Comparison

Red Hat 3scale vs Traefik

No clear leader: Traefik (54.2) and Red Hat 3scale (50.0) 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Red Hat 3scale50
Traefik54
Score
Vioscale score
Red Hat 3scale50 / 100low · 13%
Traefik54 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
Model
Red Hat 3scalecommercial
Traefikcommercial
Price level
Red Hat 3scale
Traefiklow
Transparent
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
Integrations
Count
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik19
Reliability
Status page
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
Adoption
Dependent repos
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik52
Github stars
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik64,604
Activity
Commits last 30d
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik90
Release
History
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik20 items
License
Spdx
Red Hat 3scale
TraefikMIT
Language
Primary
Red Hat 3scale
TraefikGo

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Red Hat 3scale-
TraefikCloud + self-hosted
Kubernetes-native
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Traffic
Rate limiting
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Request/response transformation
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Mutual TLS
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik-
Protocols
GraphQL gateway
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik-
gRPC support
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Delivery
Developer portal
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Monetization
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem
Red Hat 3scale-
TraefikExtensive
Insight
Observability
Red Hat 3scale-
Traefik

What each one is

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

Red Hat 3scale

Red Hat 3scale is an API management solution that helps organizations design, build, and operate APIs at scale.

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.

Red Hat 3scale

Pricing not documented yet.

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
Linux
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
CLI
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
Self-hosted
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
On-premise
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik
Hybrid
Red Hat 3scale
Traefik

Integrations

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

Red Hat 3scale

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.