Emissary-ingress vs Google Cloud Endpoints
| Emissary-ingress | Google Cloud Endpoints | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | $1.50/mo |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, self-hosted | Linux, macOS |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | self-hosted | hybrid |
| Supported protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, HTTPPROXY, HTTPSPROXY, TCP, TLS, gRPC, HTTP/3 | — |
| Authentication methods | Basic authentication, external HTTP or gRPC authentication service, client certificate validation, mutual TLS | — |
| Rate limiting | Yes | — |
| Request transformation | Yes | — |
Both are listed in Best API Gateway Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Emissary-ingress scores higher on our published basis.