Comparison

Aeraki Mesh vs Consul

On the evidence we track, Consul leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Aeraki Mesh23

★Consul66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Aeraki Mesh	ConsulLeader
Vioscale score	23 / 100low · 36%	66 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.5
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fconsul%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	67,699
Github starsadoption.github_stars	11	30,043
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	23
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	8
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	Go

Score

Vioscale score

Aeraki Mesh23 / 100low · 36%

Consul66 / 100medium · 51%

Pricing

Free tier

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul–

Model

Aeraki Meshopen_source

Consulcommercial

Price level

Aeraki Meshfree

Consul–

Transparent

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul–

Integrations

Count

Aeraki Mesh6

Consul–

Security

Disclosure policy

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul✓

Iso27001

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul✓

Scorecard

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul7.5

Soc2

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul✓

Vulnerabilities

Aeraki Mesh–

ConsulCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fconsul%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul67,699

Github stars

Aeraki Mesh11

Consul30,043

Activity

Commits last 30d

Aeraki Mesh0

Consul23

Release

Cadence days

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul8

History

Aeraki Mesh–

Consul20 items

Language

Primary

Aeraki MeshJavaScript

ConsulGo

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for service mesh. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Service Mesh
Capability	Aeraki Mesh	Consul
Architecture
Data plane	Sidecar	Sidecar
Proxy	Envoy	-
Security
Automatic mutual TLS	✓	✓
SPIFFE / SPIRE identity	-	-
Traffic
Traffic splitting / canary	✓	-
Fault injection / resilience	-	-
Scale
Multi-cluster federation	-	✓
Portability
VM support (beyond Kubernetes)	-	✓
Observability
Built-in observability	✓	✓
Standards
Gateway API / GAMMA support	-	✓
Extensibility
WASM extensibility	-	-
Compliance
FIPS mode	-	-
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	Sandbox	-
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition	✗	✓

Architecture

Data plane

Aeraki MeshSidecar

ConsulSidecar

Proxy

Aeraki MeshEnvoy

Consul-

Security

Automatic mutual TLS

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul✓

SPIFFE / SPIRE identity

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul-

Traffic

Traffic splitting / canary

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul-

Fault injection / resilience

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul-

Scale

Multi-cluster federation

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul✓

Portability

VM support (beyond Kubernetes)

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul✓

Observability

Built-in observability

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul✓

Standards

Gateway API / GAMMA support

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul✓

Extensibility

WASM extensibility

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul-

Compliance

FIPS mode

Aeraki Mesh-

Consul-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Aeraki MeshSandbox

Consul-

Ops

Commercial support / enterprise edition

Aeraki Mesh✗

Consul✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Aeraki Mesh

Aeraki Mesh is an open-source project for managing layer-7 protocols in a service mesh, supporting Dubbo, Thrift, Redis, Kafka, ZooKeeper, and custom protocols through the MetaProtocol framework.

Independently observed

Consul

Leader

Consul provides service mesh, service discovery, API gateway, health checking, and dynamic configuration management for applications across distributed infrastructure. Available in open-source and enterprise editions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Aeraki Mesh

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, free

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Consul

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Aeraki Mesh	Consul
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

macOS

Aeraki Mesh✗

Consul✓

Windows

Aeraki Mesh✗

Consul✓

Linux

Aeraki Mesh✗

Consul✓

CLI

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul✓

Self-hosted

Aeraki Mesh✓

Consul✓

On-premise

Aeraki Mesh✗

Consul✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Aeraki Mesh

6 total

Istio
Dubbo
Thrift
Redis
Kafka
ZooKeeper

Independently observed

Consul

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.