Traefik Hub vs AWS API Gateway

Traefik’s cloud-agnostic, stateless API runtime platform provides advanced API management features, open standards-based observability, and predictable cluster-based pricing, regardless of your deployment model.

Key Features Compared

Key Criteria

AWS API Gateway

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid

  • Primarily tied to AWS ecosystem

  • Difficult to migrate or integrate with non-AWS services

  • Cloud-agnostic, works with K8s, Nomad, VMs, etc.

  • Ideal for hybrid and on-prem deployments

Protocols & Routing

  • Limited to HTTP & WebSockets

  • Basic routing (host/method/path)

  • Supports HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TCP, UDP, gRPC, WebSockets

  • Advanced routing using any request attribute

Security & Extensibility

  • Requires AWS WAF for security

  • Typically depends on Lambda for custom logic or auth

  • Built-in OWASP-endorsed WAF

  • Enterprise auth (LDAP, OIDC, etc.)

  • Large plugin ecosystem

Observability & Tracing

  • Uses CloudWatch & X-Ray

  • Proprietary and not as portable

  • OpenTelemetry for metrics & tracing

  • Standard, vendor-neutral approach

Maintenance & Overhead

  • Multiple AWS services needed (e.g., WAF, CloudWatch, etc.)

  • More complex to manage collectively

  • Single, stateless binary

  • Minimal overhead for Day-2 operations

Pricing Model

  • Pay-per-request pricing

  • Potentially high costs at scale

  • Predictable cluster-based pricing

  • Scales cost-effectively at high traffic

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The Benefits of Breaking Free from AWS Lock-In

Feeling constrained by AWS API Gateway’s limited protocols and vendor lock-in? Traefik Hub is the modern, stateless API gateway and management solution that empowers true multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-prem freedom.

  • Go Beyond AWS

    The freedom to deploy anywhere—Kubernetes, Nomad, VMs, etc.—helps teams scale operations, accelerate time-to-market, boost agility, and optimize resource utilization through seamless workload migration and expansion.

  • Maximize Protocol Flexibility

    Support HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TCP, UDP, gRPC, WebSockets, and advanced routing logic with ease to maximize operational flexibility, scalability, and performance.

  • All-In-One Security & Extensibility

    Shore up security with built-in WAF (OWASP-endorsed), robust authN and authZ options (LDAP, OIDC, etc.), and a rich plugin ecosystem—no extra services required.

  • Open Observability

    Monitor metrics and traces with OpenTelemetry for a vendor-neutral approach to data collection, comprehensive cross-stack visibility, and swift incident mitigation.

  • Predictable Pricing

    Lock in cluster-based pricing without per-request surprises, and scale your operations confidently without ballooning fees.

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