Solo.io
Solo.io is a leading provider of API gateway, service mesh, and internal developer portal solutions, recognized as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management.
Services
Solo.io specializes in providing comprehensive solutions for API gateway, service mesh, and internal developer portals. Their services are designed to meet the needs of various industries including education, financial services, government, manufacturing, and retail. The company offers free trials and demo requests for its products, facilitating an accessible entry point for potential customers. Solo.io also provides extensive documentation and training through Solo Academy, along with resources such as datasheets, ebooks, infographics, reports, videos, webinars, and white papers to support their offerings.
Products
Solo.io offers a range of products built on open-source technologies like Istio, Envoy, Kubernetes, Cilium, GraphQL, and WebAssembly. Their main products include Gloo Gateway, Gloo Mesh, and the Spotlight Developer Platform. Gloo Gateway is a Kubernetes-native gateway for API management and supports features like observability, traffic management, security, authentication, dynamic routing, and load balancing. Gloo Mesh provides enterprise-grade support for Istio and Cilium, offering multi-cluster insights, resilience, and security for service communications. The Spotlight Developer Platform is a secure internal developer platform with curated plugins, multi-cluster support, and a robust Insights engine.
Gloo Gateway
Solo.io's Gloo Gateway is a lightweight and highly scalable Kubernetes-native gateway designed for advanced API management. It offers powerful features including observability, traffic management, security, authentication, dynamic routing, and load balancing. Built on open-source technologies like Istio, Envoy, and Kubernetes, Gloo Gateway aims to simplify the connectivity and security of cloud-native services in multi-cloud environments. This product supports zero trust architecture and enables organizations to enforce security policies across distributed applications.
Gloo Mesh
Gloo Mesh by Solo.io provides robust support for Istio and Cilium, designed for service mesh management with enterprise-grade features. Gloo Mesh enables multi-cluster operations and provides advanced policy controls for traffic, security, and resiliency. It supports multi-cluster insights, resilience, and secure service communications. Gloo Mesh Core makes Istio adoption easier with health check dashboards and operational insights for faster troubleshooting, while Gloo Mesh Enterprise offers long-term support for Istio and Cilium, multi-tenancy, and integration with developer portals like Backstage.
Industry Solutions
Solo.io addresses the needs of various industries, including education, financial services, government, manufacturing, and retail, by providing tailored solutions with their Gloo products. Their solutions enhance connectivity, security, and operational efficiency for cloud-native services across different sectors. Solo.io's Gloo products are designed to work seamlessly with Kubernetes and microservices architectures, ensuring robust security and management for distributed applications. Enterprises use Gloo Gateway and Gloo Mesh to manage cloud-native application networking, ranging from small deployments to large-scale implementations.