Comparison

AWS App Mesh vs Open Service 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.

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★AWS App Mesh65

Open Service Mesh39

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS App MeshLeader	Open Service Mesh
Vioscale score	65 / 100medium · 63%	39 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	8
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.8
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopenservicemesh%2Fosm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	15
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	2,551
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	12
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

AWS App Mesh65 / 100medium · 63%

Open Service Mesh39 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh✓

Model

AWS App Meshfreemium

Open Service Meshopen_source

Price level

AWS App Meshlow

Open Service Meshfree

Transparent

AWS App Mesh✗

Open Service Mesh–

Integrations

Count

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh8

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Fedramp

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Gdpr

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Hipaa

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Iso27001

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Pci

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Scorecard

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh4.8

Soc2

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Vulnerabilities

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service MeshCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopenservicemesh%2Fosm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh–

Adoption

Dependent repos

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh15

Github stars

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh2,551

Activity

Commits last 30d

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh0

Release

Cadence days

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh12

History

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh20 items

License

Spdx

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service MeshApache-2.0

Language

Primary

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service MeshGo

Market

Availability

AWS App MeshAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Open Service MeshAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Service Mesh
Capability	AWS App Mesh	Open Service Mesh
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	None	-
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition	✓	-

Architecture

Data plane

AWS App MeshSidecar

Open Service MeshSidecar

Proxy

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service MeshEnvoy

Security

Automatic mutual TLS

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh✓

SPIFFE / SPIRE identity

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh-

Traffic

Traffic splitting / canary

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh✓

Fault injection / resilience

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh-

Scale

Multi-cluster federation

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh-

Portability

VM support (beyond Kubernetes)

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh-

Observability

Built-in observability

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh✓

Standards

Gateway API / GAMMA support

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh-

Extensibility

WASM extensibility

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh-

Compliance

FIPS mode

AWS App Mesh-

Open Service Mesh✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

AWS App MeshNone

Open Service Mesh-

Ops

Commercial support / enterprise edition

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh-

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

Open Service Mesh

Manages traffic, enforces access policies, and provides operational visibility for microservices running in Kubernetes clusters. Emphasizes simplicity in installation and maintenance through standardized configuration interfaces.

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 2026-08-13verify ↗

Open Service Mesh

Open source

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS App Mesh	Open Service Mesh
LinuxPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Linux

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh✓

CLI

AWS App Mesh–

Open Service Mesh✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS App Mesh✓

Open Service Mesh✗

Self-hosted

AWS App Mesh✗

Open Service Mesh✓

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.

Open Service Mesh

8 total

Envoy
Linkerd
Istio
Consul
Kuma
Helm
SMI specification
external certificate management systems

Independently observed

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