Comparison

AWS API Gateway vs Envoy Gateway

On the evidence we track, Envoy Gateway leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

AWS API Gateway full profile →Envoy Gateway full profile →

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AWS API Gateway44

★Envoy Gateway52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS API Gateway	Envoy GatewayLeader
vioscaleAI score	44 / 100low · 41%	52 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.9
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fenvoyproxy%2Fgateway%2Fexamples%2Fdynamic-module-test&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	3,078
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	86
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	8
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US, DE, IE · HQ US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

AWS API Gateway44 / 100low · 41%

Envoy Gateway52 / 100medium · 53%

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 Gateway7

Envoy Gateway4

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 Gateway7.9

Trust center

AWS API Gatewayhttps://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc

Envoy Gateway–

Vulnerabilities

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy GatewayCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fenvoyproxy%2Fgateway%2Fexamples%2Fdynamic-module-test&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway0

Github stars

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway3,078

Activity

Commits last 30d

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway86

Release

Cadence days

AWS API Gateway–

Envoy Gateway8

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, DE, IE · HQ US

Envoy Gateway–

Content

Faq

AWS API Gateway7 items

Envoy Gateway5 items

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

AWS Bedrock provides organizations with managed access to foundation models from leading AI providers, supporting on-demand inference, batch processing at discounted rates, model fine-tuning, and integrated knowledge base capabilities for building AI applications.

Independently observed

Envoy Gateway

Leader

Provides a gateway for deploying Envoy Proxy in various environments—either standalone or on Kubernetes clusters—while extending Kubernetes Gateway API functionality.

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

Usage-basedFree tier

Token-based usage pricing with Standard, Flex, Priority, and Reserved tiers. Batch inference 50% cheaper. Knowledge Base includes free tier components. Custom pricing available on request.

Standard-
Flex-
Priority-
Reserved-

as of 2026-09-23verify ↗

Envoy Gateway

Leader

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

20 total

AWS Lambda
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
AWS PrivateLink
AWS Serverless Application Model
AWS IoT
AWS CloudWatch
Amazon Cognito
AWS IAM
AWS CloudFront
Anthropic
Meta
Mistral AI
Amazon
SharePoint
Confluence

Independently observed

Envoy Gateway

Leader

4 total

KEDA
k0rdent
OpenAI
OIDC

Independently observed

Still deciding?

AWS API Gateway or Envoy Gateway: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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