Pricing trends for API Gateway: 7 tracked pricing changes across 6 vendors. Direction: prices rising.

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API Gateway Pricing Trends

Pricing direction: ↑ Prices rising

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At-Risk Vendors
model change 3 removed 2 reduced 1 restructured 1

Pricing Change Timeline

reduced Zuplo discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
The free tier now has a limit of 100K requests/month, not 1M. The free tier also does not include custom domains. Source ↗
removed Unkey discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
The free tier information is no longer present. The lowest tier is $5/month with limited resources. Active keys are now a usage-based cost ($0.002/month). Source ↗
restructured Tyk discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
The free tier information has been updated. An open-source option is still mentioned, the page now prominently features a 48-hour free trial of Tyk Cloud and three paid tiers: Core, Professional, and Enterprise. Source ↗
model change X (Twitter) effective 2026-04-20 high
X API per-request pricing overhaul: Owned Reads now $0.001/request; writes raised to $0.015/post (from ~$0.01); URL-containing posts now $0.20/post (massive increase). Following, likes, and quote-posts via API removed from all self-serve tiers. Announced on X Developer Community. Source ↗
model change Xero Developer API effective 2026-03-02 high
Xero retiring revenue-share model, moving to 5-tier connection+egress pricing. No more free API access for developers. Costs jumping from ~$0 to $17K+/year for some. Also banning API data use for AI/ML model training Source ↗
model change X (Twitter) effective 2026-02-06 high
Pay-per-use pricing model introduced alongside existing fixed tiers. Legacy free tier users migrated to pay-per-use with $10 voucher. Free tier effectively reduced to proof-of-concept only (~500 posts/month read, no search) Source ↗
removed X (Twitter) effective 2026-02-01 high
X/Twitter API eliminated free tier in February 2026, replacing it with a pay-per-use credit model. Active free-tier users receive a $0 voucher. 'For-good' utility apps remain free. Basic fixed tier remains at $200/month Source ↗

We hold 2 more records filed under this category that are not counted above: entries the vendor has since reversed, our own index housekeeping, and corrections to earlier entries of our own. Read the full change log.

At-Risk Vendors

Unkey risky discovered 2026-08-28 removed Zuplo caution discovered 2026-08-28 reduced

Stable Picks

Vendors with no recent pricing changes and low risk scores.

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