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Envoy Gateway and Agent Router (EAIG)

Discover, build, deploy, and manage enterprise-grade plugins for Envoy Gateway and Agent Router (EAIG) — the open-source foundation for replacing Kong, MuleSoft, NGINX, Traefik, and Apigee.

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Why IMESH

Your long-term partner for Envoy Gateway and Agent Router (EAIG)

Build, deploy, and manage Envoy Gateway plugins faster. IMESH provides a complete plugin platform for extending Envoy Gateway with enterprise-grade security, lifecycle management, observability, CI/CD integration, and expert 24×7 engineering support to accelerate production adoption.

The Ecosystem

One gateway, extended for every workload

IMESH maintains a growing catalog of production-grade Envoy Gateway plugins across six categories — open source at the core, enterprise-hardened in production.

Developer Experience

Discover. Develop. Deploy. Manage.

01

Discover

Browse the plugin catalog by category, use case, or protocol.

02

Develop

Configure or extend a plugin for your integration and compliance needs.

03

Deploy

Ship to production on your Envoy Gateway clusters with zero downtime.

04

Manage

Monitor, version, and support plugins with IMESH behind you.

The Foundation

Why Envoy Gateway

Kubernetes Native

Built on Gateway API and Kubernetes CRDs — no bolt-on ingress controllers or legacy config languages.

CNCF Project

Backed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation with a growing, multi-vendor contributor base.

High Performance

Envoy's C++ data plane handles enterprise traffic volumes with sub-millisecond overhead.

Open Source

No per-node or per-request licensing. Pay for expertise, not for the software.

Built on Envoy Proxy

The same proxy running in production at Google, Lyft, Salesforce, and Stripe.

The AI Traffic Layer

Envoy AI Gateway, now Agent Router

Kubernetes-Native AI Routing

Route, secure, and observe LLM traffic through the same Gateway API model used for the rest of your infrastructure.

Built on Envoy Proxy

The same high-performance, battle-tested data plane behind Envoy Gateway — extended for AI-specific traffic.

Multi-Provider & Model Routing

Route across providers and models with failover, without rewriting application code.

Enterprise AI Governance

Token usage, cost, and policy controls extend naturally from your existing API governance model.

Open Source, No Lock-in

No proprietary runtime or per-token platform tax — pay for expertise and plugins, not for access to the gateway.

Introducing Agent Router

Agent Router

Envoy AI Gateway is evolving into Agent Router, the same Kubernetes native, Envoy powered foundation for AI traffic, rebuilt for a world of autonomous agents, tool calls, and multi model workflows. One gateway to route, secure, and govern everything your agents talk to.

One router for every agent

Unify LLM calls, tool invocations, and agent to agent traffic through a single Envoy based control plane.

Built on Envoy AI Gateway

Same Kubernetes native, Envoy powered foundation, extended for the next generation of AI workloads.

MCP and tool call aware

Native support for Model Context Protocol traffic, tool access control, and agent authentication.

Open Source, Community-Driven

Extensible by design

Every IMESH plugin is built on Envoy Gateway's open extension model. Fork it, contribute to it, or run it as-is — nothing is locked behind a proprietary runtime.

100%
Open extension model
8
Enterprise plugins shipped
CNCF
Built on a CNCF project
24×7
Support behind the code
Agent Router (EAIG) Plugins

Govern LLM traffic like any other API

IMESH plugins extend Agent Router (EAIG) with enterprise routing, security, and cost controls for production LLM workloads.

Flagship capability

LLM Routing

Route requests across models and providers based on cost, latency, or capability.

Provider Failover

Automatic failover between LLM providers to maintain availability.

Model Virtualization

Present a single stable API surface across multiple underlying models.

Prompt Security

Inspect and filter prompts and completions for sensitive data and abuse.

Cost Governance

Track and cap token spend per team, application, or model.

MCP Readiness

Built to support Model Context Protocol integrations as they mature.

Backed by IMESH

Enterprise support, when you need it

The plugins are open source. IMESH stands behind them with support, custom development, and migration services.

Enterprise Support

24×7 SRE-grade support with defined SLAs for production deployments.

Plugin Development

Custom Envoy extensions built for your integration and compliance needs.

Migration Expertise

Proven playbooks for cutting over from Kong, MuleSoft, NGINX, Traefik, and Apigee.

Kubernetes Specialists

Deep operational experience running Envoy Gateway at scale.

AI Gateway Experts

Hands-on experience routing, securing, and governing LLM traffic.

Total cost of ownership vs. licensed gateways*

Illustrative comparison — request a tailored assessment for your environment.

Capability
Kong
MuleSoft
NGINX Plus
Apigee
Envoy GW + IMESH
Licensing model
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Support by IMESH
Typical annual cost*
Very High
Very High
Medium
Very High
Free
Vendor lock-in
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
End-to-end cost
Millions of dollars
Millions of dollars
Millions of dollars
Millions of dollars
Minimal support cost

*Illustrative figures for comparison purposes only.

Total cost of ownership vs. AI gateway alternatives*

Illustrative comparison — request a tailored assessment for your environment.

Capability
LiteLLM
Portkey
Kong AI GW
Bifrost
Envoy AI GW + IMESH
Licensing model
Open source
Commercial / SaaS
Commercial add-on
Commercial
Support by IMESH
Typical annual cost*
Low–Medium
Medium–High
High
Medium–High
Free
Vendor lock-in
Low
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Kubernetes-native routing
Partial
Partial
Partial
No
Yes

*Illustrative figures for comparison purposes only. See full comparisons →

Start building with Envoy Gateway and Agent Router (EAIG) Plugins

Explore the catalog, or talk to an IMESH engineer about your use case.