Istio vs. Kong Konnect vs. VMware Avi Load Balancer
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Istio | Score9 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 | Score8.2 out of 10 | N/A | Kong Konnect is a cloud-delivered platform for managing connectivity across APIs, AI services, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, event streams, and microservices. It provides centralized governance and observability while supporting gateway runtimes in customer-managed, hybrid, and Kong-managed cloud environments. | $250 per month |
VMware Avi Load Balancer | Score8.8 out of 10 | N/A | AVI Load balancer is a solution to Simplify application delivery with software-defined load balancers, web application firewall, and container ingress services for any application in any data center and cloud. It is available standalone and is now also available as an add-on to VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation. | N/A |
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