Comparison

AWS App Mesh vs Kuma

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.

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AWS App Mesh65
Kuma53
Score
Vioscale score
AWS App Mesh65 / 100medium · 63%
Kuma53 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Model
AWS App Meshfreemium
Price level
AWS App Meshlow
Kumafree
Transparent
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Integrations
Count
AWS App Mesh
Kuma4
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Fedramp
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Gdpr
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Hipaa
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Iso27001
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Pci
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Scorecard
AWS App Mesh
Kuma8.3
Soc2
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Reliability
Status page
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS App Mesh
Kuma8
Github stars
AWS App Mesh
Kuma3,995
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS App Mesh
Kuma100
Release
History
AWS App Mesh
License
Spdx
AWS App Mesh
Language
Primary
AWS App Mesh
KumaGo

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Kuma

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.

AWS App Mesh

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

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

as of verify ↗

Kuma

Open sourceFree tier

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

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
CLI
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Self-hosted
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
On-premise
AWS App Mesh
Kuma
Hybrid
AWS App Mesh
Kuma

Integrations

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

AWS App Mesh

Leader

Not documented yet.

Kuma

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.