Zuplo provides a programmable API gateway for managing, securing, and scaling APIs with integrated developer portals and monetization features. The platform offers specialized gateways for AI model governance, including routing and cost controls, and for managing MCP servers centrally. It enables developers to build custom gateway logic using TypeScript while supporting self-service onboarding and usage-based billing for API consumers.
Funding
$13.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Developing and managing APIs often involves complex configurations, scattered code snippets, and synchronization challenges between the API gateway and specifications. Existing API management solutions can be cumbersome, requiring extensive XML workflows and hindering developer productivity. This complexity leads to increased costs, longer deployment times, and difficulties in maintaining API consistency.
Solution
Zuplo offers a programmable API management platform designed to streamline API development and deployment. The platform allows developers to create custom API gateways with extensive programmability, eliminating the need for complex XML configurations or embedded code snippets. Zuplo natively uses OpenAPI specifications to power its gateway, ensuring synchronization between the API and its documentation. The platform provides features such as dynamic rate limiting, authentication, and a user-friendly developer portal, enhancing developer productivity and reducing API sprawl.
Target Audience
Zuplo targets developers, startups, and enterprises seeking to simplify API management, enhance developer productivity, and reduce the costs associated with API development and deployment.
Features
- Programmable API gateway enabling custom code implementation for unlimited extensibility
- Native GitOps integration for infrastructure-as-code and streamlined deployments
- User-friendly developer portal for API subscription, key management, and usage analytics
- Flexible rate limiting policies customizable per API, user, or API key
- Comprehensive authentication options, including API key authentication with GitHub secret scanning, Basic Auth, JWT, mTLS, and secure tunnels
- Native OpenAPI support ensuring synchronization between the gateway and API specifications
- Integrated Stripe support for API monetization, including pricing pages and subscription workflows
- Multi-cloud deployment options, including fully managed edge gateway and self-hosted deployments on AWS, Azure, or on-premises