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Best Solo Enterprise for Istio Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

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

Solo Enterprise for Istio 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
11Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd5.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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
18Tencent Cloud CDN5.3NoCNY 21/moWeb
19Tencent TSF Mesh5.3Web
20Kong Mesh5.2Web
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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 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Traefik Mesh, AWS App Mesh, Kuma 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 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.