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Envoy Proxy vs. IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Envoy Proxy
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Envoy Proxy is an open-source Layer 7 (and Layer 4) proxy. It runs as a sidecar next to services, as an edge proxy in front of a cluster, or as the data plane under a control plane. In a Service Mesh, every hop of east-west traffic can flow through Envoy so routing, retries, mutual TLS, and observability sit in one process instead of in each application. It does not execute application business logic and it does not run model weights.N/A
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Envoy ProxyIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Envoy ProxyIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Features
Envoy ProxyIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Envoy Proxy
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Ratings
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
8.0
5 Ratings
3% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
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User Ratings
Envoy ProxyIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Envoy ProxyIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
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IBM
Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.
Sachin Kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros
Open Source
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IBM
  • Layers transparently onto existing applications
  • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
  • Creates metrics for usage
Michael French | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Senior Manager Workforce Planning - Project Managment
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Cons
Open Source
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IBM
  • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
  • Better technical user guidance.
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Support Rating
Open Source
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IBM
Training and usage support available
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
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IBM
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Return on Investment
Open Source
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IBM
  • It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
  • One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
  • It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
  • It reduced the number of labor hours.
Sachin Kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sachin Kumar
Infrastructure Engineer
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