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Best Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd Alternatives in 2026

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19 apps from service mesh platforms ranked against Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    AWS App Mesh Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.6
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs AWS App Mesh
  2. 3
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kong Gateway
  3. 4
    Kuma Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kuma
  4. 5
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs VMware Workstation Pro
  5. 6
    Flomesh Service Mesh Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Flomesh Service Mesh
  6. 7
    Istio Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Istio
  7. 8
    Linkerd Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Linkerd
  8. 9
    Traefik Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Traefik Mesh
  9. 10
    Network Service Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Network Service Mesh
  10. 11
    Google Cloud Service Mesh Web 6.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Google Cloud Service Mesh
  11. 12
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs HashiCorp Nomad
  12. 13
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
  13. 14
    Tetrate Service Bridge apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tetrate Service Bridge
  14. 15
    Tencent TSF Mesh Web 5.3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tencent TSF Mesh
  15. 16
    VMware Tanzu Platform apiself-hostedWeb 5.3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs VMware Tanzu Platform
  16. 17
    Kong Mesh Web 5.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kong Mesh
  17. 18
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.0
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  18. 19
    Greymatter Free trial apiself-hosted 4.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Greymatter
  19. 20
    Solo Enterprise for Istio self-hosted 4.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Solo Enterprise for Istio

Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AWS App Mesh6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Kong Gateway6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Kuma6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
5VMware Workstation Pro6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
6Flomesh Service Mesh6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
7Istio6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
8Linkerd6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
9Traefik Mesh6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
10Network Service Mesh6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
11Google Cloud Service Mesh6.2Web
12HashiCorp Nomad5.6API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines5.4API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Tetrate Service Bridge5.4API, self-hosted, Web
15Tencent TSF Mesh5.3Web
16VMware Tanzu Platform5.3API, self-hosted, Web
17Kong Mesh5.2Web
18Tencent Cloud CDN5.0NoCNY 21/moWeb
19Greymatter4.9NoAPI, self-hosted
20Solo Enterprise for Istio4.9self-hosted
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Questions about Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd alternatives

What is the best alternative to Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd?

AWS App Mesh, number 1 in service mesh platforms with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Kong Gateway, Kuma, VMware Workstation Pro and 15 more.

What is the best free alternative to Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd?

AWS App Mesh is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 19 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.