How Meecrogate compares with the main solutions on the market
| Characteristic | Java solutions (Gravitee) | API gateways (Kong / APISIX) | Cloud native (AWS / Apigee) | Meecrogate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Monolithic / feature-rich | Performance / DevOps | Captive ecosystem (lock-in) | Lean / modular |
| Footprint & resources | Heavy (third-party dependencies) | Light (Lua-Nginx / Go) | Managed by the cloud provider | Light (Java-based) |
| Deployment model | VM / K8s | VM / K8s / Docker | Cloud only | VM, K8s & cloud-agnostic |
| Configuration approach | Dense management UI | YAML / CLI / Lua scripts | Cloud console / Terraform | Visual low-code |
| Auditability | Binary / database | Complex YAML | Proprietary | Human-readable, auditable JSON |
| GitOps ready | Difficult (stateful) | Yes (declarative) | Partial (through heavy IaC) | Native (versionable JSON) |
| Independence | Sovereign but heavy | Agnostic | Total cloud lock-in | 100% cloud-agnostic |
| Characteristic | Java solutions (Gravitee) | API gateways (Kong) | US cloud (AWS / Apigee) | Meecrogate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud sovereignty | Very high (self-hosted) | Moderate (US vendor) | None (Cloud Act) | Maximal (agnostic) |
| Data privacy (GDPR) | Fully local | US control plane | Metadata held in the US | Fully local / on-premise |
| Configuration auditability | Database (blob) | YAML (verbose) | Cloud interface | Human-readable JSON |
| Longevity (lock-in) | Tied to the JVM stack | Tied to plugins | Complete lock-in | Fully reversible |