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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Gloo Gateway vs Hatchet
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Gloo Gateway and Hatchet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:reliability
Gloo Gateway vs Hatchet: at a glance
What is Gloo Gateway?
Gloo Gateway ports its restart and empty-config fixes to 1.21; 1.19 gets only dependency bumps.
Gloo Gateway maintains the 1.19, 1.20 and 1.21 lines in parallel. The 13 November batch brings the 1.20 restart fixes to 1.21.20: setup no longer restarts before its first xDS sync, a failed reconcile stops sending empty configs to Envoys, the Proxy store survives a setup re-run, and translation retries with backoff while keeping the last good snapshot. 1.20.32 adds that retry logic to 1.20, and 1.19.28 is dependency updates only.
What is Hatchet?
Hatchet chases DAG crash loops through three engine patches in a day.
Hatchet added sandboxes, Labs switches and cloud MFA in early November. The week since has been engine reliability: v0.120.3 batches DAG step triggers, v0.120.4 fixes stranded match rows and prunes database partitions before locking, and v0.120.5 removes another cause of DAG crash loops. Python SDK 1.46.0 makes it easier to unit-test tasks and passes failures to cleanup dependencies.
Gloo Gateway vs Hatchet: editorial side-by-side
Gloo Gateway
5.0INFRA · APIS
Gloo Gateway ports its restart and empty-config fixes to 1.21; 1.19 gets only dependency bumps.
◆ Current state
Gloo Gateway maintains the 1.19, 1.20 and 1.21 lines in parallel. The 13 November batch brings the 1.20 restart fixes to 1.21.20: setup no longer restarts before its first xDS sync, a failed reconcile stops sending empty configs to Envoys, the Proxy store survives a setup re-run, and translation retries with backoff while keeping the last good snapshot. 1.20.32 adds that retry logic to 1.20, and 1.19.28 is dependency updates only.
◆ Where it's heading
Three weeks of releases have centred on one failure mode: what happens to live Envoy config when gloo restarts or a reconcile fails. Each patch narrows the window where proxies get empty or stale config, and the fixes now reach all three supported lines except 1.19.
◆ Prediction
Expect the retry-and-keep-last-good-snapshot fix to be backported to 1.19 next, or 1.19 to stay on dependency bumps only; the entries do not show a new feature line.
Hatchet
6.3INFRA · APIS
Hatchet chases DAG crash loops through three engine patches in a day.
◆ Current state
Hatchet added sandboxes, Labs switches and cloud MFA in early November. The week since has been engine reliability: v0.120.3 batches DAG step triggers, v0.120.4 fixes stranded match rows and prunes database partitions before locking, and v0.120.5 removes another cause of DAG crash loops. Python SDK 1.46.0 makes it easier to unit-test tasks and passes failures to cleanup dependencies.
◆ Where it's heading
After a burst of features, Hatchet is tuning the engine under load: fewer locks, batched triggers and crash-loop fixes. The SDKs are getting testing and correctness work to match.
◆ Prediction
Expect more v0.120.x patches on DAG handling, then a sandbox package out of release candidate.
Alternatives to Gloo Gateway and Hatchet
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Shuffle
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KrakenD
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Recent activity from Gloo Gateway and Hatchet
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 16h agoHatchetHatchet v0.120.5 fixes another DAG crash loop
- 16h agoHatchetPython SDK 1.46.0
- 19h agoHatchetHatchet v0.120.4 fixes stranded match rows
- 21h agoHatchetv0.120.4 alpha prunes partitions before locking
- 1d agoHatchetHatchet sandbox package 0.1.5 release candidate
- 1d agoGloo Gateway1.21.20 waits for first xDS sync and stops empty Envoy configs
- 1d agoGloo Gateway1.20.32 retries failed translation and keeps last good config
- 1d agoGloo Gateway1.19.28: Go 1.26.11, containerd and Helm dependency bumps
- 1d agoHatchetHatchet v0.120.3 batches DAG step triggers
- 3d agoGloo Gateway1.20.31 fixes vanishing rate limits and stale ext-auth again
- 6d agoGloo Gateway1.19.27 bumps klauspost/compress to v1.18.7
- 6d agoGloo Gateway1.20.30 fixes vanishing rate limits and stale ext-auth secrets
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Gloo Gateway and Hatchet?
Both compete on the same themes — reliability — within Infra & APIs. Hatchet is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. 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 Hatchet?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hatchet is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. 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 Hatchet?
Top Hatchet alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hatchet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hatchet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.