Zilla Gateway
Multi-protocol gateway built for control
Connect applications and AI agents to models, tools, APIs, and real-time data through one lightweight runtime. Compose protocol bindings, enforce policies, and observe traffic, all through declarative configuration.
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Architecture
One runtime. Composable by design.
Build the connections you need with native protocol bindings. Reusable modules add authentication, authorization, data validation, cryptographic services, and observability across supported protocols.
Model routes select a target client; dialect translation is applied when needed.
An MCP tool call is routed through native MCP and backend-specific bindings.
Bindings mediate client protocols and Kafka without an application-specific bridge.
Use cases
One gateway. More possibilities.
Use Zilla for models, agent tools, or streaming data independently, or bring them together in one governed architecture.
Connect and govern AI models
Keep your OpenAI, Gemini, or Anthropic SDK. Route across supported models, translate provider APIs, enforce guardrails, and track token usage.
Connect agents to enterprise tools
Unify MCP servers, expose APIs and Kafka as tools, and control discovery and invocation by caller identity.
Expose and govern real-time data
Expose Kafka through HTTP, SSE, WebSocket, or MQTT. Enforce identity, schemas, and field-level data policies at the edge.
Turn Kafka into a fully-fledged MQTTÂ broker for direct IoTÂ client access.
Explore IoT ingest & control →Key Features
Everything you need to connect, secure, and govern.
Discover Zilla’s core capabilities—from protocol mediation and access control to data protection, observability, and operations.
Connectivity and mediation
Connect systems across protocols, with no custom adapters.3 features
Connectivity and mediation
Connect clients and services through native, composable protocol bindings without building custom adapters.
Route traffic to the right backend and translate between supported protocols through declarative configuration.
Turn OpenAPI-defined operations into MCP tools and use schemas to govern how data is exchanged.
Identity and access
Keep identity and authorization checks at the gateway boundary.3 features
Identity and access
Validate caller identity and enforce access to routes, resources, and tools based on configured policies.
Secure connections with TLS and mTLS, using configurable vaults for certificates and keys.
Obtain or exchange scoped tokens for upstream services without passing their credentials to every client.
Data and policy governance
Inspect and protect data and actions in the flow.4 features
Data and policy governance
Validate JSON, Avro, and Protobuf payloads and transform supported formats as traffic passes through Zilla.
Show agents only authorized MCP tools and enforce access again when those tools are invoked.
Check prompts and model responses against configured validation and classification rules for secrets, personal data, and jailbreak attempts.
Encrypt, redact, or selectively disclose sensitive Kafka record fields without changing producer or consumer applications.
Operations and visibility
Operate consistently across environments and workloads.3 features
Operations and visibility
Monitor traffic, investigate errors, and export gateway telemetry to Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and other supported destinations.
Define protocol bindings, policies, models, and exporters in version-controlled zilla.yaml files.
Deploy lightweight gateway replicas close to workloads and scale independently; add shared stores when distributed state is required.
Performance
Performance — Unmatched.
Zilla is designed for low-latency, high-throughput traffic across AI, APIs, and event streaming. Its streaming-native architecture minimizes data movement, memory allocation, and contention, keeping gateway overhead low.
Operational Management & Control Plane
Centralized management with Zilla Console
Zilla Gateway enforces policies on live traffic. Zilla Console gives platform teams one place to monitor gateways, publish governed Kafka API products, and manage self-service access.
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Monitor gateway operations
Track gateway health, versions, traffic, and logs across environments.
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Publish governed API products
Create and publish versioned Kafka API products with plans and access policies.
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Manage teams & access
Give consumers secure, self-service subscriptions with centrally managed credentials.
Deployment
Stateless by design. Deploy it your way.
Run Zilla near applications and data: locally, on-premises, or in the cloud. A lightweight, stateless data plane with no mandatory database.
Stateless horizontal scaling
Scale horizontally without turning the gateway into a system of record.
Minimal dependencies
Core connectivity needs neither Kafka nor a database. Add stores only for features that need them.
Fit your infrastructure
Run in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, or on-premises environments.
Start building with Zilla.
Browse the docs and see Zilla in action, or talk through your architecture with an engineer.
Join the Community
Trade notes with the engineers running Zilla in production, and get help from the team in Slack.
