What is Istio?

Istio is a software designed for production use, with strong extensibility, automation hooks, and reliable performance across common deployment environments.

Istio is free to use, with optional paid plans for additional features.

Istio's key features include Core features, Integrations, Security, Analytics, Automation, and Extensibility.

You can get Istio via the official website, the install page and the product page. See the resources section on this page for direct links.

Istio is best suited for it and devops professionals, particularly in technology; startups; enterprise, and supports use cases such as supporting common workflows for teams.

Istio runs on Web; Docker; Kubernetes. It requires 512 MB RAM.

To get started with Istio, go to https://istio.io/download, and review the documentation at https://istio.io/docs.

Istio can be deployed on web; docker; kubernetes, with self-hosting available, and the source code is openly available.

Istio is developed by Istio.

Istio's strengths include flexible configuration for different teams, thoughtful ux and workflow design, strong documentation and learning resources, open-source ecosystem enables customization and extensions, good security posture and permission model. On the downside, users note that pricing can be difficult to predict at scale, ecosystem plugins vary in quality, advanced features may require higher-tier plans.