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WSO2 API Manager pricing
WSO2 API Manager publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
WSO2 API Manager plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Commercial | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Community
FreeThe entry tier. It covers core api management, community support.
Commercial
On requestOver Community, this tier adds:
- Enterprise features
- Technical support
- SLA
Where WSO2 API Manager stops being free
Community, Free
- Core API management
- Community support
No paid tier on record
WSO2 API Manager lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full WSO2 API Manager feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- API Gateway
- API Designer
- Developer Portal
Integrations
- LDAP
- Okta
- Keycloak
- Microservices
Platform
- Java support
- Linux support
- Docker support
- Kubernetes support
People bring WSO2 API Manager in for publishing, securing and rate limiting apis behind a gateway, running an api developer portal with subscription key management, self hosting an open source api management layer on premises. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to WSO2 API Manager are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in API Management
Too few api management tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSO2 API Manager (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Backendless | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs WSO2 API Manager |
| Asyncapi | Free | open-source | - | vs WSO2 API Manager |
| Akana | $2500/monthly | subscription | - | vs WSO2 API Manager |
| Boomi API Management | $1500/monthly | subscription | - | vs WSO2 API Manager |
| AWS API Gateway | Free | usage-based | - | vs WSO2 API Manager |
| Appwrite | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs WSO2 API Manager |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the WSO2 API Manager badges page.
Before you pay for WSO2 API Manager
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
WSO2 API Manager runs on java, linux, docker, kubernetes, and is published by WSO2 of Mountain View, California, USA. The full record is on the WSO2 API Manager review, and the rest of the category is under best api management tools.
WSO2 API Manager pricing questions
- How much does WSO2 API Manager cost?
- WSO2 API Manager publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Community up to On request for Commercial. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does WSO2 API Manager have a free plan?
- Yes. The Community tier costs nothing and covers core api management, community support.
- What is the difference between Community and Commercial on WSO2 API Manager?
- Commercial costs On request against Free, and adds enterprise features, technical support, sla.
- Which api management tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 api management tools listed alongside WSO2 API Manager have a free tier: Backendless, Asyncapi, AWS API Gateway, Appwrite, Microsoft Azure API Management.
- What am I actually paying for with WSO2 API Manager?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for publishing, securing and rate limiting apis behind a gateway, running an api developer portal with subscription key management, self hosting an open source api management layer on premises.
- Does WSO2 API Manager charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these WSO2 API Manager prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare WSO2 API Manager against before paying?
- The closest api management tools in this directory are Backendless, Asyncapi, Akana, Boomi API Management. Each has a side-by-side comparison with WSO2 API Manager covering price, platforms and features.