Gloo

Gloo is Solo.io's family of open-source and enterprise API gateway, service mesh and developer portal products, built on Envoy Proxy and Istio and delivered as software the customer runs in their own Kubernetes clusters rather than as a hosted SaaS. Gloo Edge and Gloo Gateway provide ingress, advanced traffic management, external auth, rate limiting, WAF, GraphQL and AI/LLM traffic routing; Gloo Mesh manages multi-cluster Istio; and Gloo Portal publishes API products to internal and external consumers with teams, applications, subscriptions, API keys and OAuth credentials. Solo.io renamed its commercial line in 2026 — Gloo Gateway is now Solo Enterprise for kgateway and Gloo Mesh is now Solo Enterprise for Istio — and the upstream kgateway project is a conformant implementation of the Kubernetes Gateway API, passing 93 of 93 core and extended conformance tests against v1.6.1.

Gloo publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Gateway, Mesh, and Portal. Tagged areas include API Gateway, Cloud-Native, Developer Portal, Envoy, and Istio.

The Gloo catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Gloo’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, support, API reference, and 36 more developer resources.

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56.3/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent ready open core · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreemium

4 APIs

API Gateway Cloud-Native Developer Portal Envoy Istio KubernetesKubernetes Gateway APIOpen-Source Service Mesh

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 56.3/100 · strong

Contract Quality 13.7 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 14.5 / 18

Access Clarity 6.6 / 18

Operational Transparency 5.2 / 12

Contract Governance 2.0 / 11

Discoverability 7.3 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 4

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

Gloo Edge

Gloo Edge is a feature-rich, Kubernetes-native ingress controller and API gateway built on Envoy Proxy, supporting advanced routing, security policies, and observability for clo...

Gloo Gateway

Gloo Gateway is the next-generation API gateway from Solo.io built on Envoy Proxy and implementing the Kubernetes Gateway API specification. It provides advanced traffic managem...

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, ...

Gloo Portal

Gloo Portal is a developer portal product from Solo.io that enables organizations to expose, document, and manage API products for internal and external consumers. It integrates...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Gloo Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Gloo Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Gloo Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Gloo Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 4

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

Gloo Authentication

apiKey · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Gloo Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Gloo Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Gloo Trust Center

trust center published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components

Conventions

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Webhooks

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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Security

Security

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

Community

Support

Deprecation

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: gloo
name: Gloo
description: Gloo is Solo.io's family of open-source and enterprise API gateway, service mesh and developer portal products,
  built on Envoy Proxy and Istio and delivered as software the customer runs in their own Kubernetes clusters rather than
  as a hosted SaaS. Gloo Edge and Gloo Gateway provide ingress, advanced traffic management, external auth, rate limiting,
  WAF, GraphQL and AI/LLM traffic routing; Gloo Mesh manages multi-cluster Istio; and Gloo Portal publishes API products to
  internal and external consumers with teams, applications, subscriptions, API keys and OAuth credentials. Solo.io renamed
  its commercial line in 2026 — Gloo Gateway is now Solo Enterprise for kgateway and Gloo Mesh is now Solo Enterprise for
  Istio — and the upstream kgateway project is a conformant implementation of the Kubernetes Gateway API, passing 93 of 93
  core and extended conformance tests against v1.6.1.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
tags:
- API Gateway
- Cloud-Native
- Developer Portal
- Envoy
- Istio
- Kubernetes
- Kubernetes Gateway API
- Open-Source
- Service Mesh
tags_raw:
- API Gateway
- Cloud Native
- Developer Portal
- Envoy
- Istio
- Kubernetes
- Kubernetes Gateway API
- Open Source
- Service Mesh
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gloo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-18'
modified: '2026-09-12'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: gloo:gloo-edge
  name: Gloo Edge
  description: Gloo Edge is a feature-rich, Kubernetes-native ingress controller and API gateway built on Envoy Proxy, supporting
    advanced routing, security policies, and observability for cloud-native workloads. It provides traffic management features
    such as rate limiting, transformation, and WebAssembly-based extensibility.
  humanURL: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/
  baseURL: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Envoy
  - Kubernetes
  - Open-Source
  tags_raw:
  - API Gateway
  - Envoy
  - Kubernetes
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/getting_started/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/changelog/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/gloo-gloo-validation.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/gloo-proxy-endpoint.proto
  - type: CLI
    url: cli/gloo-cli.yml
- aid: gloo:gloo-gateway
  name: Gloo Gateway
  description: Gloo Gateway is the next-generation API gateway from Solo.io built on Envoy Proxy and implementing the Kubernetes
    Gateway API specification. It provides advanced traffic management, security, and extensibility for modern cloud-native
    applications with first-class support for AI and LLM traffic routing.
  humanURL: https://www.solo.io/products/kgateway
  baseURL: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud-Native
  - Envoy
  - Kubernetes Gateway API
  tags_raw:
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud Native
  - Envoy
  - Kubernetes Gateway API
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/quickstart/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/reference/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/reference/changelog/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/reference/api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gloo-ai-gateway-guardrail-webhook-openapi.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/gloo-webhooks.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/gloo-ai-guardrail-webhook-overlay.yaml
- aid: gloo: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.
  humanURL: https://www.solo.io/products/istio
  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/reference/changelog/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gloo-platform-portal-openapi.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/gloo-platform-portal-overlay.yaml
- aid: gloo:gloo-portal
  name: Gloo Portal
  description: Gloo Portal is a developer portal product from Solo.io that enables organizations to expose, document, and
    manage API products for internal and external consumers. It integrates with Gloo Gateway to provide self-service API discovery,
    subscription management, and usage analytics for API consumers.
  humanURL: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/portal/
  baseURL: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/portal/
  tags:
  - API Discovery
  - API Management
  - Developer Portal
  - Kubernetes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/portal/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/portal/tutorials/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/portal/openapi/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gloo-portal-server-openapi.yaml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gloo-portal-idp-connect-openapi.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/gloo-portal-server-overlay.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/gloo-idp-connect-overlay.yaml
  - type: AgentSkill
    url: skills/_index.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/gloo-data-model.yml
common:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gloo-authentication.yml
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/gloo-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gloo-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.solo.io/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.solo.io/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.solo.io/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/getting_started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.solo.io/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/solo-io
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/releases
- type: Community
  url: https://slack.solo.io/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.solo.io/company/contact/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://legal.solo.io/#website-terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://legal.solo.io/#privacy-policy
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.solo.io/partners
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/reference/api/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.solo.io/pricing
- type: Security
  url: https://www.solo.io/security
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.solo.io/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/gloo-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/gloo-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/gloo-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/gloo-components.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/gloo-sandbox.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/gloo-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/gloo-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/gloo-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/gloo-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/gloo-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/gloo-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/gloo-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/gloo-data-model.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/gloo-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/gloo-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/gloo-finops.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/gloo-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/gloo-webhooks.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/gloo-portal-server-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/gloo-platform-portal-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/gloo-idp-connect-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/gloo-ai-guardrail-webhook-overlay.yaml
integrations:
- name: Partner with Solo.io
- name: AWS logo
- name: Google cloud logo
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-12'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 34
  pass: local-v3
x-parent: solo-io
x-relationship: product

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