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Best Solo Enterprise for Istio Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

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

Solo Enterprise for Istio alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AWS App Mesh6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, 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
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Questions about Solo Enterprise for Istio alternatives

What is the best alternative to Solo Enterprise for Istio?

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

What is the best free alternative to Solo Enterprise for Istio?

AWS App Mesh is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 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.