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    AWS App Mesh

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for services to communicate with each other across multiple types of compute infrastructure. App Mesh aims to give end-to-end visibility and high-availability for applications. There is no additional charge for using AWS App Mesh. Users pay for the AWS resources (EC2 instances or requested Fargate CPU and memory) consumed by the proxy that is deployed alongside containers.N/A

    IBM Cloud Managed Istio

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    AWS App MeshIBM Cloud Managed Istio
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AWS App Mesh and IBM Cloud Managed Istio
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    AWS App Mesh
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    IBM Cloud Managed Istio
    8.0
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    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AWS App MeshIBM Cloud Managed Istio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    8.7
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    User Testimonials
    AWS App MeshIBM Cloud Managed Istio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Useful in scenarios where we use a complex microservices-based implementation with the complexity of inter-service communication. Can use App Mesh with services running on any compute services such as Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Amazon EC2. Can be used to isolate errors and pinpoint the error location and also to re-route.
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    IBM
    Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Standardization of microservices communication.
    • Traceability and visibility of communication across microservices.
    • Identify and Isolate issues in microservices communication.
    • Monitoring and sending data to CloudWatch.
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    IBM
    • Layers transparently onto existing applications
    • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
    • Creates metrics for usage
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Increase the limit of for a set of resources: virtual nodes and virtual gateways.
    • Expert availability: not easy to find experts.
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    IBM
    • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
    • Better technical user guidance.
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    IBM
    Training and usage support available
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Istio is high on operational costs as compared to AppMesh. HIgher learning curve for Istio as compared to AppMesh. Multi cluster support in AWS. App Mesh has IAM integration which is a plus for AWS workloads.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • High ROI as it facilitates operational monitoring and root cause analysis.
    • Ensures to re-route and distribute traffic sustaining operational availability and performance - +ve for ROI.
    • Service discovery enables service run time governance - +ve for ROI.
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    IBM
    • It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
    • One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
    • It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
    • It reduced the number of labor hours.
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