Cilium vs Gloo Mesh
CiliumContainer Networking
Free (open source)Published price
Gloo MeshService Mesh Platforms
CustomPublished price
Cilium Container Networking eBPF-based networking, observability, and security for Kubernetes. | Gloo Mesh Service Mesh Platforms Production-Ready Istio with Ambient Mode | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Container Networking | Service Mesh Platforms |
| What it is | Cilium is an open-source eBPF-based networking, observability, and security platform for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments. | Multi-cluster service mesh product from Solo.io managing Istio with global policy, security, and observability. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Free (open source) Cilium is a CNCF graduated open-source project under Apache 2.0 with no license fee or paid tier on the upstream project. Commercial hardened distributions and 24x7 support are so… | Custom No public price list; enterprise pricing is quoted per environment/use case. A free open-source Core tier offers mTLS, traffic management, and Kubernetes Gateway API support; Gloo… |
| Pricing model | Free | Custom quote |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2016 | 2018 |
| Team size | 51-200 employees | 251-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote (CNCF/Isovalent) | Cambridge, MA |
| Featured clients | Google, Bell Canada, Sky | Not available |