Istio
Istio revolutionizes cloud-native application management by enhancing Kubernetes with robust traffic management, security, and observability features. Its ambient mode simplifies service connectivity without sidecars, while enabling seamless service-to-service security through mTLS. Istio empowers users to optimize performance, control traffic flows, and implement resilient deployments effortlessly. Join industry peers at Istio Day Europe to explore innovations.
Top Istio Alternatives
Netmaker
Netmaker revolutionizes virtual networking by providing seamless access to private networks, even in hard-to-reach areas.
AWS App Mesh
AWS App Mesh streamlines application-level networking, enabling seamless communication among services across diverse computing environments like Amazon EC2, ECS, EKS, and Fargate.
Calisti
Calisti enhances security, observability, and traffic management for microservices and cloud-native applications.
Anthos Service Mesh
Anthos Service Mesh is a fully managed service mesh that seamlessly integrates Envoy and Istio, simplifying the management of microservices across diverse environments—VMs, containers, and serverless.
Kuma
Kuma 2.9.0, built on Envoy, empowers enterprises with a versatile control plane for Microservices and Service Mesh.
F5 Aspen Mesh
F5 Aspen Mesh is an Istio-based service mesh designed for seamless migration to 5G's service-based architecture.
Buoyant Cloud
It simplifies traffic management with automated load balancing, failover, and dynamic routing, while ensuring consistent...
F5 NGINX Gateway Fabric
It enhances application connectivity by implementing the Kubernetes Gateway API, leveraging the high-performance NGINX data...
Gloo Mesh
By leveraging Istio’s ambient mode, it eliminates the need for resource-intensive sidecars, enhancing security and...
Apache ServiceComb
It adheres to the OpenAPI specification, offering features like configuration management, service discovery, dynamic routing...
Kong Mesh
With built-in service discovery and zero-trust security, it enhances observability and enables efficient migrations, transforming...
Cisco Service Mesh Manager
It facilitates independent deployment and maintenance of services, allowing businesses to accelerate their digital transformation...
Traefik Mesh
It provides robust monitoring, logging, and access control features, enabling administrators to improve application performance...
Valence
It automates the detection of suspicious activities across both human and non-human identities, facilitating collaboration...
Meshery
It features REST and GraphQL APIs, dynamic WebAssembly filter management, and centralized multi-cluster operations...
Top Istio Features
- Programmable application-aware network
- Ambient mode General Availability
- Zero-trust tunnel security
- Layer 4 performance optimization
- Layer 7 features with Envoy
- Simple mTLS authentication
- Comprehensive authorization mechanisms
- End-to-end encryption capabilities
- Detailed telemetry generation
- Consistent networking management
- Easy traffic routing rules
- Service-level configuration simplification
- Out-of-box failure recovery
- A/B testing support
- Canary rollouts facilitation
- Staged rollouts with traffic splits
- Deep application visibility
- Developer overhead reduction
- Multi-provider implementation support
- One-click installation options
