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Best Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd Alternatives in 2026

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19 apps from service mesh platforms ranked against Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    AWS App Mesh Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.1
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs AWS App Mesh
  2. 3
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kong Gateway
  3. 4
    Kuma Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kuma
  4. 5
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs VMware Workstation Pro
  5. 6
    Flomesh Service Mesh Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Flomesh Service Mesh
  6. 7
    Istio Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Istio
  7. 8
    Traefik Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Traefik Mesh
  8. 9
    Linkerd Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.8
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Linkerd
  9. 10
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs HashiCorp Nomad
  10. 11
    Network Service Mesh Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.7
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Network Service Mesh
  11. 12
    Google Cloud Service Mesh Web 6.5
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Google Cloud Service Mesh
  12. 13
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
  13. 14
    Tetrate Service Bridge apiself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tetrate Service Bridge
  14. 15
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo6.0
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  15. 16
    Tencent TSF Mesh Web 6.0
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Tencent TSF Mesh
  16. 17
    VMware Tanzu Platform apiself-hostedWeb 6.0
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs VMware Tanzu Platform
  17. 18
    Greymatter Free trial apiself-hosted 5.9
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Greymatter
  18. 19
    Kong Mesh Web 5.8
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Kong Mesh
  19. 20
    Solo Enterprise for Istio self-hosted 5.8
    Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd vs Solo Enterprise for Istio

Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AWS App Mesh7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Kong Gateway7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Kuma7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
5VMware Workstation Pro7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
6Flomesh Service Mesh6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
7Istio6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
8Traefik Mesh6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
9Linkerd6.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
10HashiCorp Nomad6.7API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Network Service Mesh6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
12Google Cloud Service Mesh6.5Web
13Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines6.2API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Tetrate Service Bridge6.2API, self-hosted, Web
15Tencent Cloud CDN6.0NoCNY 21/moWeb
16Tencent TSF Mesh6.0Web
17VMware Tanzu Platform6.0API, self-hosted, Web
18Greymatter5.9NoAPI, self-hosted
19Kong Mesh5.8Web
20Solo Enterprise for Istio5.8self-hosted
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Questions about Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd alternatives

What is the best alternative to Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd?

AWS App Mesh, number 1 in service mesh platforms with a score of 7.1 out of 10. The others here: Kong Gateway, Kuma, VMware Workstation Pro and 15 more.

What is the best free alternative to Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd?

AWS App Mesh is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 19 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.