Apiway
Apiway is an end-to-end platform for taking APIs from design through production and customer use.
What Apiway is
Apiway is an end-to-end platform for taking APIs from design through production and customer use. It covers API contracts, mock APIs, deployment, onboarding, versioning, access control, service levels, and metering. Governance features detect breaking changes, report their impact, support approvals, and check that deployments match API contracts. Its gateway supports operation-level authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0, API keys, JWT bearer tokens, and OIDC endpoints. Listed gateway options include Kong, Azure APIM, Apigee, Tyk, Zuplo, and Apiway's own gateway; deployment options are PaaS, hybrid, and self-hosted. The platform also has an MCP endpoint with an AI identity. Apiway tracks usage and attributes costs by consumer for billing. All capabilities are included at each tier, but read and write limits differ by plan. The free tier needs no card and provides one-time credits that do not expire; the credit amount depends on whether the account uses a company or personal email. Paid annual plans are Foundation at €12,000 a year, Business at €24,000 a year, and Professional at €48,000 a year.
Good
- Includes contract checks and breaking-change impact reports
- Supports PaaS, hybrid, and self-hosted deployment
- Supports OAuth 2.0, API keys, JWT, and OIDC
- Free tier requires no card
Watch out
- Free credits are one-time and email-dependent
- Read and write limits vary by plan
- No free trial is listed
Who it suits
It suits teams that need API design, governance, and lifecycle controls, from a first governed API to organization-wide programs. The free tier offers a no-card starting point, while usage limits vary by plan.
Verdict
Apiway combines API lifecycle governance with gateway options, deployment flexibility, and usage metering. Compare plan limits and annual prices against expected API traffic before choosing a tier.
Plans and prices
From Apiway's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Start Free | Free | 200,000 credits on a company address or 100,000 on a personal address, once; 100 reads · 10 writes / min · NO CARD REQUIRED |
| Foundation | €12,000 a year | 100,000 credits every month · 500 reads · 50 writes / min · ANNUAL |
| Business | €24,000 a year | 200,000 credits every month · 2,000 reads · 200 writes / min · ANNUAL |
| Professional | €48,000 a year | 400,000 credits every month · 5,000 reads · 500 writes / min · ANNUAL |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | 1,000,000 credits / month · 20,000 reads · 2,000 writes / min · Fair-use overflow · TALK TO US |
The facts
Each one read from Apiway's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI support
- The platform includes an MCP endpoint with an AI identity, according to the pricing page.checked 30 Sep 2001
- API lifecycle
- The platform includes API contract design, mock APIs, deployment, customer onboarding, versioning, access control, service levels, and metering.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Deployment
- The pricing page lists PaaS, hybrid, and self-hosted deployment options.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Governance
- Apiway says it provides breaking-change detection, impact reporting, approval flows, and checks that deployments match API contracts.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Integrations
- The pricing page lists Kong, Azure APIM, Apigee, Tyk, Zuplo, and the Apiway gateway as supported gateway options.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Intended users
- The pricing page describes Foundation for teams putting their first governed APIs into production, Business for a department with several teams, and Professional for an organization-wide program.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Metering
- Apiway says it meters and attributes costs per consumer and tracks usage for billing.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Product
- Apiway describes itself as an end-to-end product delivery and governance platform for taking APIs from design to production and customer use.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Security
- The security documentation says the gateway enforces authentication and authorization per operation, with OAuth 2.0, API keys, JWT bearer tokens, and OIDC endpoints supported.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Usage limits
- Plan tiers differ by usage and cap reads and writes per minute; the pricing page says every capability is included at every tier.checked 30 Sep 2001
The company
- Company description
- Apiway says it was built to connect code and capital and make APIs managed, governed, and profitable assets.checked 30 Sep 2001
Money
- Free tier terms
- The free tier requires no card, and its initial credits do not expire; credits depend on whether the account uses a company or personal email address.checked 30 Sep 2001
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