Envoy is an open-source, high-performance edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Originally built by Lyft, it provides a transparent network mesh to manage service-to-service communication, observability, and resilience in complex microservices environments.
Brand Authority Index (BAI): 92/100
Archetype: Challenger
Category: Infrastructure Software
https://optimly.ai/brand/envoy-proxy-cloud-native
Last analyzed: April 11, 2026
Founded: 2016 (First release)
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA (CNCF/Linux Foundation)