Istio vs. NGINX Service Mesh
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Istio | Score9.8 out of 10 | N/A | Istio is an open source service mesh that layers transparently onto existing distributed applications. Istio’s features provide a uniform way to secure, connect, and monitor services. Istio is the path to load balancing, service-to-service authentication, and monitoring. | N/A |
 NGINX Service Mesh | N/A | N/A | NGINX Service Mesh is a data plane that provides load balancing, reverse proxy, traffic routing, identity, and encryption features needed for production-grade service mesh deployments. | N/A |
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