Comparison

Greymatter vs MOSN

On the evidence we track, Greymatter leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Greymatter52
MOSN37
Score
vioscaleAI score
Greymatter52 / 100low · 47%
MOSN37 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Greymatter✓
MOSN✓
Model
Greymatterfree
Price level
Greymatterfree
MOSNfree
Transparent
Greymatter✗
MOSN–
Integrations
Count
Greymatter5
MOSN3
Security
Certifications
GreymatterFIPS 140-3
MOSN–
Fedramp
Greymatter✓
MOSN–
Gdpr
Greymatter✓
MOSN–
Scorecard
Greymatter–
MOSN3.3
Reliability
Status page
Greymatter✓
MOSN–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Greymatter–
MOSN22
Github stars
Greymatter–
MOSN4,508
Activity
Commits last 30d
Greymatter–
MOSN0
Release
Cadence days
Greymatter–
MOSN62
History
Greymatter–
License
Spdx
Greymatter–
Language
Primary
Greymatter–
MOSNGo
Market
Content
Faq
Greymatter7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Greymatter

Leader

A platform that secures application and service traffic through automated encryption, granular policy enforcement, and built-in observability across hybrid clouds, Kubernetes, VMs, and edge environments.

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.

Greymatter

Leader
FreeFree tier
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
Greymatter✓
MOSN✗
Linux
Greymatter✗
MOSN✓
CLI
Greymatter✗
MOSN✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Greymatter✓
MOSN✓
Self-hosted
Greymatter✓
MOSN✓
Hybrid
Greymatter✓
MOSN✗
Air-gapped
Greymatter✓
MOSN✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Prometheus

Greymatter

Leader
9 total - 8 not shared
  • Grafana
  • Kibana
  • Splunk
  • Elasticsearch
  • Keycloak
  • PingFederate
  • Okta
  • Auth0
Independently observed

MOSN

6 total - 5 not shared
  • Istio
  • Envoy
  • Jaeger
  • Skywalking
  • Holmes
Independently observed
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