Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Hashicorp Consul
HashiCorp Consul clearly comes out ahead of Istio on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | HashiCorp | Istio Authors |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | hashicorp-consul | istio |
|---|---|---|
| Service Discovery | ||
| 24/7 Support | ||
| Load Balancing | ||
| Advanced Security | ||
| Observability (Metrics, Logs, Traces) | ||
| Automated Operations | ||
| Policy Enforcement | ||
| Fully Managed Service Mesh | ||
| Security (Mtls, Authentication, Authorization) | ||
| Governance And Compliance | ||
| Traffic Management | ||
| Health Checking | ||
| Kv Store | ||
| Multi-Cloud Support | ||
| Multi-Datacenter Support | ||
| Scalability Features |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, HashiCorp Consul comes out ahead overall, though Istio can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both HashiCorp Consul and Istio offer a free tier.
