Amazon API Gateway vs Spring Cloud Gateway

Amazon API Gateway8.0Visit Spring Cloud Gateway—Visit

Higher score Amazon API Gateway #2 in API Gateway Software 8.0/10 From $1 ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit site

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Spring Cloud Gateway #5 in API Gateway Software —/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Spring Cloud

• Amazon API Gateway fits best

  AWS-native teams needing broad API management

• Spring Cloud Gateway fits best

  Spring-based application teams

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon API Gateway 8.0/10 Visit ↗	Spring Cloud Gateway —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.0	—
Ranking	#2 in API Gateway Software	#5 in API Gateway Software
Best for	AWS-native teams needing broad API management	Spring-based application teams
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Self-hosted
Support	Docs, Community	Docs, Community
Integrations	13 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon API Gateway 2/2 · Spring Cloud Gateway 2/2
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Request transformation	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Cloud	Self-hosted
Supported protocols	HTTP, REST, WebSocket	HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, gRPC
Authentication methods	IAM/SigV4, Amazon Cognito user pools, JWT/OIDC/OAuth 2.0, Lambda authorizers, API keys, mutual TLS	Spring Security, OAuth 2.0, JWT, opaque tokens
Monthly request limit	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Supports HTTP, REST, and WebSocket APIs Offers IAM, Cognito, JWT, authorizers, API keys, and mutual TLS Connects with Lambda, CloudWatch, WAF, CloudFront, and other AWS services	Dynamic routing with route-specific predicates and filters Rate limiting, rewrites, transformations, and circuit breaker integration Supports HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, and gRPC conversion
Cons	Usage pricing varies by API type, region, volume, and related services Data transfer, connection minutes, and caching can add separate charges API Gateway Portals cost $125 per month	Requires self-hosted deployment and operational ownership Delivered as a library rather than a hosted gateway service Best suited to teams already working within the Spring ecosystem
Our verdict	Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed cloud service for creating, publishing, securing, monitoring, and operating APIs. It supports HTTP APIs, REST APIs, and WebSocket APIs, making it suitable for teams exposing backend functionality to… Read the review →	Spring Cloud Gateway is an open-source library for building API gateways on Spring. It routes requests to backend services while adding capabilities such as security integration, monitoring, resiliency, rate limiting, path rewriting,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon API Gateway — where it wins

  • Supports HTTP, REST, and WebSocket APIs
  • Offers IAM, Cognito, JWT, authorizers, API keys, and mutual TLS
  • Connects with Lambda, CloudWatch, WAF, CloudFront, and other AWS services

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage pricing varies by API type, region, volume, and related services
  • Data transfer, connection minutes, and caching can add separate charges
  • API Gateway Portals cost $125 per month

• Spring Cloud Gateway — where it wins

  • Dynamic routing with route-specific predicates and filters
  • Rate limiting, rewrites, transformations, and circuit breaker integration
  • Supports HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, and gRPC conversion

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires self-hosted deployment and operational ownership
  • Delivered as a library rather than a hosted gateway service
  • Best suited to teams already working within the Spring ecosystem

• Amazon API Gateway8.0/10 · From $1

  A broad AWS-native gateway for HTTP, REST, WebSocket, and private API workloads.

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• Spring Cloud Gateway—/10 · Free plan

  A flexible, self-hosted gateway for teams building on Spring.

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