# KrakenD vs Traefik

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Traefik

| Attribute | KrakenD | Traefik |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.9 (67% (medium)) | 56 (43% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 23 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 52 |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,691 | 65,044 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under API Gateways.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"What is KrakenD?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"KrakenD is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: Enterprise Edition, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"Is KrakenD free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"KrakenD supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"What platforms does KrakenD support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. KrakenD can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"Can KrakenD be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for KrakenD, including REST APIs, RabbitMQ, SNS, SQS, Kafka, GraphQL, gRPC and SOAP, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"What does KrakenD integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for KrakenD. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as KrakenD not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"What security certifications does KrakenD have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. KrakenD is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce","question":"Is KrakenD open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"KrakenD is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Spain.","source":"https://www.krakend.io","question":"Where is KrakenD available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A gateway platform that automatically discovers and routes traffic for microservices by integrating with orchestrators and service registries. It provides comprehensive API management, authentication, rate limiting, observability, and multi-cluster control across on-premises, cloud, and containerized environments. It is indexed under API Gateways.","source":"https://traefik.io/pricing","question":"What is Traefik?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Traefik is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://traefik.io/pricing","question":"Is Traefik free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Traefik supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://traefik.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Traefik support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Traefik can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://traefik.io/pricing","question":"Can Traefik be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for Traefik, including Docker, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, Rancher, Amazon ECS, HashiCorp Nomad and Azure Service Fabric, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://traefik.io/pricing","question":"What does Traefik integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Traefik is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik","question":"Is Traefik open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source gateway positioned between client applications and backend services that aggregates, transforms, and secures API traffic across distributed microservice architectures with minimal resource consumption. | A cloud-native application proxy and API gateway that provides centralized management for Kubernetes workloads, VM-based services, and API endpoints—including AI models and agents—through a single programmable gateway deployable on-premises or with any cloud provider. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mtls":true,"hosting":"both","k8s_native":true,"oauth_oidc":true,"grpc_support":true,"monetization":true,"observability":true,"rate_limiting":true,"graphql_gateway":true,"developer_portal":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"limited","request_transformation":true}` | `{"mtls":true,"hosting":"both","k8s_native":true,"oauth_oidc":true,"grpc_support":true,"http_caching":true,"monetization":true,"clustering_ha":true,"observability":true,"rate_limiting":true,"tls_termination":true,"developer_portal":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"extensive","hot_config_reload":true,"automatic_https_acme":true,"identity_aware_proxy":true,"request_transformation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"REST APIs"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"SNS"},{"name":"SQS"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"SOAP"},{"name":"Lambda"},{"name":"NATS"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Moesif"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"Amazon SNS","category":"messaging"},{"name":"Amazon SQS","category":"messaging"},{"name":"Apache Kafka","category":"messaging"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"Elasticsearch","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Kibana","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Zipkin","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jaeger","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker Swarm"},{"name":"Consul"},{"name":"Etcd"},{"name":"Rancher"},{"name":"Amazon ECS"},{"name":"HashiCorp Nomad"},{"name":"Azure Service Fabric"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Let's Encrypt"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Statsd"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"OpenAPI"},{"name":"ModSecurity"},{"name":"Mesos"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Red Hat OpenShift","native":true,"category":"kubernetes_platform","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vault","native":false,"category":"secrets_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Treblle","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Open Policy Agent","native":false,"category":"authorization","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Red Hat Marketplace","native":false,"category":"marketplace","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"ES","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","description":"High-performance open source API gateway, free to use","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition","description":"Production-grade gateway with security, governance, and 24/7 support backed by SLAs","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Community Edition; Enterprise Edition available by quote","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.krakend.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:08:11.806Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Traefik Proxy","features":["Services auto-discovery","HTTP/2/3, TCP, UDP, gRPC, WebSockets","Real-time metrics and distributed tracing","Canary deployments","OpenTelemetry support","Ingress-view dashboard"],"description":"Open source reverse proxy and ingress controller"}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://traefik.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T08:28:11.076Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 19 | - |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"FIPS 140-3","status":"active"},{"name":"FIPS 140-2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.4 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.krakend.io/docs/security/ | https://traefik.io |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkrakend%2Fkrakend-ce%2Fv2&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":56,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftraefik%2Ftraefik%2Fv2&per_page=100","last_12m":32,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (API Gateways)

| Capability | KrakenD | Traefik |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | 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 | Extensive |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Observability | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:47:40.756Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*