Comparison

AWS App Mesh vs MOSN

On the evidence we track, AWS App Mesh leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. 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 Mesh60
MOSN37
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS App Mesh60 / 100medium · 69%
MOSN37 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN✓
Model
AWS App Meshfreemium
Price level
AWS App Meshlow
MOSNfree
Transparent
AWS App Mesh✗
MOSN–
Integrations
Count
AWS App Mesh5
MOSN3
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Fedramp
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Gdpr
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Hipaa
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Iso27001
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Pci
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Scorecard
AWS App Mesh–
MOSN3.3
Soc2
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS App Mesh–
MOSN22
Github stars
AWS App Mesh–
MOSN4,508
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS App Mesh–
MOSN0
Release
Cadence days
AWS App Mesh–
MOSN62
History
AWS App Mesh–
License
Spdx
AWS App Mesh–
Language
Primary
AWS App Mesh–
MOSNGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AWS App Mesh5 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

MOSN

A Go-based, open-source network proxy that integrates with Istio to create service meshes and functions as a standalone load balancer, API gateway, and ingress controller.

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 ↗

MOSN

Open source
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✓
MOSN✗
Linux
AWS App Mesh✗
MOSN✓
CLI
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS App Mesh✓
MOSN✓
Self-hosted
AWS App Mesh✗
MOSN✓

Integrations

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

AWS App Mesh

Leader
5 total
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS X-Ray
  • Datadog
  • Alcide
  • Aqua
Independently observed

MOSN

6 total
  • Istio
  • Envoy
  • Jaeger
  • Skywalking
  • Prometheus
  • Holmes
Independently observed
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