Open-source Backend as a Service with REST API and SDKs
Overview
What 3scale does
3scale by Red Hat is a cloud API management platform that enables organizations to design, secure, publish, and monetize APIs. It provides API gateway, developer portal, and comprehensive analytics for API lifecycle management.
What people use it for
- API gateway and lifecycle management
- Rate limiting and traffic control across API consumers
- Developer portal and access key management
- Monetising APIs with usage-based plans
- Hybrid deployment across on-premises and cloud
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 3scale.
- Red Hat's managed 3scale services end on 30 June 2027, so anyone adopting the hosted option now is choosing a product with a published end date
- Sold as part of Red Hat middleware rather than standalone, and 3scale.net redirects into redhat.com
- Pricing is not published and a subscription is required for some services
Pricing
What 3scale costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Starter
$300 /mo
- API gateway
- Developer portal
- Basic analytics
Professional
$750 /mo
- Advanced features
- API monetization
- Enhanced support
Enterprise
On request
- Custom deployment
- Dedicated support
- Premium SLA
Capabilities
Features
API Gateway
API Gateway capability
Developer Portal
Developer Portal capability
API Monetization
API Monetization capability
Red Hat OpenShift
Integration with Red Hat OpenShift
AWS
Integration with AWS
Azure
Integration with Azure
Kubernetes
Integration with Kubernetes
Cloud support
Available on Cloud
On-premises support
Available on On-premises
Hybrid support
Available on Hybrid
Behind it
Who makes 3scale
- Company
- Red Hat
- Based in
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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