# Gloo Gateway vs Red Hat 3scale

| Attribute | Gloo Gateway | Red Hat 3scale |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.4 (33% (low)) | 50 (13% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | 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. | Red Hat 3scale is an API management solution that helps organizations design, build, and operate APIs at scale. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","k8s_native":true,"grpc_support":true,"observability":true,"graphql_gateway":true,"request_transformation":true}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"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 | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (API Gateways)

| Capability | Gloo Gateway | Red Hat 3scale |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T16:33:30.515Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*