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Solo.io

Solo.io provides enterprise infrastructure for cloud-native and AI-native environments, including API gateways, service mesh, and agentic AI infrastructure built on Envoy, Istio, and Kubernetes. Products include kgateway (API gateway), Istio-based service mesh, agentgateway (AI gateway), kagent (AI agents for Kubernetes), and agentregistry (MCP registries).

Solo.io publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include AI Gateway, Agentic AI, API Gateway, Envoy, and Istio.

The Solo.io catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Solo.io’s developer surface includes documentation, developer portal, pricing, engineering blog, academy / training, training material, legal docs, and 20 more developer resources.

43.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 5/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
4 APIs 10 Features 5 Use Cases
AI GatewayAgentic AIAPI GatewayEnvoyIstioKubernetesMCPService Mesh

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 43.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 6.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 5/100 · 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 7 / 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 4

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

Solo Enterprise for kgateway

Kubernetes-native ingress controller and next-generation API gateway built on Envoy Proxy, supporting the Kubernetes Gateway API for traffic management, security, and transforma...

Solo Enterprise for Istio

Enterprise service mesh solution built on Istio for connecting, securing, and observing microservices across multiple clusters and clouds, including Istio Ambient Mesh support.

Solo Enterprise for agentgateway

AI connectivity and governance gateway for agents and LLMs, supporting traffic routing, load balancing, failover, guardrails, and MCP server connectivity across providers includ...

Solo Enterprise for kagent

Enterprise AI agent framework for Kubernetes that enables building, managing, and scaling intelligent agents with observability, security, human-in-the-loop workflows, and suppo...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Solo Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Solo Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Solo Finops

FINOPS

Features 10

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Kubernetes Gateway API

Native support for the Kubernetes Gateway API standard for traffic management.

Envoy Proxy

Built on Envoy Proxy for high-performance traffic handling and extensibility.

Istio Ambient Mesh

Sidecar-less service mesh using Istio Ambient mode for simplified operations.

Multi-Cluster Networking

Connect and secure services across multiple Kubernetes clusters and clouds.

Zero Trust Security

End-to-end mTLS, JWT validation, OAuth, OPA, and external auth for zero-trust architectures.

AI Gateway

Route, load balance, and apply guardrails to LLM provider traffic.

MCP Server Connectivity

Connect AI agents to MCP servers and manage agent-to-agent communication.

Rate Limiting

Advanced rate limiting for API and AI traffic.

OpenTelemetry Observability

Built-in tracing, metrics, and access logging via OpenTelemetry.

Traffic Transformation

Request and response transformation, header manipulation, and content-based routing.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Solo Context

0 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Solo.io API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AgentgatewayBackend

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Upstream

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VirtualService

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Solo Agentgateway Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Solo Kgateway Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

Solo Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Solo Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

API Gateway Modernization

Replace legacy API gateways with a Kubernetes-native, Envoy-based gateway.

Service Mesh Adoption

Adopt Istio service mesh for microservice security and observability.

Multi-Cloud Connectivity

Connect services across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments.

AI Agent Infrastructure

Build, deploy, and manage AI agents securely in Kubernetes.

LLM Gateway

Centralize LLM provider access with routing, failover, and cost controls.

Kubernetes CRDs 21

Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions published by this provider.

solo agentgateway agentgatewaybackends

CRD

solo agentgateway agentgatewayparameters

CRD

solo agentgateway agentgatewaypolicies

CRD

solo gloo enterprise gloo solo io v1 authconfig

CRD

solo gloo gateway gloo solo io directresponses

CRD

solo gloo gateway gloo solo io gatewayparameters

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 gateway

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 httplisteneroption

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 listeneroption

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 matchablehttpgateway

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 matchabletcpgateway

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 routeoption

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 routetable

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 virtualhostoption

CRD

solo gloo gateway solo io v1 virtualservice

CRD

solo gloo gloo solo io v1 proxy

CRD

solo gloo gloo solo io v1 settings

CRD

solo gloo gloo solo io v1 upstream

CRD

solo gloo gloo solo io v1 upstreamgroup

CRD

solo gloo ratelimit config

CRD

solo kgateway tcproute crd

CRD

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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 7

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

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Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 4

