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Ambassador Edge Stack is a Kubernetes-native API Gateway that delivers the scalability, security, and simplicity for some of the world's largest Kubernetes installations

About Ambassador

Ambassador Edge Stack is a Kubernetes-native API Gateway that delivers the scalability, security, and simplicity for some of the world's largest Kubernetes installations. Edge Stack makes securing microservices easy with a comprehensive set of security functionality, including automatic TLS, authentication, rate limiting, WAF integration, and fine-grained access control.

The API Gateway contains a modern Kubernetes ingress controller that supports a broad range of protocols including gRPC and gRPC-Web, supports TLS termination, and provides traffic management controls for resource availability.

Why use Ambassador Edge Stack API Gateway?
- Accelerate Scalability: Manage high traffic volumes and distribute incoming requests across multiple backend services, ensuring reliable application performance.
- Enhanced Security: Protect your APIs from unauthorized access and malicious attacks with robust security features.
- Improve Productivity & Developer Experience

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How API Gateways Unlock Cloud Native Development

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Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Integrations

API:
Yes, Ambassador offers API access
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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
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Company Information

Ambassador Labs
Founded: 2014
United States
www.getambassador.io

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How API Gateways Unlock Cloud Native Development

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Ambassador Frequently Asked Questions

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Ambassador Product Features

API Management

API Design Supported
API Lifecycle Management Supported
Access Control Supported
Analytics Supported
Dashboard Supported
Developer Portal Supported
Testing Management Supported
Traffic Control Supported
Version Control Supported
Threat Protection Not Supported

API Testing

Validation Testing Not Supported
Functional Testing Not Supported
UI Testing Not Supported
Security Testing Not Supported
Load Testing Not Supported
Runtime and Error Detection Not Supported
Penetration Testing Not Supported
Fuzz Testing Not Supported

Application Development

Access Controls/Permissions Supported
Collaboration Tools Supported
Debugging Supported
Deployment Management Supported
Graphical User Interface Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Software Development Supported
Source Control Supported
Testing Management Supported
Version Control Supported
Web App Development Supported
Code Assistance Not Supported
Code Refactoring Not Supported
Compatibility Testing Not Supported
Data Modeling Not Supported
Mobile Development Not Supported
No-Code Not Supported

Container Management

Virtualization Not Supported
Application Development Not Supported
Build Automation Not Supported
Deployment Automation Not Supported
Container Storage Not Supported
Access Control Not Supported
Automatic Scaling Not Supported
Hybrid Deployments Not Supported
Shared File Systems Not Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Network Isolation Not Supported
Orchestration Not Supported
File Isolation Not Supported
Container Health Management Not Supported

Continuous Delivery

Build Log Not Supported
Continuous Integration Not Supported
Continuous Deployment Not Supported
Change Management Not Supported
Configuration Management Not Supported
Testing Management Not Supported
Quality Management Not Supported
Application Release Automation Not Supported
Build Automation Not Supported
Application Lifecycle Management Not Supported
Feature Toggles / Feature Flags Not Supported

DevOps

Approval Workflow Supported
Dashboard Supported
KPIs Supported
Policy Management Supported
Portfolio Management Supported
Prioritization Supported
Release Management Supported
Timeline Management Supported
Troubleshooting Reports Supported

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Ambassador Verified User Reviews

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  • Hamilton L.
    Co-founder
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
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    "Huge Improvements of Late"

    Posted 2023-05-31

    Pros: Save time. (Keeping your dev env up-to-date is important but time consuming as you scale your dev team).

    Save money (Per-development namespaces/clusters get expensive).

    Dev cluster consolidation saves massively.

    Collaboration using Preview URLs -You can share your dev env trivially with a single, secure URL. Front-end engineer wants a designer to check out your changes?

    Cons: Restarts; timeouts happen after long periods of inaction.

    Overall: Telepresence proxies your laptop into a remote cluster, so you can interact w/ remote services in the cluster as if they're running locally.

    With personal intercepts, you can develop in a *shared* cluster with *isolated* dev environments.


    Commercial edition enables per-user routing ("personal intercepts") while OSS is an all-or-nothing routing proposition ("global intercepts").

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