only apps or if you need self-hosting — use Kong or your framework's middleware.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 24 public sources: G2, Gartner, AWS Marketplace, Reddit threads, comparison sites, and official docs.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0/month

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
BuilderUsage-based (not published)
EnterpriseCustom

Best for

  • Developer-led teams shipping public APIs
  • API monetization and paywall use cases
  • Securing LLM/MCP agent traffic
  • Supabase/Next.js indie SaaS backends

Not for

  • Internal-only apps with a few endpoints — middleware or a reverse proxy is enough
  • Enterprises needing self-hosted or on-prem gateways
  • Non-technical teams — configuration is real developer work
  • Buyers who need thousands of independent reviews to de-risk the choice

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Pricing scales on monthly requests; high-traffic APIs can get expensive fast

medium

Managed-only platform: expect lock-in on routing config and custom policies

medium

Seed-stage company; vet long-term support and SLAs before enterprise commitment

low

CVE-2025-7783 hit a form-data dependency in Zudoku docs tool; gateway core unaffected

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Rated 4.8/5 on G2 across 41 reviews
  • Reviewers report fast setup and excellent documentation
  • One gateway covers APIs, LLM, and MCP traffic
  • Free tier lets you run an API at $0
  • GitOps workflow for managing gateway changes

Cons

  • Managed cloud only — no self-hosted open-source option
  • Billing keyed to monthly request volume
  • Small review base: 41 G2 reviews vs thousands for incumbents
  • Seed-stage vendor versus entrenched gateway incumbents
  • Dependency CVE affected Zuplo's open-source Zudoku docs framework

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known CVEs in the core gateway; CVE-2025-7783 affected a dependency in Zuplo's open-source Zudoku docs framework.

official x2review x7security x1news x2
  • CVE-2025-7783 in form-data dependency (Zudoku), Predictable multipart boundary vulnerability tracked in Zuplo's open-source Zudoku docs tooling repo, not the gateway product itself.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0/month

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Free tier, usage-based; pitched cheaper than Apigee
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Reviewers praise fast setup and docs
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Programmable policies, MCP/AI gateway, GitOps
  • Support quality. No support evidence found
  • Security posture: 4/5. Published trust center; only docs-tool dependency CVE
  • 4.8/5 G2 rating 41 reviews
  • Yes Free tier $0/month
  • $9M Funding Seed, 2023
  • 15 Gartner Peer Insights in-depth reviews

Pricing

Free

$0/month

  • Run an API for free
  • Core gateway policies

Builder

Usage-based (not published)

  • Billed on monthly requests
  • For production APIs

Enterprise

Not disclosed

  • Larger orgs
  • Contact sales

Security

No known CVEs in the core gateway; CVE-2025-7783 affected a dependency in Zuplo's open-source Zudoku docs framework.

  • CVE-2025-7783 in form-data dependency (Zudoku)Predictable multipart boundary vulnerability tracked in Zuplo's open-source Zudoku docs tooling repo, not the gateway product itself.10

What users say

Users praise quick setup, excellent documentation, and fast time to production across G2, Gartner, and Reddit.

“Zuplo offers excellent documentation”
G2 review
“Zuplo is great, really fast to get”
Reddit, r/dotnet
“Zuplo is a serverless API Gateway”
Reddit, r/Supabase

Companies that use it

  • Blockdaemon
Full analysis

Based on 24 public sources: G2, Gartner, AWS Marketplace, Reddit threads, comparison sites, and official docs.

Developer-loved managed API gateway (4.8/5 G2). Great for shipping/monetizing public APIs — overkill for internal-only services.

Methodology

Based on 24 public sources: G2, Gartner, AWS Marketplace, Reddit threads, comparison sites, and official docs.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Zuplo Products | Read 41 Reviews on G2g2.com
    review
  2. Zuplo Reviews & Ratings 2026 | Gartner Peer Insightsgartner.com
    review
  3. Zuplo API Gateway Reviews - AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.com
    review
  4. API Management solution - Reddit r/dotnetreddit.com
    review
  5. A week of building an API using Supabase & Zuplo - Redditreddit.com
    review
  6. Tyk vs Zuplo (2026) - RFP.wikirfp.wiki
    review
  7. Postman vs Zuplo - RFP.wikirfp.wiki
    review
  8. Seattle-area startup Zuplo lands $9M - GeekWiregeekwire.com
    news
  9. Zuplo's $9M Raise - dev.todev.to
    news
  10. Form-data package vulnerability - zuplo/zudoku GitHub issuegithub.com
    security
  11. Zuplo Trust Centertrust.zuplo.com
    official
  12. Zuplo homepagezuplo.com
    official

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