Comparison

Envoy Gateway vs Traefik

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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Envoy Gateway60
Traefik54
Score
Vioscale score
Envoy Gateway60 / 100low · 33%
Traefik54 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
Model
Envoy Gatewaycommercial
Traefikcommercial
Price level
Envoy Gatewayfree
Traefiklow
Transparent
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
Integrations
Count
Envoy Gateway
Traefik19
Reliability
Status page
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
Adoption
Dependent repos
Envoy Gateway0
Traefik52
Github stars
Envoy Gateway2,989
Traefik64,604
Activity
Commits last 30d
Envoy Gateway100
Traefik90
Release
Cadence days
Envoy Gateway6
Traefik
History
Envoy Gateway20 items
Traefik20 items
License
Spdx
Envoy GatewayApache-2.0
TraefikMIT
Language
Primary
Envoy GatewayGo
TraefikGo

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Traefik

Traefik is a reverse proxy that automatically discovers services running in containers, virtual machines, and cloud environments, then routes traffic to them. It supports multiple orchestrators and deployment models while providing load balancing, security controls, API management capabilities, and real-time observability without requiring configuration changes as infrastructure scales.

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 ↗

Traefik

HybridFree tier

Traefik Proxy is open source and free. Traefik Hub API Gateway and Traefik Hub API Management are commercial products requiring contact for pricing.

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
CLI
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
Self-hosted
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
On-premise
Envoy Gateway
Traefik
Hybrid
Envoy Gateway
Traefik

Integrations

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

Envoy Gateway

Not documented yet.

Traefik

19 total
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Swarm
  • Consul
  • Etcd
  • Rancher
  • Amazon ECS
  • HashiCorp Nomad
  • Azure Service Fabric
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Let's Encrypt
  • Prometheus
  • Datadog
  • Statsd
  • InfluxDB
  • Argo CD
  • OpenAPI
  • ModSecurity
  • Mesos
Independently observed

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