KrakenD

KrakenD offers two different editions, KrakenD CE (Community Edition) and KrakenD EE (Enteprise Edition). The API Gateway engine of KrakenD, an open source project, has joined the Linux Foundation as Lura. KrakenD touts that it's built for performance. This API Gateway is often deployed as a backend-for-frontend or a façade aggregator on top of many different microservices.

KrakenD is primarily used as a stateless component in user infrastructure. There's no data store dependency required for most operations, which may simplify deployment and management.

Message transformation can be configured using the Martian DSL while message validation can benefit from Google's Common Expression Language (CEL).

KrakenD has a JSON-based file configuration with a Web-based editor in KrakenD Designer (CE) or KrakenD Studio (EE). Enterprise features include commercial support, KrakenD studio, and enterprise plugins.

Platform Capabilities

API GatewayMonitoringDocumentationThreat ProtectionAnalytics

Gateway Capabilities

Custom Code ExecutionMediationTraffic ManagementOpenAPI IntegrationProtocol Transformation

Delivery Models

SaaSCustomer Managed (Cloud)Customer Managed (On-Premises)Hybrid

Gateway Policies

Security
  • OAuth 2.0
  • JWT
  • Basic Authentication
  • API Key Authentication
  • Mutual TLS
  • Bot Detector
  • XSS Protection
  • CORS
Traffic Management
  • Circuit Breaker
  • Spike Arrest
  • Rate Limiting
  • Service Discovery
  • Concurrent Rate Limiting
Mediation
  • Cache Lookup
  • Cache Store
  • Cache Eviction
  • Request Transformation
  • Response Transformation
Extension
  • Auth0 Integration
  • Keycloak Integration
  • Message Logging
  • Lua Scripting
  • Go Extensions