Cilium vs Zinc
CiliumContainer Networking
Free (open source)Published price
ZincObservability Platforms
FreePublished price
Cilium Container Networking eBPF-based networking, observability, and security for Kubernetes. | Zinc Observability Platforms High-performance, unified observability for the AI era. 140x lower storage cost. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Container Networking | Observability Platforms |
| What it is | Cilium is an open-source eBPF-based networking, observability, and security platform for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments. | Lightweight alternative to Elasticsearch for full-text search written in Go with significantly lower resource requirements. |
| 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 A no-cost or open-source edition is publicly available. No reliable current numeric price for a paid plan was verified, so paid or enterprise pricing requires vendor confirmation. |
| Pricing model | Free | Not available |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2016 | 2021 |
| Team size | 51-200 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote (CNCF/Isovalent) | Remote |
| Featured clients | Google, Bell Canada, Sky | Not available |