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Comparison

Envoy Gateway vs Zuplo

On the evidence we track, Zuplo leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Envoy Gateway60
★Zuplo68
Score
Vioscale score
Envoy Gateway60 / 100low · 33%
Zuplo68 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Envoy Gateway✓
Zuplo✓
Model
Envoy Gatewaycommercial
Zuplofreemium
Price level
Envoy Gatewayfree
Zuplolow
Transparent
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo✗
Integrations
Count
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo7
Security
Scorecard
Envoy Gateway8
Zuplo–
Soc2
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo99.99
Status page
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Envoy Gateway0
Zuplo–
Github stars
Envoy Gateway2,989
Zuplo–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Envoy Gateway100
Zuplo–
Release
Cadence days
Envoy Gateway6
Zuplo–
History
Envoy Gateway20 items
Zuplo–
License
Spdx
Envoy GatewayApache-2.0
Zuplo–
Language
Primary
Envoy GatewayGo
Zuplo–

Capabilities

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

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

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

Zuplo

Leader

Zuplo is a unified gateway for APIs and AI with a programmable policy engine for models and agents. Provides authentication, rate limiting, spend caps, and audit capabilities across API, LLM, and MCP calls.

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 ↗

Zuplo

Leader
from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free tier for ≤100K requests/month. Builder at $25/month with metered usage. Enterprise from $1,000/month with custom pricing available.

  • StarterFree
    • 100K requests/month
    • 1 day of analytics, live logs & traces
    • Up to 2 developer seats
    • GitOps with GitHub
    • MCP Gateway
    • +2 more
  • Builder$25/month + $100 per 100K requests over included amount
    • Custom domains
    • 10 custom environments
    • 1000 API consumers & keys
    • 7 days analytics retention
    • 1 day log & trace history
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom volume discounts available
    • SSO + RBAC
    • Audit logs
    • 99.5% SLA baseline (up to 99.999%)
    • Unlimited custom domains
    • +7 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Envoy Gateway✗
Zuplo✓
CLI
Envoy Gateway✓
Zuplo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Envoy Gateway✗
Zuplo✓
Self-hosted
Envoy Gateway✓
Zuplo✗

Integrations

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

Envoy Gateway

Not documented yet.

Zuplo

Leader
7 total
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Codex
  • Windsurf
  • ChatGPT
  • Stripe
Independently observed

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