Comparison

Linkerd vs Tetrate Service Bridge

No leader: the top candidate Tetrate Service Bridge has only 0.31 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Linkerd55
Tetrate Service Bridge57
Score
vioscaleAI score
Linkerd55 / 100medium · 53%
Tetrate Service Bridge57 / 100low · 31%
Pricing
Free tier
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✗
Model
Linkerdcommercial
Tetrate Service Bridgecommercial
Price level
Linkerdfree
Tetrate Service Bridgeunknown
Transparent
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✗
Integrations
Count
Linkerd1
Tetrate Service Bridge12
Security
Disclosure policy
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Fedramp
Linkerd–
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Gdpr
Linkerd–
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Hipaa
Linkerd–
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Iso27001
Linkerd–
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Pci
Linkerd–
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Scorecard
Linkerd8
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Soc2
Linkerd–
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Linkerd19
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Github stars
Linkerd11,516
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Linkerd66
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Release
Cadence days
Linkerd8
Tetrate Service Bridge–
History
Linkerd20 items
Tetrate Service Bridge–
License
Spdx
LinkerdApache-2.0
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Language
Primary
LinkerdGo
Tetrate Service Bridge–
Content
Faq
Linkerd6 items
Tetrate Service Bridge6 items

Capabilities

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

Architecture
Data plane
LinkerdSidecar
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Proxy
Linkerdlinkerd2-proxy
Tetrate Service BridgeEnvoy
Security
Automatic mutual TLS
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
SPIFFE / SPIRE identity
Linkerd-
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Traffic
Traffic splitting / canary
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Fault injection / resilience
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Scale
Multi-cluster federation
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Portability
VM support (beyond Kubernetes)
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Observability
Built-in observability
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Standards
Gateway API / GAMMA support
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Extensibility
WASM extensibility
Linkerd-
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Compliance
FIPS mode
Linkerd-
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
LinkerdGraduated
Tetrate Service Bridge-
Ops
Commercial support / enterprise edition
Linkerd✗
Tetrate Service Bridge✓

What each one is

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

Linkerd

A minimal service mesh for Kubernetes applications that delivers security, observability, and reliability capabilities. It automatically encrypts inter-service communication and supports federation across multiple Kubernetes clusters.

Independently observed

Tetrate Service Bridge

A marketplace where users can explore, deploy, and create custom filters for Envoy Proxy without barriers to entry.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Linkerd

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Tetrate Service Bridge

Quote-based

Contact sales for pricing

  • Agent Router ServiceContact sales
  • Agent Router EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Linkerd✗
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Self-hosted
Linkerd✓
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
On-premise
Linkerd✗
Tetrate Service Bridge✓
Hybrid
Linkerd✗
Tetrate Service Bridge✓

Integrations

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

Linkerd

6 total
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Argo CD
  • Jaeger
  • Helm
  • Gateway API
Independently observed

Tetrate Service Bridge

12 total
  • AWS
  • AWS CloudMap
  • AWS AppMesh
  • Amazon EKS Distro
  • Amazon ECS Anywhere
  • Amazon EKS Anywhere
  • Istio
  • Envoy
  • Kubernetes Gateway API
  • NGINX
  • LDAP
  • SSO
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Linkerd or Tetrate Service Bridge: which one depends on you

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