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| Fact | agentgateway | kgateway |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Official integration categories cover identity providers, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, LLM providers, MCP, networking tools, agent frameworks and NetBird. | Documented integrations include Istio, AWS load balancers, Argo Rollouts, ExternalDNS, cert-manager, and OpenTelemetry. |
| Purpose | Agentgateway is an open-source HTTP and gRPC gateway for routing, securing, observing, and governing service, LLM, MCP, and agent-to-agent traffic. | Kgateway is a Kubernetes-native ingress controller and API gateway control plane that configures an Envoy data plane using the Kubernetes Gateway API. |
| Security | Listed security features include JWT and OIDC, API keys, authorization policies, TLS and mTLS with certificate rotation, and rate limiting. | Documented security features include TLS and mTLS, external authentication, API keys, JWT, OAuth2/OIDC, IP access control, and rate limiting. |
| Support | The enterprise page lists partner-provided commercial support, including a Solo.io offer with 24×7 coverage, upstream collaboration, and best-practice guidance. | Solo offers free community support through its Gloo Community and public GitHub repository. |
Agentgateway is aimed at platform engineers, tool-builders, and AI enthusiasts who need self-hosted traffic controls for services, LLMs, or agent systems. It also suits platform teams seeking routing, security, and observability features in one gateway.
kgateway suits Kubernetes platform teams that need an ingress controller or API gateway control plane and can manage a self-hosted deployment. Its documented security, traffic, and resilience features cover a range of gateway use cases.