Envoy Gateway vs NGINX Ingress Controller
| Envoy Gateway | NGINX Ingress Controller | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, self-hosted | self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | self-hosted | self-hosted |
| Ingress API model | — | ingress |
| TLS automation | — | Yes |
| Canary routing | — | Yes |
| Rate limiting | — | Yes |
| Web application firewall | — | Yes |
| Auth policies | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers. On Everything Xiaomi, Envoy Gateway scores higher on our published basis.