# Envoy AI Gateway vs Gloo AI Gateway

| Attribute | Envoy AI Gateway | Gloo AI Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 48.7 (28% (low)) | 39 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 65 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,961 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Provides routing and traffic management between applications and generative AI services, built on the open source Envoy Gateway. Supports multiple AI provider integrations and OpenAI-compatible APIs. | A cloud-native API gateway built on Envoy that routes and secures traffic across microservices and APIs. Includes AI-specific features for managing LLM traffic, enforcing guardrails on prompts and responses, tracking LLM usage and costs, and enabling provider-agnostic API proxying. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"contact-sales","rate_limiting":true,"deployment_model":"self-hosted","routing_strategy":"load-based","streaming_support":true,"automatic_failover":false,"budget_spend_controls":false,"guardrails_moderation":"built-in","openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Groq"},{"name":"Together AI"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"DeepInfra"},{"name":"DeepSeek"},{"name":"Hunyuan"},{"name":"Tencent LLM Knowledge Engine"},{"name":"SambaNova"},{"name":"Grok"},{"name":"OIDC"},{"name":"cert-manager"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Kubernetes"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T13:42:04.915Z"}` | `{"type":"quote","summary":"Custom quote-based pricing per deployment environment and use case.","sourceUrl":"https://www.solo.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:02:56.221Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | quote |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2026-08-21T18:23:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2026-06-23T15:32:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc1","date":"2026-06-23T02:37:10Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2026-06-06T20:59:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2026-05-05T20:43:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.6.0-rc1","date":"2026-04-30T21:12:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.6.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2026-01-23T21:17:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.5.0-rc1","date":"2026-01-12T19:47:59Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.5.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2025-11-08T00:55:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0-rc2","date":"2025-11-07T22:42:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.4.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0-rc1","date":"2025-11-05T21:31:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.4.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2025-08-21T10:28:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.3.0-rc2","date":"2025-08-21T10:01:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.3.0-rc1","date":"2025-08-15T04:15:29Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.1","date":"2025-06-10T04:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2025-06-05T21:20:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.0-rc3","date":"2025-06-05T21:12:25Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.2.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.0-rc1","date":"2025-06-02T22:27:40Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.2.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.1.5","date":"2025-07-04T17:22:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.1.4","date":"2025-03-20T20:37:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.4"}]` | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fenvoyproxy%2Fai-gateway&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Llm Gateways)

| Capability | Envoy AI Gateway | Gloo AI Gateway |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Openai compatible API | - | ✓ |
| Automatic failover | - | ✗ |
| Routing strategy | - | Load based |
| Caching | - | - |
| Virtual key management | - | ✓ |
| Budget spend controls | - | ✗ |
| Rate limiting | - | ✓ |
| Guardrails moderation | - | Built in |
| Request cost observability | - | ✓ |
| Streaming support | - | ✓ |
| Deployment model | - | Self hosted |
| Open source | - | ✓ |
| Pricing model | - | Contact sales |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:49:02.402Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*