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: solo
name: Solo.io
description: Solo.io provides enterprise infrastructure for cloud-native and AI-native environments, including API gateways,
  service mesh, and agentic AI infrastructure built on Envoy, Istio, and Kubernetes. Products include kgateway (API gateway),
  Istio-based service mesh, agentgateway (AI gateway), kagent (AI agents for Kubernetes), and agentregistry (MCP registries).
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/solo.png
tags:
- AI Gateway
- Agentic AI
- API Gateway
- Envoy
- Istio
- Kubernetes
- MCP
- Service Mesh
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: solo:kgateway
  name: Solo Enterprise for kgateway
  description: Kubernetes-native ingress controller and next-generation API gateway built on Envoy Proxy, supporting the Kubernetes
    Gateway API for traffic management, security, and transformation.
  humanURL: https://docs.solo.io/kgateway/
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Envoy
  - Gateway API
  - Ingress Controller
  - Kubernetes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/kgateway/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/kgateway/latest/quickstart/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.solo.io/kgateway/latest/reference/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.solo.io/kgateway/latest/security/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo
    title: Gloo Gateway Repository
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/solo-io/kgateway-client
    title: Go Client
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-enterprise-gloo-solo-io-v1-authconfig.yaml
    title: AuthConfig CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-gloo-solo-io-directresponses.yaml
    title: DirectResponse CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-gloo-solo-io-gatewayparameters.yaml
    title: GatewayParameters CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-gateway.yaml
    title: Gateway CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-httplisteneroption.yaml
    title: HttpListenerOption CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-listeneroption.yaml
    title: ListenerOption CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-matchablehttpgateway.yaml
    title: MatchableHttpGateway CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-matchabletcpgateway.yaml
    title: MatchableTcpGateway CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-routeoption.yaml
    title: RouteOption CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-routetable.yaml
    title: RouteTable CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-virtualhostoption.yaml
    title: VirtualHostOption CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gateway-solo-io-v1-virtualservice.yaml
    title: VirtualService CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gloo-solo-io-v1-proxy.yaml
    title: Proxy CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gloo-solo-io-v1-settings.yaml
    title: Settings CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gloo-solo-io-v1-upstream.yaml
    title: Upstream CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-gloo-solo-io-v1-upstreamgroup.yaml
    title: UpstreamGroup CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-gloo-ratelimit-config.yaml
    title: RateLimitConfig CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-kgateway-tcproute-crd.yaml
    title: TCPRoute CRD
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/solo-gloo-upstream-schema.json
    title: Upstream JSON Schema
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/solo-gloo-virtual-service-schema.json
    title: VirtualService JSON Schema
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/solo-kgateway-structure.json
    title: kgateway CRD Structure
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/solo-gloo-upstream-kube-example.json
    title: Kubernetes Upstream Example
- aid: solo:istio
  name: Solo Enterprise for Istio
  description: Enterprise service mesh solution built on Istio for connecting, securing, and observing microservices across
    multiple clusters and clouds, including Istio Ambient Mesh support.
  humanURL: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh/latest/
  tags:
  - Ambient Mesh
  - Istio
  - Multi-Cluster
  - Service Mesh
  - Zero Trust
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh/latest/
- aid: solo:agentgateway
  name: Solo Enterprise for agentgateway
  description: AI connectivity and governance gateway for agents and LLMs, supporting traffic routing, load balancing, failover,
    guardrails, and MCP server connectivity across providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Gemini,
    Vertex AI, Ollama, and vLLM.
  humanURL: https://docs.solo.io/agentgateway
  tags:
  - Agentic AI
  - AI Gateway
  - Guardrails
  - LLM
  - MCP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/agentgateway
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/agentgateway/latest/quickstart/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.solo.io/agentgateway/latest/security/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/solo-io/agentgateway-new-ui
    title: Agentgateway Repository
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-agentgateway-agentgatewaybackends.yaml
    title: AgentgatewayBackend CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-agentgateway-agentgatewayparameters.yaml
    title: AgentgatewayParameters CRD
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/solo-agentgateway-agentgatewaypolicies.yaml
    title: AgentgatewayPolicy CRD
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/solo-agentgateway-backend-schema.json
    title: AgentgatewayBackend JSON Schema
