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AWS App Mesh

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in Service Mesh
4.7

Overview

Product Information on AWS App Mesh

Updated 13th October 2025

What is AWS App Mesh?

AWS App Mesh is a software that provides application-level networking to standardize communication between microservices. It enables visibility and network traffic controls for microservices on AWS, helping to monitor and control traffic through features like service discovery, distributed tracing, and retries. The software supports routing, security, and observability across multiple types of compute infrastructure, including Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and EC2. By managing how microservices communicate, AWS App Mesh allows organizations to address issues such as traffic management, failure recovery, and troubleshooting, supporting consistent service-to-service communication within complex distributed systems.

AWS App Mesh Pricing

AWS App Mesh software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model, where charges are based on the number of Envoy proxies deployed per hour. Pricing may vary depending on the AWS region. There are no upfront fees or commitments, and costs are calculated based on usage of resources and any additional Amazon EC2 or container hosting charges associated with running the software.

Overall experience with AWS App Mesh

CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“AWS App Mesh is Essential for Your Service to Service Communication Needs”

4.0
Dec 5, 2022
The AWS product for App Mesh was a bit lacking at first. Its interface was clunky when we first subscribed but has improved over time. This service has greatly increased of effectiveness in the management and support of our Kubernetes.
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CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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4.7

(6 Ratings)

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  • CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    AWS App Mesh is Essential for Your Service to Service Communication Needs

    4.0
    Dec 5, 2022
    The AWS product for App Mesh was a bit lacking at first. Its interface was clunky when we first subscribed but has improved over time. This service has greatly increased of effectiveness in the management and support of our Kubernetes.
  • ENGINEERING VP
    <50M USD
    Software
    Review Source

    A comprehensive API orchestration framework with powerful debugging functions

    5.0
    Nov 12, 2022
    AWS Application mesh provides a comprehensive framework to connect each API of your backend and provide meaningful workflow to end user. It is easy to use and set up.
  • IT SUPPORT GROUP LEAD
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Secure those Apps!

    5.0
    Dec 5, 2022
    One of the easier setups I have been a part of in my career.
  • MANAGING PARTNER
    <50M USD
    IT Services
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    For service mesh enthusiasts

    5.0
    Nov 21, 2022
    AWS facilitated running services with consistent visibility and network traffic controls.
  • SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Great Service, with excellent Scalability

    5.0
    Nov 10, 2022
    This is obviously extremely scalable, easy to integrate, and it is customizable as well to better suite business needs.
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Reviewer Insights for: AWS App Mesh
Performance of AWS App Mesh Across Market Features

AWS App Mesh Likes & Dislikes

Like

Given that the majority of our virtual platforms are in AWS, this service made a tremendous amount of sense since the integrations needed and support services were readily available. When starting up with this subscription, we found that element to be essential.

Like

AWS Application mesh framework does not only able to combine all of your existing APIs, but also provide a unified logging and tracing support, which is very helpful to debug cross API failure handling to improve the robustness of each APIs. Such powerful debugging function could shorten developer's time and improve delivery efficiency.

Like

Secure, configurable, and it's Amazon!

Dislike

The one drawback we found was the dependence on x-ray, the debugging and error tracing product needed with AWS App Mesh. It was by far, the least intuitive and most challenging element to add to our environment. Still, the hassle was worth it.

Dislike

Not too much, this service is only available on AWS, hope there could be a cloud platform independent such kinds of service on GCP and Azure.

Dislike

There have been no weaknesses I have come across so far.