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Best Greymatter Alternatives in 2026

Updated

19 apps from service mesh platforms ranked against Greymatter on the same published basis.

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

Greymatter alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AWS App Mesh7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd7.1Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, 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
19Kong Mesh5.8Web
20Solo Enterprise for Istio5.8self-hosted
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Questions about Greymatter alternatives

What is the best alternative to Greymatter?

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

What is the best free alternative to Greymatter?

AWS App Mesh is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 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.