Apache Synapse
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Plans and prices
From Apache Synapse's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Synapse | Free | No paid tiers or usage limits stated · Free and open source software |
The facts
Each one read from Apache Synapse's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Community support
- The project provides user, developer and commits mailing lists with subscription and archive links.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Synapse uses an XML-based configuration language and includes built-in mediators for constructing message flows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Current release
- The downloads page lists version 3.0.2, released 10-May-2023, as the latest stable release.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data transformation
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- The installation guide offers binary and source distributions for Linux, macOS and Windows and recommends Linux for production deployments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Synapse can be extended with Java, Spring or scripting languages including JavaScript, Ruby and Groovy.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integration features
- Features include load balancing, failover routing, message splitting and aggregation, database lookup and updates, and message throttling and caching.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Message formats
- It supports XML, SOAP, plain text, binary, Hessian and JSON content formats.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- The product supports statistics collection and JMX monitoring and management.checked 11 Oct 2026
- On-premises connectors
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Apache Synapse is a lightweight, high-performance Enterprise Service Bus with an asynchronous mediation engine for XML, Web Services and REST.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Real-time sync
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Requirements
- The installation guide specifies Java SE Development Kit 1.8.0_141 or higher and says 1 GB of heap is generally sufficient for typical SOAP messages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The feature list includes WS-Security support, and version 3.0.0 added OCSP/CRL certificate validation for HTTP transports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Transports
- The site lists HTTP/S, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, JMS, TCP, UDP, VFS, SMS, XMPP and FIX support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Workflow orchestration
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2005checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, Delaware, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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