Comparison

Envoy AI Gateway vs MLflow

On the evidence we track, MLflow leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Envoy AI Gateway59

★MLflow70

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Envoy AI Gateway	MLflowLeader
vioscaleAI score	59 / 100medium · 54%	70 / 100medium · 67%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	16	9
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.4
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/0.4/capabilities/security/	https://mlflow.org/articles/tags/ai-compliance-policies/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=envoy-ai-gateway%2Fai-gateway-helm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 82 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=mlflow&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 29 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	5,089
Github starsadoption.github_stars	2,229	28,260
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	9,993,245
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	68	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	9
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Python
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Envoy AI Gateway59 / 100medium · 54%

MLflow70 / 100medium · 67%

Pricing

Free tier

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Model

Envoy AI Gatewayopen_source

MLflowopen_source

Price level

Envoy AI Gatewayfree

MLflowfree

Transparent

Envoy AI Gateway–

MLflow✓

Integrations

Count

Envoy AI Gateway16

MLflow9

Security

Scorecard

Envoy AI Gateway–

MLflow5.4

Trust center

Envoy AI Gatewayhttps://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/0.4/capabilities/security/

MLflowhttps://mlflow.org/articles/tags/ai-compliance-policies/

Vulnerabilities

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

MLflowCount: 82 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=mlflow&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 29 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

Envoy AI Gateway0

MLflow5,089

Github stars

Envoy AI Gateway2,229

MLflow28,260

Package downloads weekly

Envoy AI Gateway–

MLflow9,993,245

Activity

Commits last 30d

Envoy AI Gateway68

MLflow100

Release

Cadence days

Envoy AI Gateway6

MLflow9

History

Envoy AI Gateway20 items

MLflow20 items

License

Spdx

Envoy AI GatewayApache-2.0

MLflowApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Envoy AI GatewayGo

MLflowPython

Content

Faq

Envoy AI Gateway6 items

MLflow6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	Envoy AI Gateway	MLflow
Capabilities
Openai compatible API	✓	✓
Automatic failover	✓	-
Routing strategy	Custom	-
Caching	Semantic	-
Virtual key management	✓	-
Budget spend controls	✓	✓
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Guardrails moderation	-	Built in
Request cost observability	✓	✓
Streaming support	✓	✓
Deployment model	Self hosted	Self hosted
Open source	✓	✓
Pricing model	Open source self host	free_open_source

Capabilities

Openai compatible API

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Automatic failover

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow-

Routing strategy

Envoy AI GatewayCustom

MLflow-

Caching

Envoy AI GatewaySemantic

MLflow-

Virtual key management

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow-

Budget spend controls

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Rate limiting

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Guardrails moderation

Envoy AI Gateway-

MLflowBuilt in

Request cost observability

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Streaming support

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Deployment model

Envoy AI GatewaySelf hosted

MLflowSelf hosted

Open source

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Pricing model

Envoy AI GatewayOpen source self host

MLflowfree_open_source

What each one is

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

Envoy AI Gateway

An open-source gateway built on Envoy that centralizes AI traffic management by forwarding OpenAI-compatible requests to various LLM providers with automatic failover, token-based rate limiting, and Kubernetes-native deployment.

Independently observed

MLflow

Leader

A comprehensive platform that helps teams debug, evaluate, monitor, and optimize production AI applications. Provides experiment tracking, prompt management, model deployment, systematic evaluation tools, and a unified API gateway for managing access to multiple LLM providers with cost controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Envoy AI Gateway

Open sourceFree tier

Open-source. Commercial managed hosting and enterprise self-hosted options available.

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

MLflow

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Envoy AI Gateway	MLflow
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Envoy AI Gateway✗

MLflow✓

CLI

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Self-hosted

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

On-premise

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Hybrid

Envoy AI Gateway✓

MLflow✗

Integrations

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

In common (5)

OpenAI
Google Gemini
Anthropic
Gemini
Kubernetes

Envoy AI Gateway

28 total - 23 not shared

AWS Bedrock
Azure OpenAI
Google Vertex AI
Groq
Together AI
Mistral
Cohere
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hunyuan
Tencent LLM Knowledge Engine
SambaNova
Grok
OIDC
cert-manager
GCP Vertex AI
vLLM
MCP
AWS STS
Entra ID
Google STS
Google Vertex
Model Context Protocol

Independently observed

MLflow

Leader

32 total - 27 not shared

Databricks
AWS S3
Google Cloud Storage
Azure Storage
AzureML
LangChain
Pydantic AI
Anthropic Claude
SAP AI Core
JFrog
Aliyun
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MSSQL
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Ollama
OpenClaw
Qwen Code
LiteLLM
Amazon S3
OpenTelemetry/OTLP
OpenAI-compatible endpoints
OpenTelemetry
+3 more

Independently observed

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