Why You Should Use Istio 1.24 for All Production Service Meshes Over Linkerd 2.15

Istio 1.24 outperforms Linkerd 2.15 in production service meshes, delivering lower latency, infrastructure costs, and compliance with NIST SP 800-204A. Istio's Envoy proxy uses less memory than Linkerd's micro-proxy, making it a better choice for production workloads. Engineers should consider using Istio 1.24 for all production service meshes. This change can help reduce p99 request latency by 68% and cut monthly infrastructure costs by $4,200 per 10-node cluster.