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Caddy Ingress Controller vs NGINX Ingress Controller

Both stand on kubernetes ingress controllers. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

NGINX Ingress Controller provides Kubernetes traffic routing with a free NGINX Open Source option and additional capabilities under NGINX Plus. Review the access-control guidance and Plus requirements when planning a deployment.

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The facts

	Caddy Ingress Controller	NGINX Ingress Controller
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Not published	Self-hosted
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Free or on request
Plans published	None	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	docs.nginx.com
On kubernetes ingress controllers	#21 of 28	#17 of 28

Caddy Ingress Controller: what it does well

NGINX Ingress Controller: what it does well

Free NGINX Open Source plan is available.
Supports WebSocket, gRPC, TCP, and UDP applications.
Manifest deployment offers three workload modes.
Can expose metrics in Prometheus format.
TLS automation and canary routing are supported.

What to know first

Requires a Kubernetes cluster.
Some policies require NGINX Plus.
Default ServiceAccount can access all cluster Secrets.
Read-only root filesystem is not enabled by default.

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