Ambassador Edge Stack vs Google Cloud API Gateway
| Ambassador Edge Stack | Google Cloud API Gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | $1.50/mo |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | — | api, Web |
| Deployment model | self-hosted | cloud |
| Supported protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, gRPC-Web, HTTP/3 | HTTP/REST, HTTP/JSON, gRPC |
| Rate limiting | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Authentication methods | — | API keys, service accounts/JWT, Google authentication, Google ID tokens |
| Request transformation | — | Yes |
| Monthly request limit | — | 1,000,000,000 requests/mo |
Both are listed in Best API Gateway Software. On Inferse, Google Cloud API Gateway scores higher on our published basis.