Technical Profile
Scalability
very high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
steep
Maturity
mature
Languages: C++
Architecture: proxy, service-mesh
When to Use
- +Service mesh
- +High performance needed
- +Advanced routing
When Not to Use
- -Simple proxy needs
- -Small teams
Strengths
- CNCF graduated
- High performance
- Extensible
- Observable
Weaknesses
- Complex configuration
- Steep learning curve
Operations
Maintenance
high
Monitoring
medium
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted
Quick Facts
- Category
- API Gateway
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- stable
- Vendor Lock-in
- none
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
mediumlargeenterprise
Use Cases
- Service mesh
- API gateway
- gRPC proxy
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