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Envoy Proxy

envoyproxy.io
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Weekend Project

An open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications

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Overview

Envoy is a high performance C++ distributed proxy originally built at Lyft, designed for single services and applications as well as large microservice service mesh architectures. It abstracts the network by providing common features in a platform-agnostic manner and runs alongside every application. When all service traffic flows via an Envoy mesh, it enables consistent observability, performance tuning, and substrate feature additions in a single place.

Features

6 features across 5 categories

Architecture(1)

Out of process architecture

Self contained, high performance server with a small memory footprint that runs alongside any application language or framework

Also in: Perforce Akana API Management Platform, Neon, tray.io

Configuration(1)

APIs for configuration management

Provides robust APIs for dynamically managing Envoy configuration

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Jira, Lacework

Load Balancing(1)

Advanced load balancing

Supports automatic retries, circuit breaking, global rate limiting, request shadowing, and zone local load balancing

Also in: Traefik, NGINX One

Observability(2)

Deep observability

Deep observability of L7 traffic with native support for distributed tracing

Wire-level observability

Wire-level observability of MongoDB, DynamoDB, and more

Also in: Zuplo, Istio, Linkerd

Protocol Support(1)

HTTP/2 and gRPC support

First class support for HTTP/2 and gRPC for both incoming and outgoing connections. Works as a transparent HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/2 proxy

Also in: Kong, Gravitee, Gloo Gateway

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Envoy Proxy. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Envoy Proxy alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 6 features.

Buy Envoy Proxy

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Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Envoy Proxy saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 6 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.