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Provides traffic management and its mutual TLS authentication helps control the access policies
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  • "It is on the less expensive side. It provides a significant saving for us in terms of cost and other things. It is open-source. We just download it from the open-source framework and use it."
  • "You can deploy Istio free of cost and don't need to pay for it."
  • "We use the tool's open-source version, so there are no hidden fees or additional costs associated with it."

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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.

    Connect
    Intelligently control the flow of traffic and API calls between services, conduct a range of tests, and upgrade gradually with red/black deployments.

    Secure
    Automatically secure your services through managed authentication, authorization, and encryption of communication between services.

    Control
    Apply policies and ensure that they’re enforced, and that resources are fairly distributed among consumers.

    Observe
    See what's happening with rich automatic tracing, monitoring, and logging of all your services.

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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Buoyant Linkerd is ranked 10th in Service Mesh while Istio is ranked 1st in Service Mesh with 6 reviews. Buoyant Linkerd is rated 0.0, while Istio is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Istio writes "Provides traffic management and its mutual TLS authentication helps control the access policies". Buoyant Linkerd is most compared with NGINX Service-Mesh and VMware Tanzu Service Mesh, whereas Istio is most compared with NGINX Service-Mesh, Kong Mesh, VMware Tanzu Service Mesh, HAProxy and AWS App Mesh.

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