Envoy Proxy
Cloud-native proxy and service mesh sidecar
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and service mesh foundation. Used as the data plane in Istio, AWS App Mesh, and Consul Connect. High performance, built for microservices and Kubernetes.
Pros
- Foundation of major service meshes (Istio)
- High performance C++ implementation
- Built for Kubernetes microservices
Cons
- Very complex configuration
- Not for simple load balancing needs
Best For
Platform engineering teams building service mesh infrastructure on Kubernetes using Istio or similar
Pricing
Free Forever
- Core features included
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