Quick Answer
Ingress is an older API with limited routing capabilities รขโฌโ host-based and path-based routing only, TLS termination, vendor-specific annotations for extra features. Gateway API is the newer, more expressive replacement รขโฌโ supports traffic splitting, header matching, backend weights, and multiple protocols natively. Gateway API is now GA and recommended for new deployments.
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Gateway API offers richer routing and team isolation; Ingress is simpler and older.
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