# Gloo Gateway vs Traefik

| Attribute | Gloo Gateway | Traefik |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.4 (33% (low)) | 54.2 (55% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 90 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 52 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 64,604 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","k8s_native":true,"grpc_support":true,"observability":true,"graphql_gateway":true,"request_transformation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","k8s_native":true,"oauth_oidc":true,"grpc_support":true,"monetization":true,"observability":true,"rate_limiting":true,"developer_portal":true,"plugin_ecosystem":"extensive","request_transformation":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 19 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker Swarm"},{"name":"Consul"},{"name":"Etcd"},{"name":"Rancher"},{"name":"Amazon ECS"},{"name":"HashiCorp Nomad"},{"name":"Azure Service Fabric"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Let's Encrypt"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Statsd"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"OpenAPI"},{"name":"ModSecurity"},{"name":"Mesos"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":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"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Traefik Proxy is open source and free. Traefik Hub API Gateway and Traefik Hub API Management are commercial products requiring contact for pricing.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://traefik.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:09:13.148Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.12","date":"2026-08-26T13:42:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.56","date":"2026-08-26T13:40:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.56"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.11","date":"2026-08-19T06:44:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.55","date":"2026-08-18T08:56:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.55"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.10","date":"2026-07-31T12:49:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.25","date":"2026-07-31T12:34:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.25"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.54","date":"2026-07-31T12:18:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.54"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.9","date":"2026-07-24T12:47:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.24","date":"2026-07-24T12:33:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.53","date":"2026-07-24T12:19:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.53"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.8","date":"2026-07-15T12:51:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.7","date":"2026-07-08T15:39:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.23","date":"2026-07-08T14:31:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.52","date":"2026-07-08T13:09:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.52"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.6","date":"2026-06-30T12:21:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.22","date":"2026-06-30T09:58:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.51","date":"2026-06-30T09:07:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.51"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.5","date":"2026-06-10T15:00:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.21","date":"2026-06-10T14:17:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.50","date":"2026-06-10T13:41:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.11.50"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.4 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":51,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftraefik%2Ftraefik%2Fv2&per_page=100","last_12m":27,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (API Gateways)

| Capability | Gloo Gateway | Traefik |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| 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 | - | Extensive |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Observability | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:10.169Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*