MuleSoft Omni Gateway vs Spring Cloud Gateway

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MuleSoft Omni Gateway #4 in API Gateway Software —/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit MuleSoft

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

• MuleSoft Omni Gateway fits best

  Federated enterprises managing many gateways

• Spring Cloud Gateway fits best

  Spring-based application teams

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Side by side

Feature	MuleSoft Omni Gateway —/10 Visit ↗	Spring Cloud Gateway —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	—
Ranking	#4 in API Gateway Software	#5 in API Gateway Software
Best for	Federated enterprises managing many gateways	Spring-based application teams
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Support	Community, Docs	Docs, Community
Integrations	9 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features MuleSoft Omni Gateway 2/2 · Spring Cloud Gateway 2/2
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Request transformation	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Self-hosted
Supported protocols	HTTP, WebSocket, SOAP, gRPC, GraphQL, OAS3 REST, MCP, A2A	HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, gRPC
Authentication methods	Client ID enforcement, HTTP Basic Authentication, JWT validation, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect	Spring Security, OAuth 2.0, JWT, opaque tokens
Monthly request limit	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Centralizes policy management and observability across gateway environments Supports HTTP, SOAP, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, MCP, and A2A Adds authentication, rate limits, threat protection, and AI traffic controls	Dynamic routing with route-specific predicates and filters Rate limiting, rewrites, transformations, and circuit breaker integration Supports HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, and gRPC conversion
Cons	Pricing requires contact with sales rather than a published entry amount There is no free plan; the available trial lasts 30 days The broad governance focus may not suit teams needing a narrow gateway tool	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	MuleSoft Omni Gateway is an Envoy-based API gateway for organizations managing APIs across managed and self-managed environments. It provides centralized policy management, observability, routing, authentication, authorization, rate… 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

• MuleSoft Omni Gateway — where it wins

  • Centralizes policy management and observability across gateway environments
  • Supports HTTP, SOAP, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, MCP, and A2A
  • Adds authentication, rate limits, threat protection, and AI traffic controls

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with sales rather than a published entry amount
  • There is no free plan; the available trial lasts 30 days
  • The broad governance focus may not suit teams needing a narrow gateway tool

• 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

• MuleSoft Omni Gateway—/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A hybrid gateway and governance layer for enterprises coordinating multiple gateway products.

  Visit MuleSoftFull verdict →
• Spring Cloud Gateway—/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit Spring CloudFull verdict →