Comparison

Traefik vs Zuplo

On the evidence we track, Zuplo leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Traefik56
★Zuplo68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Traefik56 / 100low · 43%
Zuplo68 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Traefik✓
Zuplo✓
Model
Traefikcommercial
Price level
Traefiklow
Zuplolow
Transparent
Traefik✗
Zuplo✗
Integrations
Count
Traefik9
Zuplo7
Reliability
Sla pct
Traefik–
Zuplo99.99
Status page
Traefik✓
Zuplo✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Traefik52
Zuplo–
Github stars
Traefik65,044
Zuplo–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Traefik100
Zuplo–
Release
History
Traefik20 items
Zuplo–
License
Spdx
TraefikMIT
Zuplo–
Language
Primary
TraefikGo
Zuplo–
Market
Availability
Zuplo–
Content
Faq
Traefik6 items
Zuplo6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Traefik

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.

Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader

An API gateway and management platform providing developer authentication, API key management, and consumer access control capabilities through a developer-facing API and portal.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Traefik

HybridFree tier
  • Traefik ProxyFree
    • Services auto-discovery
    • HTTP/2/3, TCP, UDP, gRPC, WebSockets
    • Real-time metrics and distributed tracing
    • Canary deployments
    • OpenTelemetry support
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Zuplo

Leader
from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free tier for ≤100K requests/month. Builder at $25/month with metered usage. Enterprise from $1,000/month with custom pricing available.

  • StarterFree
    • 100K requests/month
    • 1 day of analytics, live logs & traces
    • Up to 2 developer seats
    • GitOps with GitHub
    • MCP Gateway
    • +2 more
  • Builder$25/month + $100 per 100K requests over included amount
    • Custom domains
    • 10 custom environments
    • 1000 API consumers & keys
    • 7 days analytics retention
    • 1 day log & trace history
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom volume discounts available
    • SSO + RBAC
    • Audit logs
    • 99.5% SLA baseline (up to 99.999%)
    • Unlimited custom domains
    • +7 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Traefik✓
Zuplo✓
Linux
Traefik✓
Zuplo✗
CLI
Traefik✓
Zuplo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Traefik✓
Zuplo✓
Self-hosted
Traefik✓
Zuplo✗
On-premise
Traefik✓
Zuplo✗

Integrations

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

Traefik

26 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
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Vault
  • Treblle
  • +2 more
Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader
9 total
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Codex
  • Windsurf
  • ChatGPT
  • Stripe
  • Amberflo
  • Moesif
Independently observed
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