zAPI · API gateway

Ship APIs that
scale and stay safe.

Put a gateway in front of any service to issue keys, enforce rate limits, cache responses and watch every request in real time — all from one dashboard, with milliseconds of overhead.

API keysRate limitingEdge cachingLive analytics
Live traffic
live
12,480

requests today

2ms

overhead

99.98%

success

63%

cache hit

2ms

Added latency

14

Edge regions

63%

Avg cache hit rate

1

Dashboard for it all

A gateway for every API

Control, secure and observe

Drop zAPI in front of what you already have and get the controls of a mature API platform — without rewriting a line of business logic.

Smart routing

Map clean public routes to any upstream — services, serverless or third-party APIs — with versioning and path rewrites.

API keys & auth

Issue, scope and revoke keys, or plug in JWT and OAuth. Every request is authenticated before it reaches your code.

Rate limiting & quotas

Protect upstreams with per-key, per-route and per-plan limits, burst control and friendly 429 responses.

Edge caching

Cache responses at 14 regions with smart invalidation to cut latency and shield your origin from load.

Analytics & logs

See traffic, latency, error rates and top consumers live — then drill into individual requests and replay them.

Transforms & policies

Rewrite headers and payloads, validate schemas and chain reusable policies without redeploying your service.

The policy chain

Every request, checked in milliseconds

Keys, limits and caching run at the edge before traffic ever reaches your service — so your origin only sees requests it should.

Incoming request

received

GET /v1/orders

Authenticate key

Verify & scope the API key

Rate limit

Check quota & burst window

Cache lookup

Serve from edge if fresh

Your service

Only clean traffic gets through

Security

Lock down access by default

Issue scoped API keys, enforce JWT or OAuth, and revoke compromised credentials instantly. Per-key permissions mean each consumer reaches only the routes you allow.

  • Scoped keys, JWT & OAuth support
  • Instant revocation & rotation
  • Schema validation blocks bad payloads
api keys
pk_live_8f2a…prod
active
pk_test_3b9c…staging
active
pk_live_71de…legacy
revoked
scoped · rotate anytime
Reliability

Protect your origin

Per-plan rate limits, burst windows and edge caching absorb spikes before they reach your service. Friendly 429s and retries keep good clients happy while abusive ones are throttled.

  • Per-key, per-route & per-plan quotas
  • Edge caching with smart invalidation
  • Automatic retries & graceful 429s
quota · per key / minute
acme-corp84%
beta-app42%
scraper-x429 throttled
Observability

Know exactly what's happening

Live dashboards show traffic, latency percentiles, error rates and your top consumers. Drill into any request, inspect headers and payloads, and replay it to reproduce an issue.

  • Real-time traffic & p95 latency
  • Per-consumer usage & error breakdowns
  • Alerts & log streaming to your stack
requests · last 9 min

38ms

p95

0.04%

errors

acme-corp

top

Developer experience

Config as code, live in seconds

Declare routes, policies and keys from the CLI, the API or the dashboard. Version your gateway config in git and roll changes out with confidence — no redeploys of your service.

  • Declarative routes & policies in git
  • CLI, REST API and dashboard parity
  • Zero-downtime config rollouts
# expose an upstream behind the gateway
zapi route add \
  --path /v1/orders \
  --upstream https://orders.internal \
  --auth key
Why zAPI

The gateway that just works

No rewrite required

Point the gateway at services you already run and get keys, limits and analytics without touching your business logic.

Secure from day one

Authentication, validation and revocation are built in, so your APIs are protected before your first public call.

Resilient under load

Edge caching and rate limiting absorb spikes and abuse, keeping your origin fast and your bills predictable.

Total visibility

Live analytics and per-request tracing mean you always know who's calling, how often and how fast.

zAPI · API gateway

Put a gateway in front today

Keys, rate limits, caching and analytics for any API — live in minutes. Start free, no credit card required.