AWS App Mesh vs. Kong Konnect

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
Kong Konnect
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Kong Inc. is a cloud connectivity company headquartered in San Francisco. They are the creator and primary supporter of Kong, the open-source Microservice API gateway, and offer Kong Konnect, an enterprise-tier platform that delivers connectivity and visibility for services in multi-cloud environments.
$250
per month
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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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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Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
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Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Testimonials
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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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Kong, Inc
Using Kong [Konnect]'s declarative settings, a user may control traffic, automate deployment, and maintain container-based software after it's deployed. In addition, it handles the whole lifecycle of service management. Installation, management, and operation of Kong [Konnects]'s cloud-native connection runtimes may be performed in any cloud or Kubernetes provider environment, as well as on-premises environments. In order to optimise their services and transactions, users may keep track of their services and transactions in real-time via real-time monitoring.
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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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Kong, Inc
  • Application orchestration
  • Error tracing
  • Analyzing traffic
  • Load balancing
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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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Kong, Inc
  • Community support
  • Sample projects for easy integration
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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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Kong, Inc
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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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Kong, Inc
  • Increased application efficiency
  • Reduced system downtown
  • Significantly improved error resolution
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