Zilla Gateway
The Multi-Protocol Streaming Gateway
Seamless API-first connectivity for all event-driven microservices and data inside the enterprise.
Maximized Kafka Investment
Get real-time data products to market in minutes instead of months.
Offloaded DevOps
Eliminate expensive custom connectors and reduce ongoing maintenance costs.
Increased Developer Agility
Keep sensitive data safe with built-in governance and compliance controls.
Streamlined Security Footprint
Run on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid — without re-architecting your data stack.

Capabilities
Streaming-Native by Design, Built for Scale
The Zilla Platform is streaming-native, cloud-native, and multi-protocol by design — not retrofitted from REST-era gateways.
Lightweight
Self-contained, stateless architecture that scales to millions of connected clients.
Multi-Protocol
Kafka, HTTP, gRPC, MQTT, and with inter-protocol translation.
Multi-Payload
Protobuf, Avro & JSON Schema payloads support with inter-payload conversion.
Schema Registry Integrations
Support for AWS Glue Registry, Confluent Schema Registry, Karapace and Apicurio.
Security
Support for enterprise-grade authentication, authorization and encryption.
10x Performance
Best-in-class latency and throughput.


Compare Zilla Editions
Zilla Plus includes everything in the Community Edition plus commercial integrations and enterprise support.
Capability | Zilla Plus+ | Zilla Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
Web Streaming | HTTP+SEE to Kafka Proxying | ||
IoT Ingest and Control | MQTT to Kafka Proxying | ||
Event Mesh | gRPC to Kafka Proxying | ||
Secure Public Access | for Amazon MSK and Confluent Cloud | — | |
Secure Private Access | for Amazon MSK Serverless | — | |
Kafka Virtual Clusters | Support multi-tenant Kafka access | — | |
Security | JWT auth, SSL/TLS via AWS PCA, secrets via Secrets Manager | JWT client auth only | |
Logging | Stdout, Syslog, AWS CloudWatch | Stdout only | |
Monitoring | Prometheus exporter | ||
Schema Registry Integrations | Confluent SR, Karapace, AWS Glue | Karapace only | |
API Registry Support | Apicurio | ||
AsyncAPI Support | for validation and configuration | ||
OpenAPI Support | for validation and configuration | ||
Management Console | configure Zilla Gateways, manage access & policy, design & productize APIs | — | |
Deployment | CDK, Terraform, K8s | Homebrew, Docker, K8s |
Support | Dedicated Enterprise support with SLA | Community Slack Channel |



“Zilla’s extensive protocol support, integrations with AWS services such as Glue Schema Registry and Secrets Manager, as well as robust logging capabilities, gives me confidence it can be a one-stop solution for all of our external MSK integration needs.”

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