Comparison

Envoy Gateway vs Red Hat 3scale

No clear leader: Envoy Gateway (52.4) and Red Hat 3scale (49.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Envoy Gateway52
Red Hat 3scale50
Score
vioscaleAI score
Envoy Gateway52 / 100medium · 53%
Red Hat 3scale50 / 100low · 20%
Pricing
Free tier
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale–
Model
Envoy Gatewaycommercial
Red Hat 3scalecommercial
Price level
Envoy Gatewayfree
Red Hat 3scale–
Integrations
Count
Envoy Gateway4
Red Hat 3scale–
Security
Disclosure policy
Envoy Gateway–
Red Hat 3scale✓
Scorecard
Envoy Gateway7.9
Red Hat 3scale–
Reliability
Status page
Envoy Gateway–
Red Hat 3scale✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Envoy Gateway0
Red Hat 3scale–
Github stars
Envoy Gateway3,078
Red Hat 3scale–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Envoy Gateway86
Red Hat 3scale–
Release
Cadence days
Envoy Gateway8
Red Hat 3scale–
History
Envoy Gateway20 items
Red Hat 3scale–
License
Spdx
Envoy GatewayApache-2.0
Red Hat 3scale–
Language
Primary
Envoy GatewayGo
Red Hat 3scale–
Content
Faq
Envoy Gateway5 items
Red Hat 3scale–

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Envoy GatewaySelf-hosted only
Red Hat 3scaleCloud + self-hosted
Kubernetes-native
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale-
Traffic
Rate limiting
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale-
Request/response transformation
Envoy Gateway-
Red Hat 3scale-
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale-
Mutual TLS
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
Envoy Gateway-
Red Hat 3scale-
gRPC support
Envoy Gateway-
Red Hat 3scale-
Delivery
Developer portal
Envoy Gateway-
Red Hat 3scale-
Monetization
Envoy Gateway-
Red Hat 3scale✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
Envoy Gateway-
Red Hat 3scale-
Insight
Observability
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale✓

What each one is

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

Envoy Gateway

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

Independently observed

Red Hat 3scale

Red Hat 3scale API Management provides a comprehensive platform for managing APIs with built-in traffic control, security enforcement, access management, analytics, and monetization. It supports hybrid cloud deployments, allowing organizations to place components on-premise, in the cloud, or in any combination.

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 Gateway

Open source
as of verify ↗

Red Hat 3scale

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Envoy Gateway✗
Red Hat 3scale✓
Self-hosted
Envoy Gateway✓
Red Hat 3scale✓
On-premise
Envoy Gateway✗
Red Hat 3scale✓
Hybrid
Envoy Gateway✗
Red Hat 3scale✓

Integrations

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

Envoy Gateway

4 total
  • KEDA
  • k0rdent
  • OpenAI
  • OIDC
Independently observed

Red Hat 3scale

Not documented yet.

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Envoy Gateway or Red Hat 3scale: which one depends on you

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