# Saaras
Saaras provides EnRoute, a high-performance, cloud-native API Gateway and API Management solution built on the Envoy Proxy, specifically tailored for Kubernetes environments. The company focuses on accelerating developer productivity and automating security for modern, distributed applications. Their offerings aim to simplify connectivity and standardize security for applications deployed across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures. Saaras also provides an Istio distribution that can be used in FIPS environments.
Our team also helps companies with supporting their networking infrastructure needs.


## About
- A core differentiator is its foundation on Envoy Proxy, which enables the EnRoute gateway to offer high throughput, low latency, and robust scalability for demanding edge traffic.

- The platform is designed to significantly simplify the developer experience in Kubernetes by providing intuitive abstractions that consolidate Ingress and API Gateway functionalities, reducing setup time from weeks to hours.

- A distinct offering is its FIPS-ready Istio distribution, which specifically addresses the stringent security and compliance requirements of government agencies and regulated industries.


## Services
### Saaras EnRoute Ingress Gateway

- Unify ingress controller and API gateway functions into a single control plane to eliminate architectural complexity in Kubernetes environments. Centralize connectivity and security

- Standardize application workloads and connectivity patterns across hybrid cloud and multi-cloud infrastructures for consistent operations.

- Deploy and configure traffic management, security policies, and observability controls in hours rather than weeks through simplified developer abstractions.

- Extend platform functionality through a plugin-based architecture that adapts to specific organizational requirements without core system modifications.


### Saaras Istio FIPS Subscription
- Resolves the fundamental architectural paradox facing regulated organizations who require both service mesh modernization and FIPS cryptographic compliance - where standard Istio fails regulatory requirements and compliant alternatives abandon the Istio ecosystem entirely, this delivers both without forcing a choice between innovation and compliance.

- Transforms FedRAMP authorization from an 18-month cryptographic engineering project into a streamlined compliance workflow by providing pre-validated FIPS builds with Google BoringCrypto, eliminating the most technically complex and time-consuming barrier that delays regulated cloud-native deployments.

- Maintains zero upstream modifications while achieving FIPS validation, ensuring organizations retain full access to the Istio community ecosystem, third-party integrations, and future innovations without the architectural lock-in that typically accompanies regulatory compliance solutions.


## Unique Feature
- Highly scalable Kubernetes-Native API Gateway. Cut down the number of clusters required to scale your infrastructure by over 70%

- Delivers consistent application connectivity and security enforcement across hybrid and multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters through workload standardization frameworks, solving the configuration drift and policy fragmentation that occurs when organizations deploy different gateway solutions on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure

- Provides plugin-based extensibility without core system modifications, enabling organizations to adapt gateway behavior to specific requirements while maintaining upgrade compatibility and vendor support, unlike open-source solutions that require forking or commercial platforms that lock customers into vendor roadmaps
  

## Contact
- [Email](mailto:contact@saaras.io)  
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
- Founder: Chintan Thakker