# Cilium Service Mesh

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cilium-service-mesh
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cilium-service-mesh.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cilium-service-mesh/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://cilium.io
- **Slug:** cilium-service-mesh
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Eliminates the performance overhead of sidecar proxies by using eBPF to handle networking and security within the Linux kernel.
Source: Brand's website (https://cilium.io) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Cilium Service Mesh is an open-source, eBPF-powered networking, security, and observability layer for Kubernetes. It is unique for its 'sidecar-free' architecture, which uses Linux kernel technology to manage traffic instead of injecting proxy containers into every application pod.
Source: Brand's website (https://cilium.io) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Cilium CNI
  - Cilium Service Mesh
  - Hubble
  - Tetragon
Source: Brand's website (https://cilium.io) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Open Source (Free) / Enterprise (Subscription)
Source: Brand's website (https://cilium.io) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Cloud-native Enterprises
Source: Brand's website (https://cilium.io) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Istio
  - Linkerd
  - HashiCorp Consul
  - Kong Mesh
Source: Brand's website (https://cilium.io) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.