Comparison

Gloo Gateway vs KrakenD

No clear leader: KrakenD (51.9) and Gloo Gateway (51.4) 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.

Gloo Gateway full profile →KrakenD full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

Gloo Gateway51

KrakenD52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Gloo Gateway	KrakenD
Vioscale score	51 / 100low · 33%	52 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	13
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkrakend%2Fkrakend-ce%2Fv3&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	2,668
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	9
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	24
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ ES

Score

Vioscale score

Gloo Gateway51 / 100low · 33%

KrakenD52 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

Model

Gloo Gatewayfreemium

KrakenDcommercial

Price level

Gloo Gatewaylow

KrakenDlow

Transparent

Gloo Gateway✗

KrakenD✓

Integrations

Count

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD13

Security

Disclosure policy

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD–

Gdpr

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD✓

Soc2

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

Vulnerabilities

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenDCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkrakend%2Fkrakend-ce%2Fv3&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD0

Github stars

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD2,668

Activity

Commits last 30d

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD9

Release

Cadence days

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD24

History

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenD20 items

License

Spdx

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenDApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenDGo

Market

Availability

Gloo Gateway–

KrakenDAvailable worldwide · HQ ES

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for API Gateways
Capability	Gloo Gateway	KrakenD
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Kubernetes-native	✓	-
Traffic
Rate limiting	-	✓
Request/response transformation	✓	✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT	-	✓
Mutual TLS	-	✓
Protocols
GraphQL gateway	✓	✓
gRPC support	✓	✓
Delivery
Developer portal	-	✓
Monetization	-	✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem	-	Limited
Insight
Observability	✓	✓

Deployment

Hosting

Gloo GatewaySelf-hosted only

KrakenDCloud + self-hosted

Kubernetes-native

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD-

Traffic

Rate limiting

Gloo Gateway-

KrakenD✓

Request/response transformation

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

Security

OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT

Gloo Gateway-

KrakenD✓

Mutual TLS

Gloo Gateway-

KrakenD✓

Protocols

GraphQL gateway

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

gRPC support

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

Delivery

Developer portal

Gloo Gateway-

KrakenD✓

Monetization

Gloo Gateway-

KrakenD✓

Ecosystem

Plugin ecosystem

Gloo Gateway-

KrakenDLimited

Insight

Observability

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

What each one is

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

Gloo Gateway

Enterprise-grade API gateway delivering high performance with flexibility for self-managed deployment. Handles 400k+ requests/sec, 7+ years in production, built on open-source Envoy with CNCF governance.

Independently observed

KrakenD

KrakenD is an open-source API gateway offering both a free community edition and a commercial enterprise version. It provides API aggregation, request/response transformation, traffic management, and security features for microservices and AI workload routing.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Gloo Gateway

HybridFree tier

Free open source forever. Enterprise support available.

Open SourceFree
- Request routing by path, header, method, query parameter, host
- Kubernetes Gateway API support
- Traffic splitting and transformation
- Multi-protocol support: REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket
- Active community with regular releases
Solo EnterpriseContact sales
- 24x7 Support SLA with guaranteed response times
- N-3 Long Term Support with security patches and bug fixes
- FIPS Compliant Images
- Private Slack Channel with white-glove support

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

KrakenD

HybridFree tier

Free Community Edition; Enterprise Edition available by quote

Community EditionFree
Enterprise EditionContact sales

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Gloo Gateway	KrakenD
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✗

CLI

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Gloo Gateway✗

KrakenD✓

Self-hosted

Gloo Gateway✓

KrakenD✓

Hybrid

Gloo Gateway✗

KrakenD✓

Integrations

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

Gloo Gateway

Not documented yet.

KrakenD

13 total

REST APIs
RabbitMQ
SNS
SQS
Kafka
GraphQL
gRPC
SOAP
Lambda
NATS
OpenAI
Moesif
Google Analytics

Independently observed

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