Envoy Gateway

Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely0 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Envoy Gateway is ranked #6 of 27 in API gateway software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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Envoy Gateway Free Open-source project · standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway gateway.envoyproxy.io · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on API gateway software

Free plan: Yes
Deployment model: self-hosted
Supported protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, TLS, TCP, UDP
Authentication methods: mTLS, JWT, API key, Basic Auth, OIDC, external authorization
Rate limiting: Yes
Request transformation: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Envoy Gateway manages Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway, using Gateway API resources to provision and configure proxies.
Open source: The project describes Envoy Gateway as open source and its GitHub repository lists the Apache-2.0 license.
Gateway API: Envoy Gateway implements the Kubernetes Gateway API and extends it to expose Envoy features through Gateway API resources.
Traffic management: The project lists rate limiting, retries, circuit breaking, timeouts, and failover among its traffic management capabilities.
Security features: Its security controls include mTLS, JWT-based access control, OIDC integration, and API-key authorization.
TLS: Envoy Gateway supports TLS termination and can attach an OCSP response from a Gateway certificate Secret during the TLS handshake.
Observability: The project lists metrics, access logging, and distributed tracing as observability features.
Installation: The documentation provides installation options using Helm, Argo CD, Flux CD, or Kubernetes YAML.
Deployment: The project supports standalone and Kubernetes-based deployment modes.
Integrations: The project lists integrations and ecosystem projects including Envoy AI Gateway, Kuadrant, Knative, KServe, and KEDA.
Community support: The project directs users to Envoy Slack, GitHub discussions and issues, and community meetings.
Release caveat: The documentation says the latest release contains recent main-branch commits and might not be stable.
Security: Its security controls include mTLS, JWT-based access control, OIDC integration, and API-key authorization.
Prerequisite: The quickstart requires a Kubernetes cluster.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best API Gateway Software in 2026#6 of 27
Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers in 2026#6 of 27

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Sources

gateway.envoyproxy.io/latest/· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/envoyproxy/gateway· checked 4 Oct 2026
gateway.envoyproxy.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
gateway.envoyproxy.io/latest/tasks/security/secure-gateways/· checked 4 Oct 2026
gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/tasks/quickstart/· checked 4 Oct 2026
gateway.envoyproxy.io/about/· checked 4 Oct 2026
gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/· checked 4 Oct 2026