Comparison

Envoy Gateway vs Traefik

No clear leader: Traefik (56.0) and Envoy Gateway (52.4) 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
Traefik56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Envoy Gateway52 / 100medium · 53%
Traefik56 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
Envoy Gateway✓
Traefik✓
Model
Envoy Gatewaycommercial
Traefikcommercial
Price level
Envoy Gatewayfree
Traefiklow
Transparent
Envoy Gateway–
Traefik✗
Integrations
Count
Envoy Gateway4
Traefik9
Reliability
Status page
Envoy Gateway–
Traefik✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Envoy Gateway0
Traefik52
Github stars
Envoy Gateway3,078
Traefik65,044
Activity
Commits last 30d
Envoy Gateway86
Traefik100
Release
Cadence days
Envoy Gateway8
Traefik–
History
Envoy Gateway20 items
Traefik20 items
License
Spdx
Envoy GatewayApache-2.0
TraefikMIT
Language
Primary
Envoy GatewayGo
TraefikGo
Market
Availability
Envoy Gateway–
Content
Faq
Envoy Gateway5 items
Traefik6 items

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

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

Independently observed

Traefik

A cloud-native application proxy and API gateway that provides centralized management for Kubernetes workloads, VM-based services, and API endpoints—including AI models and agents—through a single programmable gateway deployable on-premises or with any cloud provider.

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 ProxyFree
    • Services auto-discovery
    • HTTP/2/3, TCP, UDP, gRPC, WebSockets
    • Real-time metrics and distributed tracing
    • Canary deployments
    • OpenTelemetry support
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Envoy Gateway✗
Traefik✓
Linux
Envoy Gateway✗
Traefik✓
CLI
Envoy Gateway✓
Traefik✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Envoy Gateway✗
Traefik✓
Self-hosted
Envoy Gateway✓
Traefik✓
On-premise
Envoy Gateway✗
Traefik✓

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

Traefik

26 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
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Vault
  • Treblle
  • +2 more
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Envoy Gateway or Traefik: 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.