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Cilium vs Istio

A side-by-side look at Cilium and Istio. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cilium

Cilium

Network & Admin

Cilium is an open source software for providing and securing network connectivity between application services deployed using Linux container management platforms like Kubernetes. It uses eBPF/XDP for high performance container networking.

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Istio

Istio

Ai Tools & Services

Istio is an open source service mesh that provides traffic management, observability, policy enforcement and security for microservices. It manages network traffic between microservices without requiring code changes.

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