Comparison

Kuma vs Traefik Mesh

On the evidence we track, Kuma leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Kuma53

Traefik Mesh48

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	KumaLeader	Traefik Mesh
Vioscale score	53 / 100low · 36%	48 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.3	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	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	8	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	3,995	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Kuma53 / 100low · 36%

Traefik Mesh48 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Model

Kumacommercial

Traefik Meshfreemium

Price level

Kumafree

Traefik Meshlow

Transparent

Kuma✗

Traefik Mesh✗

Integrations

Count

Kuma4

Traefik Mesh5

Security

Disclosure policy

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh–

Gdpr

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh–

Scorecard

Kuma8.3

Traefik Mesh–

Vulnerabilities

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

Traefik Mesh–

Reliability

Status page

Kuma–

Traefik Mesh✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Kuma8

Traefik Mesh–

Github stars

Kuma3,995

Traefik Mesh–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Kuma100

Traefik Mesh–

Release

History

Kuma20 items

Traefik Mesh–

License

Spdx

KumaApache-2.0

Traefik Mesh–

Language

Primary

KumaGo

Traefik Mesh–

Market

Availability

KumaAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Traefik Mesh–

Capabilities

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

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

Architecture

Data plane

KumaSidecar

Traefik Mesh-

Proxy

KumaEnvoy

Traefik Mesh-

Security

Automatic mutual TLS

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

SPIFFE / SPIRE identity

Kuma-

Traefik Mesh-

Traffic

Traffic splitting / canary

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh-

Fault injection / resilience

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh-

Scale

Multi-cluster federation

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Portability

VM support (beyond Kubernetes)

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Observability

Built-in observability

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh-

Standards

Gateway API / GAMMA support

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh-

Extensibility

WASM extensibility

Kuma-

Traefik Mesh-

Compliance

FIPS mode

Kuma-

Traefik Mesh-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

KumaSandbox

Traefik Mesh-

Ops

Commercial support / enterprise edition

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

What each one is

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

Kuma

Leader

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

Traefik Mesh

Cloud-native application proxy and API gateway that securely exposes and manages microservices across Kubernetes, containers, and virtual machines.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Kuma

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

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

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Traefik Mesh

Free tier

Free trial available; contact sales for enterprise pricing.

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	Kuma	Traefik Mesh
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✗

CLI

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Self-hosted

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

On-premise

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Hybrid

Kuma✓

Traefik Mesh✓

Integrations

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

Kuma

Leader

4 total

Prometheus
Grafana
Datadog
OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

Traefik Mesh

5 total

HashiCorp Nomad
HashiCorp Consul
HashiCorp Vault
Argo CD
Let's Encrypt

Independently observed

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