Gravitee is a capable open-source API management platform with a developer portal, visual policy builder, and GraphQL/gRPC support. It is a solid traditional API gateway choice. G8KEPR is purpose-built for the AI era — adding a unified AI gateway, MCP security, and AI-specific threat detection that Gravitee does not offer.
Feature data based on publicly available documentation as of April 2026. No benchmark numbers are used in this comparison.
| Feature | G8KEPR | Gravitee |
|---|---|---|
| Request Routing & Proxy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rate Limiting & Quota Enforcement | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Key Management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developer Portal (Built-In) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open Source Option | ✗ | ✓ |
| Policy Studio / Visual Policy Builder | ✗ | ✓ |
| GraphQL Support | ✗ | ✓ |
| gRPC Support | ✗ | ✓ |
| OpenAPI / Swagger Import | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feature | G8KEPR | Gravitee |
|---|---|---|
| JWT / OAuth2 Validation | ✓ | ✓ |
| RBAC at Gateway Level | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Key Authentication | ✓ | ✓ |
| LDAP / Active Directory Integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Feature | G8KEPR | Gravitee |
|---|---|---|
| Unified AI/LLM Gateway | ✓ | ✗ |
| LLM Provider Routing & Failover | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI Cost Tracking & Budget Enforcement | ✓ | ✗ |
| Prompt Caching | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multi-LLM Provider Support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Feature | G8KEPR | Gravitee |
|---|---|---|
| Prompt Injection Detection | ✓ | ✗ |
| Jailbreak Attempt Detection | ✓ | ✗ |
| PII Leakage Detection in AI Responses | ✓ | ✗ |
| ML-Based Threat Pattern Library | ✓ | ✗ |
| Feature | G8KEPR | Gravitee |
|---|---|---|
| MCP Server Registration & Auth | ✓ | ✗ |
| MCP Tool Call Auditing | ✓ | ✗ |
| MCP Scope Enforcement | ✓ | ✗ |
| MCP Sandboxing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Feature | G8KEPR | Gravitee |
|---|---|---|
| Audit Logs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Request/Response Analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-Specific Usage Dashboards | ✓ | ✗ |
| SOC 2 Controls | ✓ | Partial |
| GDPR Data Controls | ✓ | Partial |
| AI-Specific Compliance Reporting | ✓ | ✗ |
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