# Gloo Gateway Reviews
**Vendor:** Solo.io  
**Category:** [API Management Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/api-management)  
**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 1
## About Gloo Gateway
Gloo Gateway is a fast, Kubernetes-native API gateway packed with features IT operations teams need to deliver a full lifecycle security strategy for their cloud-native environments.




## Gloo Gateway Reviews
  ### 1. New-Edge ingress controller, API gateway and service mesh for cloud native and hybrid applications

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Neeraj Kumar G. | DevOps Architect, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2021

**What do you like best about Gloo Gateway?**

1. service to service communication easiness
2. secure and user authentication and authorization
3. fully automated
4. integration supports with openshift, kubernetes, and on-prem applications.

**What do you dislike about Gloo Gateway?**

Gloo is Kubernetes based, and there are no supports for non-Kubernetes microservices like EC2 based and ECS based. Although it has supports for Kube, openshift, etc.

**Recommendations to others considering Gloo Gateway:**

Gloo Edge and Gloo Mesh is the first managed service mesh with extensive integrations and API gateway support for better routing and service to service communications for cloud-native applications and observability support. Its istio based API gateway can better route circuit breaking, rate limiting, encryption, and external and internal authentication support. I recommend Gloo mesh for all microservices-based service mesh uses and better communication for services.

**What problems is Gloo Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?**

1. service to service communication and routing
2. extensive integration supports
3. fully managed mesh with all of the required features available.
4. native dashboard and own gateway.


## Gloo Gateway Discussions
  - [What is Gloo Edge used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-gloo-edge-used-for)
  - [When will Gloo have support for non-kubernetes based microservices communication?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-will-gloo-have-support-for-non-kubernetes-based-microservices-communication) - 1 upvote

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## Gloo Gateway Features
**Functionality**
- Supported Protocols
- Container Orchestration
- Extensibility
- Monitoring

**Cloud Visibility**
- Data Discovery
- Cloud Registry
- Cloud Gap Analytics

**API Construction**
- API Testing
- Data Security
- Orchestration
- Scalability

**Networking**
- Networking
- Load Balancing
- Traffic Filtering
- Service Discovery

**Security**
- Data Security
- Data loss Prevention
- Security Auditing

**API Management**
- Traffic Control
- Logs/Documentation
- API Monitoring
- Monetization
- Gateway

**Protection**
- Policy Management
- Secure Communications

**Identity**
- SSO
- Governance
- User Analytics

**Data Integration**
- App Integration
- Data Transformation
- Plugins

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