About Zerq
Zerq is an enterprise API platform built for teams that operate in regulated environments - banking, healthcare, government, fintech, and defence - where API governance is not optional and the cost of getting it wrong is real.
We are based in the United Arab Emirates and work with regulated enterprises across the GCC, Europe, and beyond.
Why we exist
Enterprise API infrastructure was designed for a world where APIs were called by apps and managed by developers. That world is gone.
Today, regulated enterprises are dealing with three problems at once: compliance requirements that demand a complete, queryable audit trail for every API access; growing workflow complexity that used to require custom code for every routing rule and transformation; and AI agents that have started calling enterprise APIs through paths that bypass every governance control platform teams spent years building.
The market answer has been more tools. A gateway from one vendor. A developer portal from another. A workflow engine disconnected from access controls. An observability stack that cannot see what AI agents are doing. Each tool is reasonable. Together they create sprawl, and in regulated environments the seams are where compliance gaps live.
The platform
One deployment. Twelve capabilities. Every one of them sharing the same access model, the same audit trail, and the same operating environment - yours.
API Management & Full Lifecycle
One place to define, version, and publish your APIs so teams and partners stay in sync. Import and export standard API specs with bulk operations and drafts, organize APIs into products and versions, and keep every release decision auditable.
Learn moreAPI Gateway
A single Go binary with no vendor-specific runtime. Authentication, authorization, rate limiting, routing, caching, streaming, and duplicate-request protection all run in one edge runtime.
Learn moreWorkflow Designer
Customize behavior per API without shipping custom code. Build conditional routing, branching, transformations, and custom responses through visual logic that operations teams can own.
Learn moreAccess & Security
Every request is verified with role-based access, SSO via OIDC/SAML, token and certificate validation, IP allowlists, and encrypted credentials. Secrets can be referenced from your environment, not hardcoded in config.
Learn moreAI Agent Access — Gateway MCP
AI tools connect through MCP and use the same gateway, credentials, rate limits, and audit trail as apps. No separate identity system, no separate keys, and no bypass path around governance.
Learn morePlatform Automation — Management MCP
Let platform engineers, scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and AI assistants manage collections, proxies, workflows, and credentials with the same OIDC identity and role model as the admin UI.
Learn moreZerq Copilot
Natural language for operations teams and API consumers: Copilot for Management via Management MCP and Copilot for Gateway via Gateway MCP. Bring your own LLM provider and keep credentials server-side.
Learn moreDeveloper Portal
Passwordless partner sign-in, scoped product visibility, in-browser try-it, OpenAPI download, and profile switching between sandbox and production so teams onboard faster with fewer support tickets.
Learn moreObservability & Metrics
Track volume, latency, and error rates by product and partner with Prometheus and structured JSON logs. Stream data into your SIEM and give audit teams read-only visibility without admin privileges.
Learn moreCompliance & Audit
Answer who did what, when, and from where with a complete trail of configuration changes and API traffic. Store audit data in your MongoDB, retain to your schedule, and export to your own pipeline.
Learn morePerformance
Handle real-time and streaming traffic while protecting backends from overload. Use optional response caching, duplicate-request protection, and zero-downtime rolling updates for safe scale.
Learn moreDeployment Flexibility
Run on-premises, hybrid, cloud, or fully air-gapped with the same product capabilities. No outbound runtime dependency during normal operation and no traffic, config, or audit data in Zerq systems.
Learn moreBuilt for regulated industries
Zerq is used by teams where API governance, traceability, and deployment control are non-negotiable.
Banking and open banking
PSD2, FAPI 1 Advanced, mTLS for third-party providers, consent flows as visual workflows, per-TPP rate limits and quotas, and complete regulator-ready audit trails.
View use caseFintech and payments
Tiered API access with per-partner limits, idempotency and duplicate-request protection, usage metering for billing pipelines, and self-service partner onboarding.
View use caseHealthcare
FHIR APIs, HIPAA compliance, SMART on FHIR, and UDAP-friendly authentication workflows with patient data and access logs staying in your environment.
View use caseGovernment and public sector
Air-gapped and fully offline deployment with no outbound runtime dependency by design, not by configuration, plus structured logging for government SIEM pipelines.
View use caseRetail and e-commerce
Catalog, orders, and inventory APIs for marketplace and dropship partners, per-partner limits, optional response caching, and horizontal scaling for peak seasons.
View use caseHow we work
Enterprise licensing from $18,000/year
Flat annual fee per deployment environment. No per-call charges, no consumption tiers, and no module add-ons. One license covers the complete platform.
Proof of concept
A 60-day paid proof of concept at $6,000 includes full non-production access, guided onboarding, and architecture review. The full fee is credited toward your first annual license.
Security and compliance documentation
Enterprise plans include completed security questionnaire responses, data-flow documentation, and deployment architecture diagrams for internal compliance and procurement reviews.
Response time
We typically respond to demo requests, security questionnaires, and architecture review requests within one business day.
Get in touch
Request a demo, schedule an architecture review, or start a proof of concept. We will show you how one platform fits your stack, compliance requirements, and deployment model - on your infrastructure, on your terms.