IBM Cloud Managed Istio vs. Kalix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Kalix
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Kalix is a microservices and API development PaaS that enables users to build data-centric, cloud-native services, a "Zero Ops" solution leaving developers with no need to care about underlying infrastructure, databases, message brokers, caches, service meshes, and API gateways.N/A
Pricing
IBM Cloud Managed IstioKalix
Editions & Modules
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IBM Cloud Managed IstioKalix
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM Cloud Managed IstioKalix
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Features
IBM Cloud Managed IstioKalix
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
8.0
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Kalix
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud Managed IstioKalix
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud Managed IstioKalix
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Pros
IBM
  • Layers transparently onto existing applications
  • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
  • Creates metrics for usage
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Cons
IBM
  • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
  • Better technical user guidance.
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Support Rating
IBM
Training and usage support available
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
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Return on Investment
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.
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Lightbend, Inc
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