Istio vs. Kong Konnect

Istio

5 Reviews and Ratings

Kong Konnect

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Istio	Score 9.6 out of 10	N/A	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
Kong Konnect	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	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

Pricing

Istio

Kong Konnect

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Plus: $250
Service/Month
Enterprise: Custom

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Istio	Kong Konnect
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Istio	Kong Konnect
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Load balancing
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Community support Minus Easy integration

Best Alternatives
	Istio	Kong Konnect
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Red Hat OpenShift Score 8.8 out of 10	Red Hat OpenShift Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Red Hat OpenShift Score 8.8 out of 10	Red Hat OpenShift Score 8.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Istio	Kong Konnect
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Istio	Kong Konnect
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Open Source No answers on this topic	Kong, Inc Application orchestration Error tracing Analyzing traffic Load balancing Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Open Source No answers on this topic	Kong, Inc Community support Sample projects for easy integration Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Open Source No answers on this topic	Kong, Inc Increased application efficiency Reduced system downtown Significantly improved error resolution Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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