Comparison

Cilium vs Tetrate Service Bridge

On the evidence we track, Cilium leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. 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
Cilium63
Tetrate Service Bridge55
Score
Vioscale score
Cilium63 / 100low · 42%
Tetrate Service Bridge55 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Model
Tetrate Service Bridgecommercial
Price level
Ciliumfree
Tetrate Service Bridgeunknown
Transparent
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Integrations
Count
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge12
Security
Fedramp
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Gdpr
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Hipaa
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Iso27001
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Scorecard
Cilium5.8
Tetrate Service Bridge
Soc2
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cilium103
Tetrate Service Bridge
Github stars
Cilium25,013
Tetrate Service Bridge
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cilium100
Tetrate Service Bridge
Release
Cadence days
Cilium5
Tetrate Service Bridge
History
Cilium20 items
Tetrate Service Bridge
License
Spdx
Tetrate Service Bridge
Language
Primary
CiliumGo
Tetrate Service Bridge

Capabilities

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

Architecture
Data plane
CiliumSidecarless (eBPF)
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Proxy
CiliumEnvoy
Tetrate Service BridgeEnvoy
Security
Automatic mutual TLS
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge
SPIFFE / SPIRE identity
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Traffic
Traffic splitting / canary
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Fault injection / resilience
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Scale
Multi-cluster federation
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Portability
VM support (beyond Kubernetes)
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge
Observability
Built-in observability
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Standards
Gateway API / GAMMA support
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Extensibility
WASM extensibility
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Compliance
FIPS mode
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition
Cilium-
Tetrate Service Bridge

What each one is

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

Cilium

Leader

A cloud-native networking and security platform that uses eBPF to provide networking, observability, and security capabilities. Built for Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure with integrated observability via Hubble.

Independently observed

Tetrate Service Bridge

An enterprise AI gateway platform based on Envoy that manages language model access, cost control, and AI agent governance. Provides unified LLM catalog, automatic model fallback, token brokering, AI guardrails, and MCP gateway capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cilium

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Tetrate Service Bridge

Quote-based

Contact sales for pricing

  • Agent Router ServiceContact sales
  • Agent Router EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
CLI
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Self-hosted
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
On-premise
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge
Hybrid
Cilium
Tetrate Service Bridge

Integrations

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

Cilium

Leader

Not documented yet.

Tetrate Service Bridge

12 total
  • AWS
  • AWS CloudMap
  • AWS AppMesh
  • Amazon EKS Distro
  • Amazon ECS Anywhere
  • Amazon EKS Anywhere
  • Istio
  • Envoy
  • Kubernetes Gateway API
  • NGINX
  • LDAP
  • SSO
Independently observed

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