• HOME
  • CATEGORIES

    • CATEGORIES

    • Browse All Categories
  • FOR VENDORS

    • FOR VENDORS

    • Log In to Vendor Portal
    • Get Started
  • REVIEWS

    • REVIEWS

    • Write a Review
    • Product Reviews
    • Vendor Directory
    • Product Comparisons
  • GARTNER PEER COMMUNITY™
  • GARTNER.COM
  • Community GuidelinesListing GuidelinesBrowse VendorsRules of EngagementFAQPrivacyTerms of Service
    ©2026 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
    All rights reserved.
  • Categories

    • No categories available

      Browse All Categories

      Select a category to view markets

  • For Vendors

    • Log In to Vendor Portal 

    • Get Started 

  • Write a Review

Join / Sign In
  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Gloo Mesh
Logo of Gloo Mesh

Gloo Mesh

bySolo.io
in Service Mesh
4.8

Overview

Product Information on Gloo Mesh

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Gloo Mesh?

Gloo Mesh is a software developed to manage, secure, and monitor service mesh environments across multiple clusters and platforms. The software provides capabilities for traffic management, security policy enforcement, and observability to ensure consistent operations in distributed microservices architectures. Gloo Mesh enables integration of disparate service meshes and facilitates streamlined control over API traffic between services. The software addresses business challenges related to application connectivity, security, and reliability within cloud-native and hybrid environments by offering centralized configuration, automation features, and tools for troubleshooting network communication issues. It supports organizations in improving efficiency in deploying and managing complex application infrastructures.

Gloo Mesh Pricing

Gloo Mesh software employs a tiered subscription-based pricing model structured around features, usage levels, and enterprise requirements. The software offers variations such as free community editions and paid plans, with pricing details typically tailored for business needs based on environment size, support options, and deployment specifications. Enterprise plan pricing generally requires direct consultation for custom quotes.

Overall experience with Gloo Mesh

Engineer
10B - 30B USD, Travel and Hospitality
FAVORABLE

“Best Service Mesh Support in the Business”

5.0
Jun 24, 2025
The experience has overall been great with Solo.io, they've been receptive to suggestions and have been very helpful in understanding service mesh as we implement for our Org.
There are no reviews in this category.
CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 5th November 2024

Established in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Solo.io's Gloo Platform serves as a consolidated, multi-cloud application networking platform, integrating API Gateway, Kubernetes Ingress, Service Mesh, and Cloud-native Networking technologies. Its main objective is to infuse distributed applications with zero-trust security, supporting secure communication in dynamic settings. The platform features Gloo Gateway for secure and scalable API gateway architectures, Gloo Mesh for managing service mesh for containers and virtual machines across diverse environments, and Gloo Network for networking, packet filtering and observability in modern applications. Its solutions, built upon Istio and Envoy Proxy, aim for simplified operations with unified control, reliability, observability, extensibility and security.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2017
Head office location
Cambridge, United States
Number of employees
51 - 200
Website
https://solo.io

Do You Manage Peer Insights at Solo.io?

Access Vendor Portal to update and manage your profile.

Key Insights

A Snapshot of What Matters - Based on Validated User Reviews

Top Gloo Mesh Alternatives

Logo of Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy)
1. Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy)
4.1
(75 Ratings)
Logo of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh
2. Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh
4.4
(18 Ratings)
Logo of Kong Mesh
3. Kong Mesh
4.4
(9 Ratings)
View All Alternatives

Peer Discussions

Gloo Mesh Reviews and Ratings

4.9

(2 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
50%
4 Star
50%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

5.0

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

5.0

Product Capabilities

4.5

Filter Reviews
Sort By:
Most helpful
Last 12 Months
Star Rating
Reviewer Type
Reviewer's Company Size
Reviewer's Industry
Reviewer's Region
Reviewer's Job Function
  • Engineer
    10B+ USD
    Travel and Hospitality
    Review Source

    Best Service Mesh Support in the Business

    5.0
    Jun 24, 2025
    The experience has overall been great with Solo.io, they've been receptive to suggestions and have been very helpful in understanding service mesh as we implement for our Org.
  • Sr.Software Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Great service mesh choice for securing cloud-native applications!

    4.0
    Jun 2, 2023
    Gloo Mesh is of the best products when it comes to the FIPS compliance, and security of your cloud-native applications.
Showing Result 1-2 of 2

Recommended Gartner Insights

  • Market Guide for Service Mesh
Powered by Google TranslateThis service may contain translations provided by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. Gartner's use of this provider is for operational purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of its products or services.

Gartner Peer Insights content consists of the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and should not be construed as statements of fact, nor do they represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in this content nor makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this content, about its accuracy or completeness, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

This site is protected by hCaptcha and its Privacy Policy and Terms of Use apply.


Software reviews and ratings for EMMS, BI, CRM, MDM, analytics, security and other platforms - Peer Insights by Gartner
Community GuidelinesListing GuidelinesBrowse VendorsRules of EngagementFAQsPrivacyTerms of Use

©2026 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.

All rights reserved.

Reviewer Insights for: Gloo Mesh
Performance of Gloo Mesh Across Market Features

Gloo Mesh Likes & Dislikes

Like

Gloo Mesh Enterprise has introduced many critical observability and operational features for ambient service mesh that have improved the overall experience of administering a service mesh.

Like

- Service to service authentication using certificate issued from SPIRE - FIPS compliant/Distroless Istio builds - Multi-tenancy & multi-cluster mesh support - Excellent customer support

Dislike

The main challenges we've experienced have been due to the newness of ambient service mesh, however this doesn't apply to the sidecar mesh product.

Dislike

Solo needs to work on the documentations, some of user guides are outdated