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/solo-agentgateway-structure.json
    title: agentgateway CRD Structure
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/solo-agentgateway-backend-example.json
    title: AgentgatewayBackend Example
- aid: solo:kagent
  name: Solo Enterprise for kagent
  description: Enterprise AI agent framework for Kubernetes that enables building, managing, and scaling intelligent agents
    with observability, security, human-in-the-loop workflows, and support for multiple LLM providers.
  humanURL: https://docs.solo.io/kagent-enterprise/latest
  tags:
  - Agentic AI
  - AI Agents
  - Kubernetes
  - LLM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solo.io/kagent-enterprise/latest
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solo.io/kagent-enterprise/latest/quickstart/
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/solo-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/solo-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.solo.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.solo.io/docs
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.solo.io/get-started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.solo.io/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.solo.io/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/solo-io
- type: Academy
  url: https://www.solo.io/academy
- type: Training
  url: https://www.solo.io/resources/lab
- type: Webinars
  url: https://www.solo.io/resources/webinar
- type: Customers
  url: https://www.solo.io/customers
- type: Security
  url: https://www.solo.io/security
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.solo.io/privacy-policy/
- type: Legal
  url: https://legal.solo.io/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.solo.io/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solo.io
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/soloio_inc
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/soloio
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/solo-kit
  title: Solo-Kit Operator Framework
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/ingress2gateway
  title: Ingress to Gateway Migration Tool
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/dev-portal-starter
  title: Developer Portal Starter
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/ext-auth-plugins
  title: External Auth Plugins
- type: CodeExamples
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/enterprise-mcp-flow
  title: MCP Flow Examples
- type: CodeExamples
  url: https://github.com/solo-io/workshops
  title: Workshops
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/solo-context.jsonld
  title: Solo.io JSON-LD Context
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/solo-vocabulary.yml
  title: Solo.io Enterprise Platform Vocabulary
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Kubernetes Gateway API
    description: Native support for the Kubernetes Gateway API standard for traffic management.
  - name: Envoy Proxy
    description: Built on Envoy Proxy for high-performance traffic handling and extensibility.
  - name: Istio Ambient Mesh
    description: Sidecar-less service mesh using Istio Ambient mode for simplified operations.
  - name: Multi-Cluster Networking
    description: Connect and secure services across multiple Kubernetes clusters and clouds.
  - name: Zero Trust Security
    description: End-to-end mTLS, JWT validation, OAuth, OPA, and external auth for zero-trust architectures.
  - name: AI Gateway
    description: Route, load balance, and apply guardrails to LLM provider traffic.
  - name: MCP Server Connectivity
    description: Connect AI agents to MCP servers and manage agent-to-agent communication.
  - name: Rate Limiting
    description: Advanced rate limiting for API and AI traffic.
  - name: OpenTelemetry Observability
    description: Built-in tracing, metrics, and access logging via OpenTelemetry.
  - name: Traffic Transformation
    description: Request and response transformation, header manipulation, and content-based routing.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: API Gateway Modernization
    description: Replace legacy API gateways with a Kubernetes-native, Envoy-based gateway.
  - name: Service Mesh Adoption
    description: Adopt Istio service mesh for microservice security and observability.
  - name: Multi-Cloud Connectivity
    description: Connect services across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments.
  - name: AI Agent Infrastructure
    description: Build, deploy, and manage AI agents securely in Kubernetes.
  - name: LLM Gateway
    description: Centralize LLM provider access with routing, failover, and cost controls.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Envoy Proxy
    description: Core proxy engine powering kgateway and agentgateway.
  - name: Istio
    description: Service mesh foundation for multi-cluster networking and security.
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Native integration with Kubernetes for deployment and configuration.
  - name: OpenAI
    description: LLM provider integration for AI gateway routing.
  - name: Anthropic
    description: Claude LLM provider integration for AI gateway routing.
  - name: Amazon Bedrock
    description: AWS Bedrock LLM provider integration.
  - name: Azure OpenAI
    description: Azure-hosted OpenAI LLM provider integration.
  - name: Google Vertex AI
    description: Google Cloud Vertex AI LLM provider integration.
  - name: OpenTelemetry
    description: Observability integration for tracing, metrics, and logging.
  - name: ArgoCD
    description: GitOps deployment support for Solo products.
- 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