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Tetrate Service Bridge

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Spec score 6.9 #15 of 37 in Network Security Policy Management Software

What it is

Tetrate Service Bridge is a paid, hybrid service mesh and control plane for connecting, monitoring, and securing microservices. Built on Istio, it centralizes Istio and Envoy configuration and visibility across Kubernetes and traditional compute clusters, including application edges, cluster ingress, and links between workloads. A global management plane spans multi-cluster hybrid environments. Security controls include end-to-end mTLS, certificate management, identity-aware authorization, role-based access control, tenant isolation, and zero-trust policies with auditability. Traffic features cover global routing, circuit breaking, locality-aware failover, canary releases, traffic shifting, and blue-green deployments. Unified metrics, distributed tracing, topology views, service inventory, dashboards, and alerts provide observability. Tetrate lists support for Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GCP, plus integrations and partners across major cloud and infrastructure providers. The management plane may be hosted by Tetrate or deployed in customer Kubernetes infrastructure. Self-managed installation requires Kubernetes and several supporting services. Pricing is on request; no free plan is listed.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Tetrate Service Bridge provides a uniform way to connect, monitor and secure microservices.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Audience
Tetrate describes TSB as a platform for platform owners, application developers and security administrators managing large multi-cluster, multi-tenant deployments.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.tetrate.io
Deployment
The management plane can be hosted by Tetrate or deployed by the customer in its own Kubernetes infrastructure.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.tetrate.io
Integrations
Tetrate lists AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Red Hat OpenShift, Equinix, Venafi, Arm, GitLab and Weaveworks as partners or integrations.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Security
TSB provides end-to-end mTLS, certificate management, identity-aware authorization, RBAC and multi-tenant isolation.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Compliance
The product page says TSB supports compliance requirements including PCI, HIPAA, GDPR and FIPS/FedRAMP.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Support
For hosted deployments, Tetrate applies updates and security fixes and manages scaling and availability incidents with its SRE team.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.tetrate.io
Headquarters
Silicon ValleyRead 28 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Architecture
TSB is an Istio-based service mesh and control plane that unifies configuration, operation and visibility of service-to-service connectivity.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Management
A global management plane centrally manages Istio and Envoy across multi-cluster hybrid environments.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Observability
TSB includes unified metrics, embedded distributed tracing, topology views, service inventory, dashboards and alerts.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Requirements
Self-managed installation requires Kubernetes, a private HTTPS Docker registry, a Tetrate repository account and API key, Docker Engine, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch or AWS OpenSearch, Redis, an identity provider and cert-manager.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.tetrate.io
Traffic management
The platform supports global routing, circuit breaking, locality-aware failover, canary releases, traffic shifting and blue-green deployments.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Workloads
TSB operates at application edges, cluster ingress and between workloads in Kubernetes and traditional compute clusters.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io
Zero trust
TSB enforces zero trust by default with consistent policies, fine-grained access controls and auditability aligned with NIST standards.Read 30 Sep 2026 · tetrate.io

Plans and prices

Tetrate Service Bridge Priced on request enterprise-grade service mesh · hosted or on-premise Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.tetrate.io

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Centralizes Istio and Envoy management
  • Provides end-to-end mTLS and RBAC
  • Supports multi-cluster hybrid environments
  • Includes routing and deployment traffic controls
  • Offers hosted or customer-deployed management

Limits

  • Pricing is available only on request
  • No free plan is listed
  • Self-managed installation has many prerequisites
  • Requires Kubernetes for customer deployment

Who it suits

It is aimed at platform owners, application developers, and security administrators managing large multi-cluster, multi-tenant deployments. Teams choosing hosted or customer-managed control planes can use its hybrid deployment model.

Verdict

Tetrate Service Bridge combines service-mesh management, zero-trust security, traffic policy, and observability across hybrid clusters. Its hosted option avoids customer infrastructure management, while self-managed deployment carries a substantial stated prerequisite list.

Where Specifiction places it

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