Contour vs Envoy Gateway
| Contour | Envoy Gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | |
| Paid from | Free | Free |
| Platforms | self-hosted | api, self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Ingress API model | both | |
| TLS automation | Yes | |
| Canary routing | Yes | |
| Rate limiting | Yes | Yes |
| Auth policies | Yes | |
| Deployment model | self-hosted | self-hosted |
| Supported protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, TLS, TCP, UDP | |
| Authentication methods | mTLS, JWT, API key, Basic Auth, OIDC, external authorization | |
| Request transformation | Yes |
Listed together in Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers