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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 Gateway52
★Zuplo68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Envoy Gateway52 / 100medium · 53%
Zuplo68 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Envoy Gateway✓
Zuplo✓
Model
Envoy Gatewaycommercial
Zuplofreemium
Price level
Envoy Gatewayfree
Zuplolow
Transparent
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo✗
Integrations
Count
Envoy Gateway4
Zuplo7
Security
Certifications
Envoy Gateway–
ZuploSOC 2 Type II
Scorecard
Envoy Gateway7.9
Zuplo–
Soc2
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo99.99
Status page
Envoy Gateway–
Zuplo✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Envoy Gateway0
Zuplo–
Github stars
Envoy Gateway3,078
Zuplo–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Envoy Gateway86
Zuplo–
Release
Cadence days
Envoy Gateway8
Zuplo–
History
Envoy Gateway20 items
Zuplo–
License
Spdx
Envoy GatewayApache-2.0
Zuplo–
Language
Primary
Envoy GatewayGo
Zuplo–
Content
Faq
Envoy Gateway5 items
Zuplo6 items

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

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

Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader

An API gateway and management platform providing developer authentication, API key management, and consumer access control capabilities through a developer-facing API and portal.

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
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✗
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

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

Zuplo

Leader
9 total
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Codex
  • Windsurf
  • ChatGPT
  • Stripe
  • Amberflo
  • Moesif
Independently observed
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Envoy Gateway or Zuplo: which one depends on you

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