Technology PartnerYour Apigee X developer portal, live in 48 hours.
Launchpad deploys a fully branded, AI-built portal on your Apigee X org in 48 hours. Describe the page you want and Launchpad builds it. No Drupal, no six-month rebuild. Your team ships APIs, not portal CSS.
Buy on Google Cloud Marketplace. Draws down your committed spend. Deploys in your own GCP project.
Procurement? Budget? Security? Custom code?Already handled →
5.0·16 reviewsAI Page Builder
Describe a page. Launchpad builds it, no code.
48-Hour Deploy
Live on your Apigee X org in days, not quarters
Multi-Org Federation
Every Apigee org, one portal. Only Launchpad does this.
The team that migrated 2B+ API calls for these companies builds Launchpad.
Centauri Launchpad
Developer Portal Platform for Apigee
Figures from Centauri's Apigee migration and managed-operations engagements.
Yes, your team could build this. Here's what that actually costs.
Four ways to ship a developer portal on Apigee X.
Build it yourself
About 2 engineers for 6 months to a v1, then permanent maintenance. Roughly $200K to build, then about $70K a year to maintain.
- Auth, RBAC, spec rendering, CMS, and theming are all yours forever.
- Your engineers maintain the portal every time Apigee ships an update.
- Security, compliance, and uptime are on your team.
Drupal portal
Full CMS and control, but heavy to run.
- Apigee Kickstart on Drupal 10 gives a real CMS and deep customization, with modules and a distro supported by Apigee.
- The real cost is upkeep: security updates and routine maintenance typically need a dedicated two-person Drupal team.
- You own hosting, upgrades, and the full Drupal stack.
Apigee integrated portal
Free, until you hit the ceiling.
- Not in FedRAMP scope (the integrated portal specifically; Apigee holds a FedRAMP High ATO).
- No content-management API, so content is recreated and maintained by hand.
- Customization is cosmetic (SCSS and branding only, no CMS, forums, or blogs).
- Developer accounts and passwords do not migrate from Edge without SSO.
Launchpad
from $400/mo
Your engineers ship APIs, not portal CSS.
- Live in 48 hours on your Apigee X org.
- AI page builder included.
- SSO and RBAC out of the box.
- Multi-org support.
- We keep pace with Apigee updates so your team does not have to.
- Buy through Google Cloud Marketplace. Counts toward your GCP committed spend.
Apigee X developer portal options, side by side
Integrated Portal, Drupal, custom build, and Launchpad on the dimensions platform teams ask about. Google portal claims link to Google Cloud docs.
| Dimension | Apigee Integrated Portal | Apigee Drupal Portal | Custom React or Next.js build | Centauri Launchpad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting and maintenance | Hosted and maintained by Google inside Apigee X. source | Self-hosted Drupal with the Apigee modules. You own hosting, patching, and upgrades. source | You host it and maintain every integration against the Apigee Management API. | Fully managed by Centauri. Deploys in your own GCP project on Cloud Run. We keep pace with Apigee updates. |
| Customization model | Cosmetic: SCSS style sheets and branding. No CMS, forums, or blog, and no content-management API. source | Full CMS. Needs PHP and Drupal expertise for themes, modules, and workflows. source | Anything your team can build, and everything your team must keep building. | AI page builder, white-label branding, and custom React components published with @centaurisystems/launchpad-sdk. |
| Identity and access | Built-in developer accounts or a SAML identity provider. Accounts do not migrate from Edge without SSO. source | Drupal user accounts. SSO through contributed modules you configure and maintain. source | Whatever auth and RBAC you build. | SAML, OIDC, and OAuth 2.0 SSO with role-based access control out of the box. |
| Interactive API docs | SmartDocs reference with a Try this API panel for published OpenAPI specs. source | Via the Apigee API Catalog module and Drupal contrib packages. source | Yes, once you build or embed a renderer. | Scalar-powered reference docs generated from your OpenAPI specs, synced from Apigee. |
| Compliance scope | Apigee holds FedRAMP High, but the integrated portal itself is not in FedRAMP scope. source | Depends entirely on where and how you host it. source | Depends entirely on where and how you host it. | Runs inside your GCP project. Restricted and air-gapped deployment options available. |
| Time to launch | Hours to days. source | Typically 2 to 4 months. source | Typically 6 to 12 months to a v1. | 48 hours on your Apigee X org. |
| Procurement and cost | Included with your Apigee subscription. source | Open-source software. You pay for hosting and a Drupal team for security updates and upkeep. source | Roughly $200K to build, then about $70K a year in engineering time to maintain. | From $400/month. Transactable on Google Cloud Marketplace and counts toward GCP committed spend. |
Whatever's blocking you, it isn't anymore.
Every reason teams give for putting off a real developer portal, already handled.
“We can't take on another vendor contract.”
You already have one.
Launchpad is transactable on Google Cloud Marketplace, on the Google agreement and invoice you already pay. No new MSA, no procurement cycle.
“We don't have budget for this.”
Check your commit.
Marketplace purchases draw down your Google Cloud committed spend. Put it toward something your platform team actually wants.
“Our data can't leave our cloud.”
It doesn't have to.
Launchpad deploys inside your own GCP project. Your VPC, your IAM, your audit logs, your region. Through Marketplace or as a direct subscription.
“We have custom components we can't walk away from.”
Bring them.
Build React components against the Launchpad SDK, publish with one command, and they appear as blocks in the AI page builder. Versioned, promoted, rolled back in seconds.
“We're air-gapped. We're regulated.”
Same product, your perimeter.
Launchpad deploys into private, restricted-network, and air-gapped Google Cloud environments you control, managed through the same UI.
“We run multiple Apigee orgs.”
That's exactly who this is for.
Federate every org into one portal with one control plane. No other portal platform offers this.
“We already built our own portal.”
Should you own it forever?
You know what it costs to keep one alive. Migrate your content, keep your branding, retire the codebase.
“What if we outgrow you?”
Apigee stays your source of truth.
API products, apps, and credentials live in Apigee the entire time. Your content exports cleanly. Leaving means replacing a portal, not rebuilding your API program.
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