G2 Vendor Directory

KrakenD AI & API Gateway vs. hotglue

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricKrakenD AI & API Gateway

by KrakenD

hotglue

by hotglue

Overall rating4.74.9
Review count6842
Ease of use9.18.9
Ease of setup9.09.1
Quality of support9.610.0
Meets requirements9.39.3
NPS79.41176597.619048
Small Business29.9%76.2%
Mid-Market56.7%19.0%
Enterprise13.4%4.8%
Total page views262287
Total LLM citations4897

KrakenD AI & API Gateway

KrakenD is the next-generation API Gateway built for high-performance, large-scale environments. Its stateless, database-free architecture enables true linear scalability with minimal infrastructure and no external dependencies. You can deploy KrakenD anywhere, scale without coordination, and operate efficiently using GitOps workflows and declarative configurations. It supports a wide range of protocols and patterns—REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, SOAP, Backend For Frontend (BFF), and more—without middleware bloat.

Pros

  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Use
  • Ease of Implementation
  • Features
  • Flexibility
  • Performance

hotglue

hotglue is a developer-first embedded iPaaS founded by engineers to help B2B SaaS companies like Chargebee, Instructure, and SpotOn offer integrations in their product with other platforms. Based out of Washington DC, our team focuses on providing robust integration solutions that developers actually want to use. Our platform offers pre-built connectors to hundreds of SaaS applications (like Salesforce, NetSuite, Quickbooks, and more) while maintaining code-level control, custom transformations, and complete white-labeling capabilities.

Pros

  • Integration Capabilities
  • Integrations
  • Customer Support
  • Easy Integrations
  • Implementation Ease
  • Flexibility