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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Gloo Gateway vs GravityKit
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Gloo Gateway and GravityKit — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Gloo Gateway vs GravityKit: at a glance
What is Gloo Gateway?
Gloo Gateway 1.20.30 reverses parts of 1.20.29 that dropped rate limits and ext-auth updates
Gloo Gateway maintains the 1.19, 1.20 and 1.21 lines in parallel. The 7 November 1.20.30 release fixes regressions from 1.20.29: rate-limit rules could vanish after a Settings or namespace change, and a failed reconcile stopped AuthConfig and Secret changes, including deleted API keys, from reaching the ext-auth server. 1.19.27 only bumps a compression library.
What is GravityKit?
GravityKit's latest Launch Log is security fixes plus Parent Entry ID fields.
GravityKit ships a weekly Launch Log across its Gravity Forms add-ons. The November 6 log is mostly security fixes in Entry Tags, GravityEdit, GravityExport Lite and GravityView, plus Parent Entry ID fields and User Registration fixes in Edit Entry. October's bigger items were Visual Merge Tags, AI-built boards, AI-managed calendars and live DataTables totals.
Gloo Gateway vs GravityKit: editorial side-by-side
Gloo Gateway
5.0INFRA · APIS
Gloo Gateway 1.20.30 reverses parts of 1.20.29 that dropped rate limits and ext-auth updates
◆ Current state
Gloo Gateway maintains the 1.19, 1.20 and 1.21 lines in parallel. The 7 November 1.20.30 release fixes regressions from 1.20.29: rate-limit rules could vanish after a Settings or namespace change, and a failed reconcile stopped AuthConfig and Secret changes, including deleted API keys, from reaching the ext-auth server. 1.19.27 only bumps a compression library.
◆ Where it's heading
The 1.20 line is going through repeated reliability fixes around restarts and setup re-runs, and each fix has changed behaviour enough to need a follow-up. Work is concentrated on control-plane correctness rather than new features.
◆ Prediction
Expect a 1.21 backport of the 1.20.30 setup-run and ext-auth fixes, since the earlier stale-endpoint fix shipped across all three lines.
GravityKit
5.0INFRA · APIS
GravityKit's latest Launch Log is security fixes plus Parent Entry ID fields.
◆ Current state
GravityKit ships a weekly Launch Log across its Gravity Forms add-ons. The November 6 log is mostly security fixes in Entry Tags, GravityEdit, GravityExport Lite and GravityView, plus Parent Entry ID fields and User Registration fixes in Edit Entry. October's bigger items were Visual Merge Tags, AI-built boards, AI-managed calendars and live DataTables totals.
◆ Where it's heading
The suite alternates feature weeks, often AI-assistant hooks into boards, calendars and migrations, with maintenance weeks heavy on security patches. Linking entries across forms keeps growing alongside Multiple Forms 1.0 from September.
◆ Prediction
Expect next week's log to return to a feature headline, likely more AI-assistant control in another add-on, alongside further security fixes.
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Recent activity from Gloo Gateway and GravityKit
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoGloo Gateway1.19.27 bumps klauspost/compress to v1.18.7
- 2d agoGloo Gateway1.20.30 fixes vanishing rate limits and stale ext-auth secrets
- 4d agoGravityKitGravityKit adds Parent Entry ID fields and patches four add-ons
- 6d agoGloo Gateway1.20.29: failed reconcile no longer empties Envoy configs
- 11d agoGravityKitLaunch Log: Live DataTables totals, a Remove Data option, and rounding for Number field merge tags
- 18d agoGravityKitGravityKit adds slider search and AI calendar management
- 19d agoGloo GatewayFix for proxies stuck on stale endpoints; Go 1.26.10
- 19d agoGloo Gateway1.20 backport of the stale-endpoint fix; Go 1.26.10
- 19d agoGloo Gateway1.19 backport of the stale-endpoint fix; Go 1.26.10
- 25d agoGravityKitGravityKit adds AI-built boards and inline Entry Tags editing
- 1mo agoGravityKitLaunch Log: Search Everything matches what fields show, steadier map searches, and security updates
- 1mo agoGravityKitAnnouncing Visual Merge Tags: tags you can read, edit, and preview in Gravity Forms
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Gloo Gateway and GravityKit?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Gloo Gateway and GravityKit are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Gloo Gateway better than GravityKit?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Gloo Gateway and GravityKit are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Gloo Gateway?
Top Gloo Gateway alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Gloo Gateway alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/gloo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to GravityKit?
Top GravityKit alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "GravityKit alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/gravitykit for the full list with editorial commentary on each.