Isovalent
Kubernetes Security
Enterprise eBPF platform from the creators of Cilium offering cloud-native networking, observability, and security.
Service mesh capabilities
Alternatives to Cilium
- 1Container Networking, Kubernetes Security
- 2Service Mesh Platforms, Container Orchestration
Istio
Service Mesh Platforms
Istio is an open-source service mesh that provides traffic management, security, and observability for microservices running on Kubernetes.
Free planFree trialTelemetry PlatformsMicroservices Management - 3Container Networking, Service Mesh Platforms
Envoy Proxy
Service Mesh Platforms
Envoy is an open-source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications, originally built at Lyft and now a CNCF graduated project.
Dynamic configuration via xds apisAdvanced load balancingDeep observability and distributed tracing - 4Kubernetes Platforms, Kubernetes Management
Harvester
Kubernetes Platforms
Open-source hyperconverged infrastructure solution built on Kubernetes providing VM management with integrated storage and networking.
Free planFree trialVirtual Desktop InfrastructureOpen Source Management - 5Kubernetes Management, Container Orchestration
Rook
Kubernetes Management
Open source cloud-native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes providing Ceph storage management capabilities.
Kubernetes native storage orchestrationAutomated scaling and self healing - 6Monitoring & Observability, Kubernetes Security
Inspektor
Monitoring & Observability
Microsoft Azure's open-source tool collection using eBPF to debug and observe Kubernetes clusters.
Free planKubernetes SecurityApplication Performance Monitoring - 7Monitoring & Observability, Observability Platforms
Pixie
Observability
Open source observability tool for Kubernetes using eBPF to automatically capture telemetry data without code instrumentation.
Pxl scripting languageCli based debugging interfaceLive ui for data exploration - 8Observability Platforms, Kubernetes Management
Metoro
Observability Platforms
Cloud native observability platform with tracing, metrics, and logs for Kubernetes
Free planFree trialSOC 2Tiered plansAI ObservabilityKubernetes Management - 9Kubernetes Security, Network Security
Tigera
Zero Trust Networking
Kubernetes networking and security company behind Project Calico providing microsegmentation, threat detection, and observability for K8s environments.
Kubernetes network policy enforcementMicrosegmentation and workload isolationEbpf based flow logging and observability - 10Kubernetes Management, Container Orchestration
Operator Framework
Kubernetes Management
Open source toolkit for managing Kubernetes native applications called operators with SDK and lifecycle manager.
Free planDeveloper ToolsDeployment Automation
