Istio
Linux Foundation, San Francisco, California, United StatesIstio is an open-source service mesh that secures, connects, and monitors services in 
Kubernetes, virtual machines, and multi-cloud environments.
It can run with 
Envoy proxies injected into each service or in a proxy-free ambient mode, and provides canary releases, load balancing, circuit breakers, mutual TLS authentication, and observability through metrics, logs, and distributed traces for Prometheus and 
Grafana.
According to our data, Istio ranks 12th among the load balancers we track.
It has 1% of the load balancer market share and is detected on 0.07% of all websites.
WikipediaπΈ Pricing
Istio is available for free.
π Rankings and Market Share
- Load Balancers
- Rank: 12
- Market share: 1%
- Application Monitoring
- Rank: 9
- Market share: 1.8%
π Istio Awards
- π₯ Third most popular in Korea in the Application Monitoring category.
- β 4th most popular in China in the Application Monitoring category.
- β 5th most popular in Spain in the Application Monitoring category.
- β 5th most popular in India in the Application Monitoring category.
- β 6th most popular in Canada in the Application Monitoring category.
- β 6th most popular in Korea in the Load Balancers category.
- β 7th most popular in Brazil in the Application Monitoring category.
- β 8th most popular in China in the Load Balancers category.
- β 10th most popular in Spain in the Load Balancers category.
- π₯ 11st most popular in Canada in the Load Balancers category.
β‘ Sites Using Istio
We have data on 2,767 websites that use the Istio load balancer. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Istio is forbes.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #63 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #410 | American English | ||
| 3 | #430 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #1,119 | India | English | |
| 5 | #1,229 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #1,391 | English | ||
| 7 | #1,427 | United States | English | |
| 8 |  mongodb.com |
#1,455 | United States | American English |
| 9 | #1,529 | English | ||
| 10 | #1,537 | United States | English | |
| 11 | #1,577 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 12 | #1,639 | United States | American English | |
| 13 | #1,687 | English | ||
| 14 | #2,128 | American English | ||
| 15 | #2,326 | Mexico | Spanish | |
| 16 | #2,365 | English | ||
| 17 | #2,368 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #2,412 | United States | English | |
| 19 |  idealo.de |
#2,439 | Germany | German |
| 20 | #2,452 | Chile | English |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Istio:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Travel category.
Most of the sites using Istio are from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 22.2%
- Canada 8.1%
- United Kingdom 7.8%
- Spain 7.2%
- Germany 4.7%
- Brazil 4.2%
- China 3.9%
- India 3.8%
- Korea 2.8%
- Other 35.3%
Most Istio users speak English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
- English 67.5%
- Spanish 7.5%
- Portuguese 3.6%
- German 2.9%
- French 2.8%
- Chinese 2.2%
- Russian 1.6%
- Korean 1.5%
- Japanese 1.3%
- Other 9.1%
The Istio load balancer is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 56.7%
- .ca 2.8%
- .com.br 2.4%
- .org 2.3%
- .es 1.7%
- .co.uk 1.6%
- .net 1.6%
- .de 1.4%
- .fr 1.2%
- Other 28.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Istio include travel, business, and online shopping.
- Travel 11.3%
- Business 10.9%
- Online Shopping 10.2%
- Entertainment 9.7%
- General News 8.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 6.8%
- Sports 6.3%
- Internet Services 4.6%
- Real Estate 3.8%
- Other 28.1%
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π¬ Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Istio?
Istio is owned by the Linux Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Can I use Istio for free?
Yes, it is a free load balancer.
It is also an open-source solution, and its code is available on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Istio the most?
The majority of Istio users are from the United States.
Who uses Istio?
According to our data, Istio is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as forbes.com,
costco.com, and
redfin.com.
Is Istio used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by sam.gov. Overall, we found Istio on 4 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Istio?
Yes. In total, we know of 8 academic websites in the United States that use Istio.
How does Istio compare to its competitors?
Istio is a moderately popular load balancer, ranking ahead of 11 other load balancers we track.
What are the alternatives to Istio?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Istio may include 
Nginx, 
Ngrok, and 
Kong Gateway.
π See Also
- β¨ Related technologies
- πΌ All technologies from Linux Foundation
ποΈ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,906,822 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.