# Emissary-ingress vs Gloo Gateway

| Attribute | Emissary-ingress | Gloo Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 46.9 (4% (low)) | 50.8 (33% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Open-source API management platform and access management solution. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"observability":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","k8s_native":true,"grpc_support":true,"observability":true,"graphql_gateway":true,"request_transformation":true}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://www.getambassador.io/products/emissary-ingress","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:02:26.163Z"}` | `{"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"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (API Gateways)

| Capability | Emissary-ingress | Gloo Gateway |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | - | Self-hosted only |
| 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 | - | - |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Observability | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:41:41.440Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*