Cilium vs Istio
CiliumContainer Networking
Free (open source)Published price
IstioService Mesh Platforms
Free (open source)Published price
Cilium Container Networking eBPF-based networking, observability, and security for Kubernetes. | Istio Service Mesh Platforms Simplify observability, traffic management, security, and policy. | |
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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. | Istio is an open-source service mesh that provides traffic management, security, and observability for microservices running on Kubernetes. |
| 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… | Free (open source) Free and open source (Apache 2.0, a CNCF graduated project). The software itself has no license fee or paid tier; costs come only from your own infrastructure. Commercial support… |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2016 | 2017 |
| Team size | 51-200 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote (CNCF/Isovalent) | Remote (CNCF) |
| Featured clients | Google, Bell Canada, Sky | Airbnb, eBay, Salesforce |