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Kong vs Linkerd

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

Kong

Kong

Development

Kong is an open-source API gateway and service mesh designed for managing APIs and microservices. It provides functionality like traffic routing, security, monitoring and more to help developers manage complex architectures.

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Linkerd

Linkerd

Network & Admin

Linkerd is an open-source service mesh designed for microservices-based applications. It enhances reliability, observability, and security by managing communication between services in a distributed system. With features like load balancing and automatic retries, Linkerd improves resilience and performance. Its transparent integration and non-intrusive nature make it easy to implement without code changes. Linkerd also offers robust monitoring and metrics capabilities, …

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