Comparison

Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh vs AWS App Mesh

On the evidence we track, AWS App Mesh leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh49
AWS App Mesh65
Score
Vioscale score
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh49 / 100low · 31%
AWS App Mesh65 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Model
Alibaba Cloud Service Meshfreemium
AWS App Meshfreemium
Price level
Alibaba Cloud Service Meshlow
AWS App Meshlow
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Security
Disclosure policy
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Fedramp
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Gdpr
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Hipaa
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Iso27001
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Pci
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Soc2
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Reliability
Status page
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Market
Availability
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh

Capabilities

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

Architecture
Data plane
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App MeshSidecar
Proxy
Alibaba Cloud Service MeshEnvoy
AWS App Mesh-
Security
Automatic mutual TLS
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh
SPIFFE / SPIRE identity
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Traffic
Traffic splitting / canary
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh
Fault injection / resilience
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Scale
Multi-cluster federation
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Portability
VM support (beyond Kubernetes)
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Observability
Built-in observability
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh
Standards
Gateway API / GAMMA support
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Extensibility
WASM extensibility
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Compliance
FIPS mode
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh-
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App MeshNone
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh-
AWS App Mesh

What each one is

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

Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh

Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh (ASM) is a fully managed service mesh platform compatible with Istio that provides consistent traffic shaping, security, and observability for microservices across multiple Kubernetes clusters and virtual machines.

Independently observed

AWS App Mesh

Leader

AWS App Mesh is an application networking service that provides consistent visibility and network traffic controls for microservices. It uses sidecar proxies to manage service communication, observability, and security without requiring application code changes.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh

HybridFree tier
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AWS App Mesh

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing; specific pricing rates not disclosed on provided pages

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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh
AWS App Mesh

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