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    Traefik Labs

    Ingress controller and API gateway for Kubernetes.

    FRFrance·Founded 2016
    Headquarters
    🇫🇷France
    Data Hosting
    GermanyFrance
    Structure
    Independent
    Compliance
    ▣GDPR◆EU HQ▦EU Data

    Traefik Labs key facts

    Last updated
    Legal entity
    Traefik Labs SAS
    Headquarters
    France (FR)
    Ownership
    Independent
    Founded
    2016
    Data hosting
    Germany, France, United States
    Infrastructure
    Self-hosted/Multi-cloud
    Deployment
    SaaS
    Open source
    Yes
    US Cloud Act exposure
    Low (no US parent)
    Certifications
    SOC2 Type II (Enterprise)
    Replaces
    NGINX Service Mesh, HAProxy, Istio, Envoy Proxy, Kong Gateway, F5 NGINX Plus

    About Traefik Labs

    Traefik Labs provides a unified platform for cloud-native application connectivity. Its flagship product, Traefik Proxy, is an open-source reverse proxy and load balancer that manages incoming requests by automatically discovering the right configuration for microservices. Unlike traditional proxies that require manual configuration, Traefik integrates with cluster tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS to update its routing rules in real-time. The company also offers Traefik Enterprise, which scales these capabilities for large-scale deployments with added security, API management, and support. By supporting modern protocols like HTTP/3 and SPIFFE, and integrating deeply with the Kubernetes ecosystem (including early adoption of the Gateway API), Traefik Labs enables DevOps teams to automate networking complexity in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

    Alternative to

    NGINX Service MeshHAProxyIstioEnvoy ProxyKong GatewayF5 NGINX Plus

    Target Segments

    SMBEnterprise

    Deployment Options

    SaaS

    Hosting & Security

    Infrastructure

    Self-hosted/Multi-cloud

    Certifications
    SOC2 Type II (Enterprise)

    Key Features

    Dynamic service discovery and automatic configuration
    HTTP and TCP-based routing and load balancing
    Layer 4 and Layer 7 routing capabilities blocks
    SSL/TLS termination with automatic certificate generation (ACME)
    Support for HTTP/3, SPIFFE, and Tailscale protocols
    Kubernetes Gateway API integration
    OpenTelemetry integration for tracing and metrics
    Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities

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