From the latest CNCF annual survey of 2020, it is pretty clear that a lot of people are showing high interest in service mesh in their project and many are already using in production. Nearly 69% are evaluating Istio, and 64% are evaluating Linkerd. Both projects are cutting edge and very competitive, makes a tough choice to select one. In this blog post, we will learn about Istio and Linkerd architecture, their moving parts, and compare Linkerd vs Istio offerings to help you make an informed decision.

What is a Service Mesh?

Over the past few years, Microservices architecture has become a more popular style in designing software applications. In this architecture, we breakdown the application into independently deployable services.

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