Tyk is an open-source API gateway and management platform for securing and controlling API traffic, available self-hosted or as a managed service. The Tyk Gateway is open-source under MPL 2.0 and free to self-host, with Tyk Cloud and self-managed control-plane options for managed deployment; commercial pricing is quote- or usage-based. It provides rate limiting, authentication management, and a developer portal. Founded in 2014, Tyk carries a SOC 2 attestation and serves teams wanting open, flexible API infrastructure they can run themselves or have managed.
open-sourceself-hostableapi-gateway
Overview
- Founded
- 2014
- Pricing tier
- Mid
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
API gateway
- Free tier
- Yes: Tyk Gateway (OSS) is free to self-host.
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Rate limiting
- Yes
- Auth management
- Yes
- Developer portal
- Yes