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Linkerd is an ultralight CNCF-graduated service mesh providing mTLS, observability, and reliability with minimal overhead.

Pricing

Free (open source)

Founded

2016

Team size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

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Pricing model

Free

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About Linkerd

Linkerd is a lightweight, open-source service mesh for Kubernetes that adds observability, reliability and security to service-to-service communication. The core project is governed through the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and can be downloaded and used without a commercial license fee. Third parties offer enterprise support and managed services separately, but those are not Linkerd product prices.

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Pricing model: Free

Free trial: No

Free plan: Yes

Contract minimum: Not specified

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