Apache APISIX vs LiteSpeed Ingress Controller

Apache APISIX

7.3 #3 in LLM gateways

About Apache APISIX

LiteSpeed Ingress Controller

5.4 #16 in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers

About LiteSpeed Ingress Controller
Apache APISIXLiteSpeed Ingress Controller
Free planNoNo
Free trialNoYes
Paid from—$59.58/mo
Open sourceNoNo
Platformsapi, Linux, self-hostedLinux, macOS, self-hosted, Web
Free planYesNo
Deployment modelself-hostedself-hosted
Paid from—65 /mo
Ingress API model—both
TLS automation—Yes
Canary routing—Yes
Rate limiting—Yes
Web application firewall—Yes
Auth policies—Yes

Both are listed in Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers. On Inferse, Apache APISIX scores higher on our published basis.