Contour comparisons

Free#4 of 28 in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers

Contour is compared head-to-head with Traefik Proxy, NGINX Ingress Controller and Kong Ingress Controller and more: 7 head-to-heads in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Contour head-to-head

• Contour vs Traefik Proxy
• Contour vs NGINX Ingress Controller
• Contour vs Kong Ingress Controller
• Contour vs HAProxy Ingress
• Contour vs kgateway
• Contour vs Apache APISIX
• Contour vs Envoy Gateway

Contour vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Ingress API model	TLS automation	Canary routing	Rate limiting	Web application firewall	Score
4	Contour	Yes	Free	Both	Yes	Yes	Yes		9.0
1	Traefik Proxy	Yes	Free				Yes	Yes	9.3
2	NGINX Ingress Controller	Yes		Ingress	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.2
3	Kong Ingress Controller	Yes	Free	Both	Yes		Yes		9.1
5	HAProxy Ingress	Yes	Free	Both	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.9
6	kgateway	Yes	Free	Both	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.8
7	Apache APISIX	Yes	Free						8.7
8	Envoy Gateway	Yes	Free						8.6

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Compared by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

Last updated 7 Oct 2026 · How we research and update