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Comparison

Gloo Gateway vs Traefik

No clear leader: Traefik (54.2) 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.

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Gloo Gateway51
Traefik54
Score
Vioscale score
Gloo Gateway51 / 100low · 33%
Traefik54 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Gloo Gateway✓
Traefik✓
Model
Gloo Gatewayfreemium
Traefikcommercial
Price level
Gloo Gatewaylow
Traefiklow
Transparent
Gloo Gateway✗
Traefik✗
Integrations
Count
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik19
Security
Disclosure policy
Gloo Gateway✓
Traefik–
Scorecard
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik6.4
Soc2
Gloo Gateway✓
Traefik–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik52
Github stars
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik64,604
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik90
Release
History
Gloo Gateway–
Traefik20 items
License
Spdx
Gloo Gateway–
TraefikMIT
Language
Primary
Gloo Gateway–
TraefikGo

Capabilities

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

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

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

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.

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

Integrations

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

Gloo 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.