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Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy)

byBroadcom (VMware)
in Service Mesh
4.1

Overview

Overall experience with Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy)

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
250M - 500M USD, Software
FAVORABLE

“A Solution to Secure and Manage Microservices”

5.0
Dec 17, 2024
As a modern team managing microservices across different clusters, Tanzu Service Mesh has given us an easy and reliable way to secure, manage, and monitor our services efficiently.
PLATFORM ENGINEER
1B - 3B USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Istion integration in the Tanzu portfolio”

3.0
Jan 28, 2024
The product works well for certain use cases especially if you have multiple k8s clusters in different clouds (onprem and public).

About Company

Company Details

Updated 4th February 2026
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
California, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
https://www.vmware.com/

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Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy) Reviews and Ratings

4.1

(75 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
12%
4 Star
87%
3 Star
1%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

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Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.6

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    A Solution to Secure and Manage Microservices

    5.0
    Dec 17, 2024
    As a modern team managing microservices across different clusters, Tanzu Service Mesh has given us an easy and reliable way to secure, manage, and monitor our services efficiently.
  • Senior Research And Data Analyst
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Navigating Infrastructure Visibility with Tanzu Service Mesh

    4.0
    Oct 22, 2024
    Using Tanzu Service Mesh has greatly improved our infrastructure visibility, turning it from unclear to completely clear. we can easily analyse metrics across clusters and quickly detect problems in our global deployments, allowing us to catch issues before they affect our services.
  • IT MANAGER
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Harnessing the Power of Tanzu Service Mesh in Cloud Environments

    4.0
    Sep 12, 2024
    Tanzu service mesh has to be one of the most comprehensive management platforms for cloud applications deployed in hybrid or multi-cloud environments. Overall, it has great features and provides value for money.
  • ASSISTANT LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Boosting Reliability and Efficiency in Transportation with Tanzu Service Mesh.

    5.0
    Aug 28, 2024
    Tanzu Service Mesh has enhanced the reliability and scalability of our transportation network. Its strong traffic management has made our fleet routing more efficient, and the integrated security features have enhanced our data protection.
  • ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Tanzu Service mesh: Simple and balanced service mesh handler

    4.0
    Jul 29, 2024
    In my experience overall tanzu service mesh is a great tool for managing service meshes in various complex environments and it is very much easy to use and has great security features as well, a great product in this price range.
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Reviewer Insights for: Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy)
Performance of Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy) Across Market Features

Tanzu Service Mesh (Legacy) Likes & Dislikes

Like

Tanzu Service Mesh offers advanced traffic management features that improve application performance and reliability. It also includes fault tolerance, and timeouts to keep applications stable during failures. Additionally, it uses microsegmentation to limit communication between services, reducing security risks.

Like

Istio itself is very complex. It got better meanwhile but it is still very hard to operate. Since this product is part of the Tanzu portfolio VMware provides support for the installation and offers ways to integrate it easily with other Tanzu products.

Like

Tanzu Service Mesh's predictive performance analytics uses AI to forecast potential service obstacles, helping to prevent issues before they arise. It also offers the flexibility to create and track custom KPI's tailored to specific business needs.

Dislike

Making sure it works across different cloud platforms and Kubernetes may require extra setup and testing.

Dislike

The product is niche product and has no broad adoption within the Tanzu/VMware community. Therefor it is hard to get best practices besides the official docs.

Dislike

Tanzu has limited support for legacy systems, which makes it difficult to monitor applications that are not containerised.