Istio Alternatives

Apps similar to Istio include Apache APISIX, which is free and open source. Other options are Kong, Cilium and AWS App Mesh. In total there are four apps like Istio for Linux, self-hosting, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Apache APISIX icon
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    Apache APISIX is an open-source cloud-native API gateway with dynamic, real-time and high-performance features, based on the NGINX library and etcd.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Kong icon
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    Kong is a scalable, open source API layer (also known as a API gateway, or API middleware). Kong runs in front of any RESTful API and is extended through plugins, which provide extra functionalities and services beyond the core platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Add your Service and Route on Kong
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  3. Cilium icon
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    A microservices-based application is split into small independent services that communicate with each other via APIs using lightweight protocols like HTTP, gRPC, Kafka and more. However, existing Linux network security mechanisms (e.g.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
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  4. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that makes it easy to monitor and control services. A service mesh is an infrastructure layer dedicated to handling service-to-service communication, usually through an array of lightweight network proxies deployed alongside the application code.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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