Emissary-ingress vs KrakenD API Gateway
| Emissary-ingress | KrakenD API Gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, self-hosted | Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | self-hosted | hybrid |
| Supported protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, HTTPPROXY, HTTPSPROXY, TCP, TLS, gRPC, HTTP/3 | REST, HTTP, WebSockets, SOAP, gRPC, GraphQL, AMQP, Kafka, NATS |
| Authentication methods | Basic authentication, external HTTP or gRPC authentication service, client certificate validation, mutual TLS | JWT, client credentials, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, API keys, Basic Authentication, mTLS |
| Rate limiting | Yes | Yes |
| Request transformation | Yes | Yes |
Both are listed in Best API Gateway Software. On Everything Xiaomi, KrakenD API Gateway scores higher on our published basis.