NGINX Gateway Fabric comparisons
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NGINX Gateway Fabric head-to-head
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs Azure API Management
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs Amazon API Gateway
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs Apache APISIX
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs MuleSoft Omni Gateway
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs Spring Cloud Gateway
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs Alibaba Cloud API Gateway
- NGINX Gateway Fabric vs IBM DataPower Gateway
NGINX Gateway Fabric vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Supported protocols | Authentication methods | Rate limiting | Request transformation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | NGINX Gateway Fabric | Yes | None | Self-hosted | HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, gRPC, TCP, TLS, UDP | Basic authentication, JWT, OpenID Connect, external authentication | Yes | Yes | — |
| 1 | Azure API Management | No | — | Hybrid | — | — | — | — | 2.8 |
| 2 | Amazon API Gateway | No | — | Cloud | HTTP, REST, WebSocket | IAM/SigV4, Amazon Cognito user pools, JWT/OIDC/OAuth 2.0, Lambda authorizers, API keys, mutual TLS | Yes | Yes | 8.0 |
| 3 | Apache APISIX | Yes | None | Self-hosted | HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, UDP, WebSocket, gRPC, MQTT, HTTP/3, Dubbo | API key, JWT, Basic Authentication, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, HMAC, LDAP, CAS, Keycloak, Casdoor, forward authentication, multi-auth | Yes | Yes | — |
| 4 | MuleSoft Omni Gateway | No | — | Hybrid | HTTP, WebSocket, SOAP, gRPC, GraphQL, OAS3 REST, MCP, A2A | Client ID enforcement, HTTP Basic Authentication, JWT validation, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect | Yes | Yes | — |
| 5 | Spring Cloud Gateway | Yes | None | Self-hosted | HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, gRPC | Spring Security, OAuth 2.0, JWT, opaque tokens | Yes | Yes | — |
| 7 | Alibaba Cloud API Gateway | No | — | Cloud | HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, WebSocket, gRPC | AppCode, digest authentication, JWT, mutual TLS, custom authentication | Yes | Yes | 7.0 |
| 8 | IBM DataPower Gateway | — | — | Hybrid | REST, SOAP, HTTP, POX, JSON, XML, IBM MQ, Apache Kafka | OAuth, OpenID Connect, JWT, LDAP, client credentials | Yes | Yes | — |
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Compared by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026