Service Mesh Comparisons

Neutral, side-by-side comparisons of the service mesh and Gateway API tools in this knowledge base. Each note links back to the compared topics and ends with a decision flowchart.

Comparison Notes

Comparison	Scope
Service Mesh Comparison	Envoy Gateway vs Istio vs Linkerd: versions and release models, sidecar vs ambient vs edge-gateway data planes, feature matrix, sourced resource figures, decision guide, and how to combine an edge gateway with a mesh

Compared Topics

• Envoy Gateway
• Istio
• Linkerd

Related Comparisons in Other Domains

• CNI comparison: Cilium's sidecar-free mesh and Gateway API support from the CNI side

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