Greymatter comparisons
Greymatter is compared head-to-head with Istio, Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh and Google Cloud Service Mesh and more: 7 head-to-heads in Service Mesh Platforms, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Greymatter head-to-head
- Greymatter vs Istio
- Greymatter vs Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
- Greymatter vs Google Cloud Service Mesh
- Greymatter vs HashiCorp Consul
- Greymatter vs Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd
- Greymatter vs Linkerd
- Greymatter vs Tetrate Service Bridge
Greymatter vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Proxy architecture | mTLS support | Traffic policies | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Greymatter | No | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.4 | |
| 1 | Istio | Yes | Free | Self_hosted | Both | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh | No | $0.98/unit usage-based | Managed | Both | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 3 | Google Cloud Service Mesh | No | $0.50/unit/mo | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 4 | HashiCorp Consul | Yes | Hybrid | Sidecar | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 5 | Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd | Yes | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 6 | Linkerd | Yes | Free | Self_hosted | Sidecar | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
| 8 | Tetrate Service Bridge | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.3 |
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