# Kong Mesh vs MOSN

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Kong Mesh

| Attribute | Kong Mesh | MOSN |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.6 (38% (low)) | 37.4 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 22 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,508 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Kong Mesh provides centralized control for service-to-service communication with built-in encryption, security policies, and observability. It enables zero-trust security and traffic management across Kubernetes clusters and on-premises deployments without requiring developers to implement these capabilities in their applications. It is indexed under Service Mesh.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-mesh","question":"What is Kong Mesh?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kong Mesh supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-mesh","question":"What platforms does Kong Mesh support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Kong Mesh can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-mesh","question":"Can Kong Mesh be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Kong Mesh. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Kong Mesh not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://konghq.com/compliance","question":"What security certifications does Kong Mesh have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud-native network proxy platform written in Go, open-sourced by Ant Group and production-verified at scale. Supports multi-protocol communication and can integrate with Istio for Service Mesh or operate independently as a load balancer, API gateway, or Ingress controller. It is indexed under Service Mesh.","source":"https://mosn.io/","question":"What is MOSN?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"MOSN is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://mosn.io/","question":"Is MOSN free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"MOSN supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://mosn.io/","question":"What platforms does MOSN support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. MOSN can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://mosn.io/","question":"Can MOSN be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for MOSN, including Istio, Envoy, Jaeger, Skywalking, Prometheus and Holmes. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://mosn.io/","question":"What does MOSN integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. MOSN is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn","question":"Is MOSN open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Enterprise service mesh that provides centralized connectivity and security management for services across diverse deployment environments. Enables Zero Trust security, traffic management, and consistent policy enforcement through a unified control plane. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"vm_support":true,"multicluster":true,"automatic_mtls":true,"fault_injection":true,"traffic_splitting":true,"commercial_support":true,"built_in_observability":true}` | `{"proxy":"envoy","data_plane":"sidecar","vm_support":true,"multicluster":true,"traffic_splitting":true,"wasm_extensibility":true,"built_in_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 3 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Envoy"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Skywalking"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Holmes"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://mosn.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:34:36.592Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| release.cadence_days | - | 62 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.6.1","date":"2024-08-01T03:04:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.6.0","date":"2023-08-17T07:30:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.5.0","date":"2023-04-25T11:13:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.4.0","date":"2023-02-28T09:54:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.3.0","date":"2022-12-01T06:40:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2022-10-28T04:32:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2022-08-23T08:44:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.0.1","date":"2022-05-11T07:58:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2022-04-15T09:17:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.27.0","date":"2022-04-06T06:49:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.26.0","date":"2021-12-29T01:22:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.25.0","date":"2021-10-12T06:28:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.24.0","date":"2021-08-05T13:12:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2021-06-04T09:56:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2021-04-02T09:43:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2021-02-02T03:38:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.20.0","date":"2021-01-05T03:29:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2020-12-01T12:22:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2020-11-03T05:55:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mosn/mosn/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2020-09-30T07:15:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 3.3 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://konghq.com/blog/product-releases/trust-what-youre-shipping-with-insomnia-v12 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=mosn.io%2Fmosn&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Service Mesh)

| Capability | Kong Mesh | MOSN |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Data plane | - | 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 | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:45:16.270Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*