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Gloo Mesh

Gloo Mesh is an enterprise service mesh management platform from Solo.io built on Istio, providing multi-cluster and multi-mesh traffic management, security policy enforcement, and observability across hybrid cloud environments. It simplifies service mesh operations with a unified control plane and policy management interface, exposing Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) such as AccessPolicy, JwtPolicy, and RatelimitPolicy as the primary API surface.

Gloo Mesh publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Istio, Kubernetes, Multi-Cluster, Open Source, and Service Mesh.

Gloo Mesh’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

32.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
IstioKubernetesMulti-ClusterOpen SourceService Mesh

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 32.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Gloo Mesh Enterprise

Gloo Mesh Enterprise (also called Gloo Platform) is a service mesh management platform built on Istio that provides intra-mesh and multi-cluster routing, access policies, JWT au...

Gloo Mesh Core

Gloo Mesh Core extends a single Istio service mesh with insights, operational tooling, and lifecycle management for upstream Istio deployments. It surfaces Istio insights, telem...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Gloo Mesh Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Gloo Mesh Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Gloo Mesh Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: gloo-mesh
name: Gloo Mesh
description: Gloo Mesh is an enterprise service mesh management platform from Solo.io built on Istio, providing multi-cluster
  and multi-mesh traffic management, security policy enforcement, and observability across hybrid cloud environments. It simplifies
  service mesh operations with a unified control plane and policy management interface, exposing Kubernetes Custom Resource
  Definitions (CRDs) such as AccessPolicy, JwtPolicy, and RatelimitPolicy as the primary API surface.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/gloo-mesh.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-04-28'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Istio
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cluster
- Open Source
- Service Mesh
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gloo-mesh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: gloo-mesh:gloo-mesh-enterprise
  name: Gloo Mesh Enterprise
  description: Gloo Mesh Enterprise (also called Gloo Platform) is a service mesh management platform built on Istio that
    provides intra-mesh and multi-cluster routing, access policies, JWT authentication, rate limiting, mTLS, fault injection,
    observability, and more. The platform exposes 100+ Kubernetes Custom Resources as its API surface, deployed via Helm and
    managed with the meshctl CLI.
  humanURL: https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-mesh/
  baseURL: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/
  tags:
  - Istio
  - Kubernetes
  - Multi-Cluster
  - Service Mesh
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/getting_started/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/reference/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/changelog/
- aid: gloo-mesh:gloo-mesh-core
  name: Gloo Mesh Core
  description: Gloo Mesh Core extends a single Istio service mesh with insights, operational tooling, and lifecycle management
    for upstream Istio deployments. It surfaces Istio insights, telemetry, and a curated set of policies to simplify Day 2
    operations across a Kubernetes cluster.
  humanURL: https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-mesh/
  baseURL: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-core/latest/
  tags:
  - Istio
  - Kubernetes
  - Service Mesh
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-core/latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-core/latest/getting_started/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-core/latest/reference/
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/gloo-mesh-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gloo-mesh-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.solo.io/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.solo.io/products/gloo-mesh/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/getting_started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.solo.io/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/solo-io
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/changelog/
- type: Community
  url: https://slack.solo.io/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.solo.io/company/contact/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.solo.io/legal/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.solo.io/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.solo.io/partners
integrations:
- name: Partner with Solo.io
- name: AWS logo
- name: Google cloud logo
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com