Best service mesh and service discovery tools
Tools that let microservices find each other and talk securely, with traffic routing, mutual TLS and observability between services.
7 apps, ordered by visits from AppBreakup and how often our research lists each one as an alternative. Open any app to see its alternatives.
All service mesh and service discovery tools
- Alternatives to Consul
HashiCorp's service discovery and service mesh for VMs, Kubernetes and mixed clouds.
Free plan + paidSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to Linkerd
Lightweight open-source service mesh for Kubernetes with a Rust micro-proxy.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted - Alternatives to Istio
Open-source service mesh that adds mTLS, traffic control and telemetry to Kubernetes services.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted - Alternatives to etcd
Open-source, strongly consistent key-value store for configuration and coordination in clusters.
Open sourceLinux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Kong Mesh
Kong's enterprise service mesh, built on Kuma and Envoy, for Kubernetes, VMs and bare metal.
PaidSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Web - Alternatives to Google Cloud Service Mesh
Google's managed service mesh for GKE and Compute Engine, using Istio APIs on Kubernetes.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Apache ZooKeeper
Open-source coordination service for distributed systems: config, naming, locks and leader election.
Open sourceLinux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted
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Common questions
What are the best service mesh and service discovery tools?
Based on how often our research lists them as alternatives and visits from AppBreakup, the leading service mesh and service discovery tools right now are Consul, Linkerd, Istio, etcd and Kong Mesh.
Are there free service mesh and service discovery tools?
Yes. Consul (free plan + paid), Linkerd (open source), Istio (open source), etcd (open source) and Apache ZooKeeper (open source) have a free option, out of 5 free or freemium apps we track.
Which service mesh and service discovery tools are open source?
Linkerd and Istio.