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title: API Gateway · Cloudflare API Shield docs
description: API Gateway is a package of features that will do everything for your APIs, including:
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API Gateway is a package of features that will do everything for your APIs, including:

* **Security**: Protect your API from malicious traffic with [API Discovery](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/api-discovery/), [Schema validation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/schema-validation/), [mTLS validation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/mtls/), and more.
* **Management and monitoring**: Streamline API management with [Endpoint Management](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) and [tools](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-gateway/) like analytics, routing, and authentication.
* **Logging, quota management, and more**: All of Cloudflare's [established features](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-gateway/), like caching, load balancing, and log integrations work natively with API Gateway.

For more details about API Gateway, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-gateway/).
