Comparison

Aeraki Mesh vs Kuma

On the evidence we track, Kuma leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. 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

★Kuma53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Aeraki Mesh	KumaLeader
Vioscale score	23 / 100low · 36%	53 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkumahq%2Fkuma%2Fpkg%2Ftransparentproxy%2Fistio&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	8
Github starsadoption.github_stars	11	3,995
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	100
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Aeraki Mesh23 / 100low · 36%

Kuma53 / 100low · 36%

Pricing

Free tier

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

Model

Aeraki Meshopen_source

Kumacommercial

Price level

Aeraki Meshfree

Kumafree

Transparent

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✗

Integrations

Count

Aeraki Mesh6

Kuma4

Security

Disclosure policy

Aeraki Mesh–

Kuma✓

Gdpr

Aeraki Mesh–

Kuma✓

Scorecard

Aeraki Mesh–

Kuma8.3

Vulnerabilities

Aeraki Mesh–

KumaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkumahq%2Fkuma%2Fpkg%2Ftransparentproxy%2Fistio&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Aeraki Mesh–

Kuma8

Github stars

Aeraki Mesh11

Kuma3,995

Activity

Commits last 30d

Aeraki Mesh0

Kuma100

Release

History

Aeraki Mesh–

Kuma20 items

License

Spdx

Aeraki Mesh–

KumaApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Aeraki MeshJavaScript

KumaGo

Market

Availability

Aeraki Mesh–

KumaAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Service Mesh
Capability	Aeraki Mesh	Kuma
Architecture
Data plane	Sidecar	Sidecar
Proxy	Envoy	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	Sandbox
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition	✗	✓

Architecture

Data plane

Aeraki MeshSidecar

KumaSidecar

Proxy

Aeraki MeshEnvoy

KumaEnvoy

Security

Automatic mutual TLS

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

SPIFFE / SPIRE identity

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma-

Traffic

Traffic splitting / canary

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

Fault injection / resilience

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma✓

Scale

Multi-cluster federation

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma✓

Portability

VM support (beyond Kubernetes)

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma✓

Observability

Built-in observability

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

Standards

Gateway API / GAMMA support

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma✓

Extensibility

WASM extensibility

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma-

Compliance

FIPS mode

Aeraki Mesh-

Kuma-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Aeraki MeshSandbox

KumaSandbox

Ops

Commercial support / enterprise edition

Aeraki Mesh✗

Kuma✓

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

Kuma

Leader

Open-source control plane for service mesh delivering security, observability, routing and more. Built on Envoy with support for Kubernetes, VMs, and multi-cluster deployments.

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 ↗

Kuma

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Open-source with enterprise offerings available (demo on request)

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

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	Kuma
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Aeraki Mesh✗

Kuma✓

CLI

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

Self-hosted

Aeraki Mesh✓

Kuma✓

On-premise

Aeraki Mesh✗

Kuma✓

Hybrid

Aeraki Mesh✗

Kuma✓

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

Kuma

Leader

4 total

Prometheus
Grafana
Datadog
OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

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