Google Cloud Service Mesh pricing
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Cloud Service Mesh standalone usageFree Each client is charged at $0.0006945 per hour.Managed control plane · Telemetry dashboards · Managed certificate authority with no per-certificate charge Read 20 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com
In short
- Google Cloud Service Mesh has a free plan (Cloud Service Mesh standalone usage).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS App Mesh | — | Yes | No |
| Kuma | — | Yes | No |
| Network Service Mesh | — | Yes | No |
| Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd | — | Yes | Yes |
| Flomesh Service Mesh | — | Yes | No |
| Traefik Mesh | — | Yes | No |
| Greymatter | — | No | Yes |
| Istio | — | Yes | No |