Comparison

Consul vs Kuma

On the evidence we track, Consul leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Consul full profile →Kuma full profile →

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★Consul66

Kuma53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ConsulLeader	Kuma
Vioscale score	66 / 100medium · 51%	53 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.5	8.3
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fconsul%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkumahq%2Fkuma%2Fpkg%2Ftransparentproxy%2Fistio&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	67,699	8
Github starsadoption.github_stars	30,043	3,995
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	23	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	8	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Consul66 / 100medium · 51%

Kuma53 / 100low · 36%

Pricing

Free tier

Consul–

Kuma✓

Model

Consulcommercial

Kumacommercial

Price level

Consul–

Kumafree

Transparent

Consul–

Kuma✗

Integrations

Count

Consul–

Kuma4

Security

Disclosure policy

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Gdpr

Consul–

Kuma✓

Iso27001

Consul✓

Kuma–

Scorecard

Consul7.5

Kuma8.3

Soc2

Consul✓

Kuma–

Vulnerabilities

ConsulCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fconsul%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

KumaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkumahq%2Fkuma%2Fpkg%2Ftransparentproxy%2Fistio&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Consul✓

Kuma–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Consul67,699

Kuma8

Github stars

Consul30,043

Kuma3,995

Activity

Commits last 30d

Consul23

Kuma100

Release

Cadence days

Consul8

Kuma–

History

Consul20 items

Kuma20 items

License

Spdx

Consul–

KumaApache-2.0

Language

Primary

ConsulGo

KumaGo

Market

Availability

Consul–

KumaAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Service Mesh
Capability	Consul	Kuma
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	-	Sandbox
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition	✓	✓

Architecture

Data plane

ConsulSidecar

KumaSidecar

Proxy

Consul-

KumaEnvoy

Security

Automatic mutual TLS

Consul✓

Kuma✓

SPIFFE / SPIRE identity

Consul-

Kuma-

Traffic

Traffic splitting / canary

Consul-

Kuma✓

Fault injection / resilience

Consul-

Kuma✓

Scale

Multi-cluster federation

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Portability

VM support (beyond Kubernetes)

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Observability

Built-in observability

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Standards

Gateway API / GAMMA support

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Extensibility

WASM extensibility

Consul-

Kuma-

Compliance

FIPS mode

Consul-

Kuma-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Consul-

KumaSandbox

Ops

Commercial support / enterprise edition

Consul✓

Kuma✓

What each one is

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

Consul

Leader

Consul provides service mesh, service discovery, API gateway, health checking, and dynamic configuration management for applications across distributed infrastructure. Available in open-source and enterprise editions.

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.

Consul

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Kuma

Open sourceFree tier

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

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Consul	Kuma
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Consul✗

Kuma✓

macOS

Consul✓

Kuma✗

Windows

Consul✓

Kuma✗

Linux

Consul✓

Kuma✗

CLI

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Self-hosted

Consul✓

Kuma✓

On-premise

Consul✓

Kuma✓

Hybrid

Consul✗

Kuma✓

Integrations

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

Consul

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.