# Gloo Gateway vs Tyk

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Tyk

| Attribute | Gloo Gateway | Tyk |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 48.3 (32% (low)) | 54.5 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 22 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 35 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 10,860 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Gloo Gateway functions as a centralized controller for API traffic in microservices architectures, handling authentication, observability, routing, and security governance across Kubernetes-based systems. It is indexed under API Gateways.","source":"https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-gateway/","question":"What is Gloo Gateway?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Gloo Gateway does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Open Source and Solo Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.solo.io/pricing","question":"How much does Gloo Gateway cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Gloo Gateway supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-gateway/","question":"What platforms does Gloo Gateway support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Gloo Gateway can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-gateway/","question":"Can Gloo Gateway be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Gloo Gateway, including MCP, Istio, Kubernetes Gateway API, Backstage and LLMs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-gateway/","question":"What does Gloo Gateway integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Gloo Gateway. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Gloo Gateway not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.solo.io","question":"What security certifications does Gloo Gateway have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source, self-hosted or cloud-managed API gateway and management platform that provides centralized governance, rate limiting, authentication, PII protection, and observability for APIs and AI agent traffic across multiple protocols and deployment modes. It is indexed under API Gateways.","source":"https://tyk.io","question":"What is Tyk?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Tyk offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://tyk.io","question":"Is Tyk free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Tyk supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://tyk.io","question":"What platforms does Tyk support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Tyk can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://tyk.io","question":"Can Tyk be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Tyk, including OpenAPI, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka and MQTT. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://tyk.io","question":"What does Tyk integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Tyk. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Tyk not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://tyk.io","question":"What security certifications does Tyk have?","confidence":0.48}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-native API gateway built on Envoy that enables organizations to route, transform, and secure API traffic across multiple protocols. It provides enterprise security controls, developer portals for API discovery, and monetization capabilities for managing APIs as revenue-generating assets. | An open-source, self-hosted or cloud-managed API gateway and management platform that provides centralized governance, rate limiting, authentication, PII protection, and observability for APIs and AI agent traffic across multiple protocols and deployment modes. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mtls":true,"hosting":"self","k8s_native":true,"oauth_oidc":true,"grpc_support":true,"monetization":true,"observability":true,"graphql_gateway":true,"developer_portal":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"limited","request_transformation":true}` | `{"mtls":false,"hosting":"both","k8s_native":true,"oauth_oidc":true,"open_source":true,"grpc_support":true,"monetization":false,"observability":true,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","rate_limiting":true,"graphql_gateway":true,"developer_portal":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"limited","architecture_model":"open_source_proxy","oauth_flow_support":true,"self_service_api_keys":true,"request_transformation":true,"analytics_usage_insights":true,"bring_your_own_keys_byok_routing":true,"pii_redaction_and_data_masking_in_flight":true,"organization_wide_cost_tracking_and_chargebacks":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MCP","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Istio","native":true,"category":"service mesh","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Kubernetes Gateway API","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Backstage","native":false,"category":"devops"},{"name":"LLMs","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Lambda","category":"serverless","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS EKS","category":"infrastructure","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway","category":"api-gateway","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OpenAPI","category":"documentation","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OAuth 2.0","native":true,"category":"auth"},{"name":"OIDC","native":true,"category":"auth"},{"name":"JWT","native":true,"category":"auth"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAPI"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"OpenAPI/Swagger"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"MQTT"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free, perpetual license","features":["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"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Solo Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","features":["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"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open source forever. Enterprise support available.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.solo.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:04:52.281Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Open source (MPL v2.0) with commercial licensing available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://tyk.io","retrievedAt":"2026-09-14T09:27:05.682Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 11 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.15.1","date":"2026-10-02T21:58:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.13.3","date":"2026-10-02T21:59:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.13.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.15.0","date":"2026-10-02T21:58:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.14.0","date":"2026-07-07T17:34:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.15.0-alpha1","date":"2026-06-25T17:50:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.15.0-alpha1"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.12.0-alphafips5","date":"2026-02-12T18:45:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.12.0-alphafips5"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.11.1-rc1","date":"2026-02-11T22:36:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.11.1-alpha2","date":"2026-01-29T13:16:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.1-alpha2"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.12.0-alphafips4","date":"2026-01-16T13:34:17Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.12.0-alphafips4"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.12.0-alphafips3","date":"2026-01-16T12:20:35Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.12.0-alphafips3"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.12.0-alphafips2","date":"2026-01-16T11:56:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.12.0-alphafips2"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.12.0-alphafips1","date":"2026-01-16T11:08:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.12.0-alphafips1"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.11.0","date":"2026-01-15T11:43:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.8.8-rc1","date":"2025-11-28T16:32:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.8.8-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.8.7-alpha-performance-1","date":"2025-10-24T18:32:20Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.8.7-alpha-performance-1"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.10.0","date":"2026-01-15T11:42:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.9.0","date":"2025-08-07T14:37:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.9.0-alpha2","date":"2025-05-20T16:46:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.9.0-alpha2"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.8.1-alpha9","date":"2025-05-09T21:42:12Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.8.1-alpha9"},{"url":"https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/tag/v5.8.1-alpha4","date":"2025-03-26T15:47:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.8.1-alpha4"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"FedRAMP","status":"in_progress"}]` | `[{"name":"ISO 9001","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 5 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.solo.io/blog/compliance-zero-trust-istio-ambient-mesh | https://tyk.io/blog/why-compliance-matters-to-tyk/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FTykTechnologies%2Ftyk&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (API Gateways)

| Capability | Gloo Gateway | Tyk |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | Limited |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Observability | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:13:20.636Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*