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Description

Effortless traffic management for your service mesh. A service mesh is a robust framework that has gained traction for facilitating microservices and contemporary applications. Within this framework, the data plane, featuring service proxies such as Envoy, directs the traffic, while the control plane oversees policies, configurations, and intelligence for these proxies. Google Cloud Platform's Traffic Director acts as a fully managed traffic control system for service mesh. By utilizing Traffic Director, you can seamlessly implement global load balancing across various clusters and virtual machine instances across different regions, relieve service proxies of health checks, and set up advanced traffic control policies. Notably, Traffic Director employs open xDSv2 APIs to interact with the service proxies in the data plane, ensuring that users are not confined to a proprietary interface. This flexibility allows for easier integration and adaptability in various operational environments.

Description

A comprehensive multi-cloud service networking solution designed to link and secure services across various runtime environments and both public and private cloud infrastructures. It offers real-time updates on the health and location of all services, ensuring progressive delivery and zero trust security with minimal overhead. Users can rest assured that all HCP connections are automatically secured, providing a strong foundation for safe operations. Moreover, it allows for detailed insights into service health and performance metrics, which can be visualized directly within the Consul UI or exported to external analytics tools. As many contemporary applications shift towards decentralized architectures rather than sticking with traditional monolithic designs, particularly in the realm of microservices, there arises a crucial need for a comprehensive topological perspective on services and their interdependencies. Additionally, organizations increasingly seek visibility into the health and performance metrics pertaining to these various services to enhance operational efficiency. This evolution in application architecture underscores the importance of robust tools that facilitate seamless service integration and monitoring.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Ambassador No 
AtomicJar No 
Axonius No 
Beats No 
BlueFlag Security Yes 
CertSecure Manager No 
Check Point IPS No 
Check Point Infinity No 
Circonus IRONdb No 
CyberArk Workforce Identity Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud Platform No 
FF4J No 
Fermyon No 
Flockport No 
Meshery No 
Prosimo No 
Sandfly Security No 
SiteWhere No 
Superblocks No 

Integrations

Ambassador Yes 
AtomicJar Yes 
Axonius Yes 
Beats Yes 
BlueFlag Security No 
CertSecure Manager Yes 
Check Point IPS Yes 
Check Point Infinity Yes 
Circonus IRONdb Yes 
CyberArk Workforce Identity No 
F5 Distributed Cloud Platform Yes 
FF4J Yes 
Fermyon Yes 
Flockport Yes 
Meshery Yes 
Prosimo Yes 
Sandfly Security Yes 
SiteWhere Yes 
Superblocks Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Google

Founded

1998

Country

United States

Website

cloud.google.com/traffic-director

Vendor Details

Company Name

HashiCorp

Founded

2012

Country

United States

Website

www.consul.io

Product Features

Load Balancing

Authentication Yes 
Automatic Configuration Yes 
Content Caching No 
Content Routing Yes 
Data Compression Yes 
Health Monitoring No 
Predefined Protocols Yes 
Redundancy Checking Yes 
Reverse Proxy Yes 
SSL Offload No 
Schedulers Yes 

Product Features

Configuration Management

Access Control / Permissions Yes 
Application Deployment Yes 
Automated Provisioning Yes 
Infrastructure Automation Yes 
Node Management Yes 
Orchestration Yes 
Reporting Analytics / Visualization Yes 
Task Management Yes 

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