Istio vs Kong
IstioService Mesh Platforms
Free (open source)Published price
KongAPI Management
$250+ / monthPublished price
Istio Service Mesh Platforms Simplify observability, traffic management, security, and policy. | Kong API Management API management. For everyone. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Service Mesh Platforms | API Management |
| What it is | Istio is an open-source service mesh that provides traffic management, security, and observability for microservices running on Kubernetes. | Kong provides an API platform that manages, secures, and observes APIs and microservices across cloud-native environments with the open-source Kong Gateway at its core. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | 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… | $250+ / month Open Source: Free - Core gateway Kong Konnect Plus: Starting at $250/month - Managed platform Kong Konnect Enterprise: Custom pricing - Advanced governance |
| 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 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Team size | 1-10 employees | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote (CNCF) | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | Airbnb, eBay, Salesforce | Nasdaq, Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline |