Envoy Proxy

Open source

Open-source edge and service proxy providing load balancing and observability for microservices.

Pricing: free
License: open-source
Open source: Yes

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Identity · Taxonomy

Documentation(HTTPS URL): https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/Verified
Tags(open-source;cloud-native): service proxy, edge proxy, service mesh, API gateway, cloud-nativeVerification pending

Platform · Deployment

Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance): self-hostedVerification pending

Pricing · Licensing

License model(proprietary;open-source;source-available;dual-license): open-sourceVerification pending
Pricing model(free;subscription;usage;seat;asset;transaction;revenue-share;perpetual;custom): freeVerification pending
Source repository(HTTPS URL): https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoyVerified
SPDX license IDs(Apache-2.0;MIT): Apache-2.0Verified

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): Advanced load balancing with automatic retries, circuit breaking, global rate limiting and request shadowing, First class HTTP/2, HTTP/3 and gRPC support, Deep L7 observability with consistent stats, access logs and native distributed tracing, TLS termination and origination, mutual TLS and SNI, Runtime programmable configuration through dynamic xDS APIs, Extensibility with Wasm, Lua, Go or Rust dynamic modules or out-of-process external processingVerification pending

Api · Integrations · Ecosystem

API available(true/false): trueVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Best for(Neutral editorial summary): Cloud-native and AI-native workloads that need an open source edge and service proxy with deep observabilityVerification pending
Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): Edge proxy for cloud-native and AI-native applications, Communication bus and universal data plane for microservice service mesh architectures, AI and LLM traffic management with token-aware rate limitingVerification pending

Lifecycle · Versioning

Changelog/release notes(HTTPS URL): https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.40.2/version_history/currentVerified
Current version(1.12.3): 1.40.2Verified
Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived): activeVerification pending

Vendor · Maintainer

Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual): foundationVerified

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