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Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Istio comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 26, 2025

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Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd
Ranking in Service Mesh
10th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
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Istio
Ranking in Service Mesh
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Service Mesh category, the mindshare of Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd is 0.3%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Istio is 22.2%, up from 21.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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JETTI DINESH REDDY - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced microservice security and advanced traffic management and good authentification
When our developers are building the microservices, instead of imposing additional burdens or additional thinking on them, especially as part of network features such as traffic management, security, or observability, we deploy something from the infrastructure side, so developers need only focus…
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Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Retailer
7%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Istio?
Istio provides a significant saving for us in terms of costs since it is open source. However, Istio can still come at a price. It has a steep learning curve and might require more manpower hours ...
What do you like most about Istio?
We use Istio for Service Discovery and routing traffic.
What needs improvement with Istio?
I do not see much room for improvement in Istio for my project as it currently fits my needs perfectly. It would be beneficial if Istio offered paid support options, similar to AWS's enterprise sup...
 

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