Comparison

Consul vs Open Service Mesh

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 →Open Service Mesh full profile →

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★Consul66

Open Service Mesh39

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ConsulLeader	Open Service Mesh
Vioscale score	66 / 100medium · 51%	39 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	8
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.5	4.8
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%2Fopenservicemesh%2Fosm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	67,699	15
Github starsadoption.github_stars	30,043	2,551
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	23	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	8	12
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Consul66 / 100medium · 51%

Open Service Mesh39 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

Consul–

Open Service Mesh✓

Model

Consulcommercial

Open Service Meshopen_source

Price level

Consul–

Open Service Meshfree

Integrations

Count

Consul–

Open Service Mesh8

Security

Disclosure policy

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh–

Iso27001

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh–

Scorecard

Consul7.5

Open Service Mesh4.8

Soc2

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh–

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

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

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Consul67,699

Open Service Mesh15

Github stars

Consul30,043

Open Service Mesh2,551

Activity

Commits last 30d

Consul23

Open Service Mesh0

Release

Cadence days

Consul8

Open Service Mesh12

History

Consul20 items

Open Service Mesh20 items

License

Spdx

Consul–

Open Service MeshApache-2.0

Language

Primary

ConsulGo

Open Service MeshGo

Market

Availability

Consul–

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	Consul	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	-	-
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition	✓	-

Architecture

Data plane

ConsulSidecar

Open Service MeshSidecar

Proxy

Consul-

Open Service MeshEnvoy

Security

Automatic mutual TLS

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✓

SPIFFE / SPIRE identity

Consul-

Open Service Mesh-

Traffic

Traffic splitting / canary

Consul-

Open Service Mesh✓

Fault injection / resilience

Consul-

Open Service Mesh-

Scale

Multi-cluster federation

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh-

Portability

VM support (beyond Kubernetes)

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh-

Observability

Built-in observability

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✓

Standards

Gateway API / GAMMA support

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh-

Extensibility

WASM extensibility

Consul-

Open Service Mesh-

Compliance

FIPS mode

Consul-

Open Service Mesh✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Consul-

Open Service Mesh-

Ops

Commercial support / enterprise edition

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh-

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

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.

Consul

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

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	Consul	Open Service Mesh
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

macOS

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✗

Windows

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✗

Linux

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✓

CLI

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✗

Self-hosted

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✓

On-premise

Consul✓

Open Service Mesh✗

Integrations

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

Consul

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.