Skip to content

Self-Hosted API Gateway & Security Platform

apiRuler

“You Make the Rules.”

apiRuler is a self-hosted API gateway and security platform that brings authentication, rate limiting, observability, and AI proxy capabilities together in a single visual console, running entirely on your own infrastructure.

  • On-premise
  • Grafana + ELK
  • WAF-compatible
apiRuler logo

Overview

apiRuler is a self-hosted API gateway and security platform that lets you manage all of your APIs under one roof: securely, with full traceability, and entirely under your control. It eliminates scattered configuration, letting you manage services, routes, consumers, and certificates from a single panel.

With built-in Grafana, Prometheus, and Kibana (ELK) integrations, it monitors every API call in real time. Its plugin-based architecture makes it easy to extend for authentication, security, traffic control, AI governance, and more.

Key Features

  • Centralized Control

    Manage all your APIs from a single panel, with services, routes, consumers, and certificates under one roof.

  • Full Visibility

    Real-time monitoring with Grafana dashboards, Prometheus metrics, and Kibana log analysis, including P95/P99 latency tracking and 5xx error detection.

  • Unlimited Customization

    Authentication, rate limiting, bot detection, AI proxy, and more, all powered by a plugin architecture that adapts to any requirement.

  • Self-Hosted / On-Premise

    The platform runs on your own infrastructure, so your data stays under your control.

  • Visual Management Console

    Manage auth, AI, security, and traffic plugins visually from a single screen.

  • Complements Your WAF

    A WAF blocks attacks such as SQLi, XSS, and DDoS, while apiRuler handles authentication, routing, rate limiting, and observability. It complements your WAF rather than competing with it.

Capabilities / Modules

  1. 01

    Authentication

    Centralize identity for all your APIs behind a single gateway.

    • Support for JWT, OAuth 2.0, API Key, HMAC, Basic Auth, and LDAP.
  2. 02

    Security

    Gateway-level protection that complements your WAF.

    • CORS, IP restriction, bot detection, Let's Encrypt, and SNI / TLS.
  3. 03

    Artificial Intelligence

    Govern and budget every AI call.

    • AI Proxy, Prompt Templates, Prompt Guard, Request/Response Transformer.
  4. 04

    Traffic Control

    Shape and protect upstream traffic.

    • ACL, Rate Limiting, Request Size Filter, Proxy Cache, Load Balancing.
  5. 05

    Monitoring & Logging

    Full visibility into every request.

    • Grafana Dashboards, Prometheus Metrics, Kibana Log Analysis, and real-time alerts.
  6. 06

    Management

    Run everything from a single console.

    • Visual Editor, Quick Setup, Service & Route Management, Upstream & Certificate Management.

Use Cases

  • Microservice Orchestration

    Manage dozens of internal services from a single point, with per-service auth, rate limiting, and monitoring, upstream health checks, and automatic load balancing.

  • AI API Security and Cost Control

    Keep OpenAI / Anthropic calls under control with prompt-injection protection, token quotas, per-user cost tracking, and the flexibility to switch models.

  • Third-Party API Hub

    Centralize your external dependencies with single-point key management, fallback strategies, SLA monitoring, and automatic retries.

  • Certificate & TLS Automation

    Zero manual certificate work with Let's Encrypt, plus multi-domain support via SNI, automatic renewal, and a central certificate store.

Deployment and Integrations

apiRuler is designed to fit into your existing infrastructure:

  • On-premise / self-hosted deployment — your data stays in your own environment.
  • Observability: Grafana + Prometheus, Kibana / ELK log analysis.
  • Security: WAF-compatible architecture, TLS automation with Let's Encrypt.
  • Extensible plugin architecture.

Other products

All products →
OD Plus logo

Organizational Development Platform

OD Plus

The first and only intelligent organizational development platform in human resources. By digitizing your organizational processes, OD Plus keeps you one step ahead at every stage, from workforce planning to organizational planning.

PeraSense logo

The Leading App for Store Management

PeraSense

PeraSense is a cloud-based store management and field audit application that brings store audits, corrective and preventive actions, complaints, and task management together on a single platform. It digitizes the operational performance of retail chains and dealer networks end to end.