Comparison

AWS API Gateway vs Envoy Gateway

No leader: the top candidate Envoy Gateway has only 0.33 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS API Gateway full profile →Envoy Gateway full profile →

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AWS API Gateway55

Envoy Gateway60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS API Gateway	Envoy Gateway
Vioscale score	55 / 100low · 41%updating	60 / 100low · 33%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=gateway-crds-helm%2Fgateway-crds-helm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	2,989
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	-

Score

Vioscale score

AWS API Gateway55 / 100low · 41%updating

Envoy Gateway60 / 100low · 33%updating

Pricing

Free tier

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway✓

Model

AWS API Gatewayfreemium

Envoy Gatewaycommercial

Price level

AWS API Gatewaylow

Envoy Gatewayfree

Transparent

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway–

Integrations

Count

AWS API Gateway10

Envoy Gateway–

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway–

Fedramp

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway–

Gdpr

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway–

Pci

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway–

Scorecard

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway8

Vulnerabilities

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy GatewayCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=gateway-crds-helm%2Fgateway-crds-helm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway0

Github stars

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway2,989

Activity

Commits last 30d

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway100

Release

Cadence days

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway6

History

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway20 items

License

Spdx

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy GatewayApache-2.0

Language

Primary

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy GatewayGo

Market

Availability

AWS API GatewayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Envoy Gateway–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for API Gateways
Capability	AWS API Gateway	Envoy Gateway
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Self-hosted only
Kubernetes-native	✗	✓
Traffic
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Request/response transformation	✓	-
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT	-	✓
Mutual TLS	-	✓
Protocols
GraphQL gateway	✗	-
gRPC support	✗	-
Delivery
Developer portal	✓	-
Monetization	-	-
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem	-	-
Insight
Observability	✓	✓

Deployment

Hosting

AWS API GatewayCloud only

Envoy GatewaySelf-hosted only

Kubernetes-native

AWS API Gateway✗

Envoy Gateway✓

Traffic

Rate limiting

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway✓

Request/response transformation

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway-

Security

OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT

AWS API Gateway-

Envoy Gateway✓

Mutual TLS

AWS API Gateway-

Envoy Gateway✓

Protocols

GraphQL gateway

AWS API Gateway✗

Envoy Gateway-

gRPC support

AWS API Gateway✗

Envoy Gateway-

Delivery

Developer portal

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway-

Monetization

AWS API Gateway-

Envoy Gateway-

Ecosystem

Plugin ecosystem

AWS API Gateway-

Envoy Gateway-

Insight

Observability

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS API Gateway

A managed cloud service that handles the complete lifecycle of APIs—from creation and deployment to monitoring and security—including traffic management, authorization, throttling, and version control.

Independently observed

Envoy Gateway

Open-source gateway providing traffic management, security controls, and observability for Kubernetes applications following the Gateway API specification. Can be deployed either standalone or as part of a Kubernetes cluster.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS API Gateway

from $1/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments. HTTP APIs: $1.00/million calls; REST APIs: $3.50/million calls; data transfer charges apply. Free tier: 1M API calls per month for 12 months (new AWS customers). $200 free tier credit for new customers as of July 15, 2025.

HTTP APIs1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $1.00/million (first 300M), $0.90/million above 300M
- 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
- Tiered pricing after free tier
- Data transfer out charges apply
REST APIs1M free calls/month for 12 months; then $3.50/million API calls (Edge Optimized/Regional)
- 1M free API calls per month for 12 months
- $3.50 per million for Edge Optimized/Regional APIs
- No data transfer charges for Private APIs (PrivateLink charges apply)
- Optional data caching at hourly rate
WebSocket APIs1M free messages + 750k connection minutes/month for 12 months
- 1M free messages per month for 12 months
- 750k free connection minutes per month for 12 months
- Messages up to 128KB, metered in 32KB increments
- Control frames (ping/pong) not metered
API Gateway PortalsContact sales
- Developer portal hosting
- 10 PortalProducts with 40 REST endpoints each included monthly
- Additional PortalProducts billed separately
- API discovery and documentation
- Centralized governance
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

Envoy Gateway

Open source

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS API Gateway	Envoy Gateway
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway✗

CLI

AWS API Gateway✗

Envoy Gateway✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS API Gateway✓

Envoy Gateway✗

Self-hosted

AWS API Gateway✗

Envoy Gateway✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS API Gateway

10 total

AWS Lambda
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
AWS PrivateLink
AWS Serverless Application Model
AWS IoT

Independently observed

Envoy Gateway

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.