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Alternatives to KeystoneJS
19 api management tools sit alongside KeystoneJS in this directory. Below is what separates each from KeystoneJS on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- KeystoneJS starts at
- Free
Why people look past KeystoneJS
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the KeystoneJS entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
KeystoneJS publishes a single plan, Open Source at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
WebRTC gateway and media server for real-time communication
Priced and rated the same as KeystoneJS on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Command-line tool for transferring data using URLs with wide protocol support
Priced and rated the same as KeystoneJS on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Specification and tools for defining asynchronous APIs
Priced and rated the same as KeystoneJS on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Open-source API development ecosystem with web-based REST client
- Sold on a freemium model rather than open-source.
- 2 tiers to KeystoneJS's 1.
Complete platform for building GraphQL APIs
- 3 tiers to KeystoneJS's 1.
Open-source data platform providing REST and GraphQL APIs
- 2 tiers to KeystoneJS's 1.
Every KeystoneJS alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KeystoneJS (this page) | Free | Open-source | 1 | |
| Janus Gateway | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs KeystoneJS |
| curl | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Asyncapi | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Hoppscotch | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs KeystoneJS |
| GraphQL Apollo | Free | Open-source | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Directus | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs KeystoneJS |
| AWS API Gateway | Free | Usage-based | 2 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Hasura | Free | Open-source | - | vs KeystoneJS |
| GraphQL Playground | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Backendless | Free, then $15/month | - | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
| HTTPie | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Appwrite | Free, then $15/month | - | 2 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Kong | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Bruno | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Microsoft Azure API Management | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Gravitee | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Boomi API Management | $1500/monthly | Subscription | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Akana | $2500/monthly | Subscription | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
| Apigee | $500/monthly | Subscription | 3 | vs KeystoneJS |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the KeystoneJS badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (16)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Janus Gateway , Free
- curl , Free
- Asyncapi , Free
- Hoppscotch , Free
- GraphQL Apollo , Free
- Directus , Free
- AWS API Gateway , Free
- Hasura , Free
What you would be giving up
KeystoneJS is most often brought in for building a headless cms with a graphql api from a typescript schema, generating a configurable admin ui for editors, adding structured rich text content with the document field. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If KeystoneJS is broadly right and the question is cost, the KeystoneJS pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the API Management category lists everything the directory holds, and best api management tools ranks them.
KeystoneJS runs on node.js, self-hosted. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about KeystoneJS alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to KeystoneJS?
- 19 other api management tools are listed in this directory, led by Janus Gateway, curl, Asyncapi, Hoppscotch. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to KeystoneJS?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Janus Gateway, curl, Asyncapi, Hoppscotch, GraphQL Apollo.
- Why do people look for an alternative to KeystoneJS?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from KeystoneJS?
- KeystoneJS is most often brought in for building a headless cms with a graphql api from a typescript schema, generating a configurable admin ui for editors, adding structured rich text content with the document field. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to KeystoneJS?
- Janus Gateway, curl, Asyncapi, GraphQL Apollo, Directus, Hasura, GraphQL Playground, HTTPie, Kong, Bruno are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these KeystoneJS alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, API Management, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare KeystoneJS against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against KeystoneJS covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every api management tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the API Management category, 19 tools beside KeystoneJS. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.