Are there any open source alternatives to Kong for API gateway rate limiting that my small dev team can easily self host on cloud servers?
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Are there any open source alternatives to Kong for API gateway rate limiting that my small dev team can easily self host on cloud servers?
5 real searches · 1 real-search pass
open source API gateway rate limiting self hosted Apache APISIX Traefik Envoy Tyk community edition documentation 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Apache APISIX rate limiting limit-count Redis documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Traefik rate limit middleware distributed rate limiting documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Envoy global rate limit service documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Tyk Gateway Community Edition rate limiting documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (5)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 5 of 5 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT5 real searches · gpt-6
open source API gateway rate limiting self hosted Apache APISIX Traefik Envoy Tyk community edition documentation 2026 Google ↗
Apache APISIX rate limiting limit-count Redis documentation Google ↗
Traefik rate limit middleware distributed rate limiting documentation Google ↗
Envoy global rate limit service documentation Google ↗
Tyk Gateway Community Edition rate limiting documentation Google ↗
- Website · apisix.apache.org
- Documentation · apisix.apache.org
- GitHub · github.com
- Website · traefik.io
- Documentation · doc.traefik.io
- GitHub · github.com
- Website · tyk.io
- Documentation · tyk.io
- GitHub · github.com
- Website · envoyproxy.io
- Documentation · envoyproxy.io
- GitHub · github.com
- Rate Limiting · apisix.apache.org
- Rate Limiting (limit-req) · apisix.apache.org
- Rate limit service · envoyproxy.io
- GitHub - TykTechnologies/tyk: Tyk Open Source API Gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP and gRPC protocols · github.com
- Traefik RateLimit Documentation · doc.traefik.io
- Rate Limiting by Count (limit-count) · apisix.apache.org
- Getting Started with Apache APISIX · apisix.apache.org
Queries
5 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
open source API gateway rate limiting self hosted Apache APISIX Traefik Envoy Tyk community edition documentation 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Apache APISIX rate limiting limit-count Redis documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Traefik rate limit middleware distributed rate limiting documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Envoy global rate limit service documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Tyk Gateway Community Edition rate limiting documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Yes / no | — | — | 1x of 1 |