Buoyant Linkerd vs HashiCorp Consul comparison

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We performed a comparison between Buoyant Linkerd and HashiCorp Consul based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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    Top Answer:The product's most valuable features are support for Service Mesh TLS and canary deployment.
    Top Answer:They could improve issues related to triggering generic deployments for the platform. We have raised multiple support cases. They could enhance the integration approach with Service Mesh tools… more »
    Top Answer:I recommend HashiCorp Consul for beginners. It is a stable tool. The key-vault storage feature has significantly enhanced our configuration management process. We have maintained the secret software… more »
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    Linkerd
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    Overview

    Ultralight, ultrafast, no-hype service mesh
    Linkerd gives you observability, reliability, and security for your microservices — with no code change required. Fully open source and CNCF-hosted.

    Multiple clouds and private datacenters with dynamic IPs, ephemeral containers, dominated by east-west traffic, no clear network perimeters.

    CONSUL APPROACH
    -Centralized registry to locate any service
    -Services discovered and connected with centralized policies
    -Network automated in service of applications
    -Zero trust network enforced by identity-based security policies

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    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Buoyant Linkerd is ranked 10th in Service Mesh while HashiCorp Consul is ranked 6th in Service Mesh with 3 reviews. Buoyant Linkerd is rated 0.0, while HashiCorp Consul is rated 7.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of HashiCorp Consul writes "A scalable solution that can be used to perform health checks of applications and services". Buoyant Linkerd is most compared with NGINX Service-Mesh and VMware Tanzu Service Mesh, whereas HashiCorp Consul is most compared with AWS App Mesh, NGINX Service-Mesh, Kong Mesh, VMware Tanzu Service Mesh and Istio.

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