The Service Mesh Landscape
Comparison of Service Mesh Strengths
Linkerd
Time to Value, Performance
Istio
Powerful Feature Set, Extensibility
Consul
Support for Non-Kubernetes Workloads
NGINX Service Mesh
Interoperability with Existing Ingresses
Network Service Mesh
Layer2 and Layer3 Functions
Service Mesh Timeline
NGINX Service Mesh
September 2020
Open Service Mesh
August 2020
Citrix Service Mesh
September 2019
Kuma
September 2019
App Mesh
November 2018
Service Mesh Comparison Matrix
- Categories
- Non-Functional
- Functional
- Tools
Service Mesh
Client Library
Load Balancer
Service Mesh Interface Compliance
Is your service mesh compliant? Find out.
- Test Set v0.4.9
| Service Mesh | Mesh Version | Traffic Access v1alpha1 | Traffic Split v1alpha1 | Traffic Spec v1alpha1 | % Passed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.6.0 |  | | | 49.6% |
 | v1.4.1 | | | | 49.6% |
 | v2.9.2 | | | | 47.8% |
| v0.7 | | | | 49.6% |
 | v1.6.7 | | | | 50% |
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