Envoy Gateway
Gateway for routing and managing API and application traffic
- Also known as
- envoy-gateway
What is Envoy Gateway?
Provides a gateway for deploying Envoy Proxy in various environments—either standalone or on Kubernetes clusters—while extending Kubernetes Gateway API functionality.
Envoy Gateway pricing
We don't have Envoy Gateway's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Envoy Gateway does
The capabilities that matter for api gateways, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Kubernetes-native
- ✓
- Rate limiting
- ✓
- Request/response transformation
- -
- OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT
- ✓
- Mutual TLS
- ✓
- GraphQL gateway
- -
- gRPC support
- -
- Developer portal
- -
- Monetization
- -
- Plugin ecosystem
- -
- Observability
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Self-hosted
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- KEDA⇄•
- k0rdent⇄•
- OpenAI→•
- OIDC→•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Envoy Gateway FAQ
Common questions about Envoy Gateway, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Envoy Gateway?
Open-source gateway providing traffic management, security controls, and observability for Kubernetes applications following the Gateway API specification. Can be deployed either standalone or as part of a Kubernetes cluster. It is indexed under API Gateways.
Source: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io
Is Envoy Gateway free to use?
Envoy Gateway is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io
What platforms does Envoy Gateway support?
Envoy Gateway supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io
Can Envoy Gateway be self-hosted?
Yes. Envoy Gateway can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io
Is Envoy Gateway open source?
Yes. Envoy Gateway is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Envoy Gateway alternatives
Other api gateways we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- WSO2 API ManagerA platform for designing, deploying, and managing APIs with governance, policy control, and developer toolinglow · 23%
- Zuplomedium · 70%
- TraefikUnified control plane for governing APIs, models, and agent traffic across Kubernetes and multi-cloud infrastructurelow · 43%
- TykA cloud-native, open-source API and AI gateway for managing and securing API traffic across multiple protocolshigh · 75%
- Apache APISIXA flexible, extensible traffic director for APIs and AI applicationsmedium · 53%
- Kong GatewayA cloud-native API gateway that routes and manages microservices traffic with high performance and extensibility through pluginsmedium · 74%
Compare Envoy Gateway
Side by side against other api gateways, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Envoy Gateway, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 61 | 0.09 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 96 | 0.05 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.06 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Security score | 79 | 0.04 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Stars | 66 | 0.03 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.07 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 86 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Mtls: Yes · Hosting: self · K8s native: Yes · Oauth oidc: Yes · Observability: Yes · Rate limiting: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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