AWS App Mesh vs. Istio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS App Mesh
Score 8.2 out of 10
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AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for services to communicate with each other across multiple types of compute infrastructure. App Mesh aims to give end-to-end visibility and high-availability for applications. There is no additional charge for using AWS App Mesh. Users pay for the AWS resources (EC2 instances or requested Fargate CPU and memory) consumed by the proxy that is deployed alongside containers.N/A
Istio
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Istio is an open source service mesh that layers transparently onto existing distributed applications. Istio’s features provide a uniform way to secure, connect, and monitor services. Istio is the path to load balancing, service-to-service authentication, and monitoring.N/A
Pricing
AWS App MeshIstio
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AWS App MeshIstio
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 8.7 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 8.7 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
AWS App MeshIstio
Likelihood to Recommend
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User Testimonials
AWS App MeshIstio
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Useful in scenarios where we use a complex microservices-based implementation with the complexity of inter-service communication. Can use App Mesh with services running on any compute services such as Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Amazon EC2. Can be used to isolate errors and pinpoint the error location and also to re-route.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Standardization of microservices communication.
  • Traceability and visibility of communication across microservices.
  • Identify and Isolate issues in microservices communication.
  • Monitoring and sending data to CloudWatch.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Increase the limit of for a set of resources: virtual nodes and virtual gateways.
  • Expert availability: not easy to find experts.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Istio is high on operational costs as compared to AppMesh. HIgher learning curve for Istio as compared to AppMesh. Multi cluster support in AWS. App Mesh has IAM integration which is a plus for AWS workloads.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • High ROI as it facilitates operational monitoring and root cause analysis.
  • Ensures to re-route and distribute traffic sustaining operational availability and performance - +ve for ROI.
  • Service discovery enables service run time governance - +ve for ROI.
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