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Best Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kong Gateway
  2. 2
    Traefik Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.4
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Traefik Mesh
  3. 3
    AWS App Mesh Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs AWS App Mesh
  4. 4
    Kuma Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kuma
  5. 5
    Network Service Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Network Service Mesh
  6. 6
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs HashiCorp Nomad
  7. 7
    Tetrate Service Bridge apiself-hostedWeb 6.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tetrate Service Bridge
  8. 8
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
  9. 9
    Greymatter Free trial apiself-hosted 6.7
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Greymatter
  10. 10
    VMware Tanzu Platform apiself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs VMware Tanzu Platform
  11. 12
    Flomesh Service Mesh Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free5.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Flomesh Service Mesh
  12. 13
    Istio Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free5.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Istio
  13. 14
    Linkerd Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free5.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Linkerd
  14. 15
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free5.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs VMware Workstation Pro
  15. 16
    Google Cloud Service Mesh Web 5.6
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Google Cloud Service Mesh
  16. 17
    Solo Enterprise for Istio self-hosted 5.3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Solo Enterprise for Istio
  17. 18
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  18. 19
    Tencent TSF Mesh Web 5.3
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tencent TSF Mesh
  19. 20
    Kong Mesh Web 5.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kong Mesh

Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Kong Gateway7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
2Traefik Mesh7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
3AWS App Mesh7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
4Kuma7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
5Network Service Mesh7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
6HashiCorp Nomad6.9API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Tetrate Service Bridge6.9API, self-hosted, Web
8Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines6.8API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9Greymatter6.7NoAPI, self-hosted
10VMware Tanzu Platform6.7API, self-hosted, Web
12Flomesh Service Mesh5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
13Istio5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
14Linkerd5.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
15VMware Workstation Pro5.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
16Google Cloud Service Mesh5.6Web
17Solo Enterprise for Istio5.3self-hosted
18Tencent Cloud CDN5.3NoCNY 21/moWeb
19Tencent TSF Mesh5.3Web
20Kong Mesh5.2Web
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Questions about Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd alternatives

What is the best alternative to Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd?

Kong Gateway, number 1 in service mesh platforms with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Traefik Mesh, AWS App Mesh, Kuma and 15 more.

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

Kong Gateway 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 on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.