Emissary-ingress vs Higress
| Emissary-ingress | Higress | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, self-hosted | Web |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | self-hosted | hybrid |
| Supported protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, HTTPPROXY, HTTPSPROXY, TCP, TLS, gRPC, HTTP/3 | HTTP, HTTP2, HTTPS, GRPC, GRPCS, TCP, Dubbo |
| Authentication methods | Basic authentication, external HTTP or gRPC authentication service, client certificate validation, mutual TLS | Key Auth, HMAC Auth, JWT Auth, Basic Auth, OAuth2, OIDC, External Auth, OPA |
| Rate limiting | Yes | Yes |
| Request transformation | Yes | Yes |
Both are listed in Best API Gateway Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Emissary-ingress scores higher on our published basis.