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Best Solo Enterprise for Istio Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Kong Gateway
  2. 2
    Traefik Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Traefik Mesh
  3. 3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin Free6.3
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd
  4. 4
    Flomesh Service Mesh Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.3
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Flomesh Service Mesh
  5. 5
    Istio Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.3
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Istio
  6. 6
    Kuma Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Kuma
  7. 7
    Linkerd Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Linkerd
  8. 8
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.3
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs VMware Workstation Pro
  9. 9
    AWS App Mesh Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.2
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs AWS App Mesh
  10. 10
    Network Service Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Network Service Mesh
  11. 11
    Google Cloud Service Mesh Web 6.0
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Google Cloud Service Mesh
  12. 12
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs HashiCorp Nomad
  13. 13
    Tetrate Service Bridge apiself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Tetrate Service Bridge
  14. 14
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
  15. 15
    Greymatter Free trial apiself-hosted 5.5
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Greymatter
  16. 16
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.5
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  17. 17
    Tencent TSF Mesh Web 5.5
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Tencent TSF Mesh
  18. 18
    VMware Tanzu Platform apiself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs VMware Tanzu Platform
  19. 19
    Kong Mesh Web 5.4
    Solo Enterprise for Istio vs Kong Mesh

Solo Enterprise for Istio alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Kong Gateway6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
2Traefik Mesh6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
3Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Flomesh Service Mesh6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
5Istio6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
6Kuma6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
7Linkerd6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
8VMware Workstation Pro6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
9AWS App Mesh6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
10Network Service Mesh6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
11Google Cloud Service Mesh6.0No—Web
12HashiCorp Nomad5.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Tetrate Service Bridge5.7No—API, self-hosted, Web
14Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Greymatter5.5No—API, self-hosted
16Tencent Cloud CDN5.5NoCNY 21/moWeb
17Tencent TSF Mesh5.5No—Web
18VMware Tanzu Platform5.5No—API, self-hosted, Web
19Kong Mesh5.4No—Web
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Questions about Solo Enterprise for Istio alternatives

What is the best alternative to Solo Enterprise for Istio?

Kong Gateway, number 1 in service mesh platforms with a score of 6.4 out of 10. The others here: Traefik Mesh, Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd, Flomesh Service Mesh and 15 more.

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

Kong Gateway 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 mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.