# introduce

Contour is an open source Kubernetes Ingress controller that uses Envoy as the data plane.
Contour supports dynamic configuration updates and a multi-team ingress agent out of the box, while maintaining a lightweight configuration file.

## Contour vs Nginx Ingress

- Separation of data plane and control plane
- Easy to manage
- Performance advantage
- Easier to use declarative syntax
- More comprehensive monitoring metrics
- Support for Gateway API