Scaling in the Clouds: Istio Ambient vs. Cilium
• Istio Ambient vs. Cilium performance evaluated at enterprise scale. • Architecture differs: Cilium uses eBPF/WireGuard; Istio relies on ztunnel in user space. • Test involved 500
Cilium
• Istio Ambient vs. Cilium performance evaluated at enterprise scale. • Architecture differs: Cilium uses eBPF/WireGuard; Istio relies on ztunnel in user space. • Test involved 500