Cilium vs ExpeditedSSL: What are the differences?

What is Cilium? API-aware networking and security for containers. Open source software for providing and transparently securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between application workloads such as application containers or processes.

What is ExpeditedSSL? The Fastest, easiest way to add SSL to your Heroku + AWS Apps. Stop pouring through MAN pages and outdated blog posts that don't take into account new requirements. With our add-on, you can go from install to confirmed installation in as little as twenty minutes: using nothing but your browser.

Cilium and ExpeditedSSL can be primarily classified as "Security" tools.

Some of the features offered by Cilium are:

• Identity Based Security - Cilium visibility and security policies are based on the container orchestrator identity (e.g., Kubernetes labels). Never again worry about network subnets or container IP addresses when writing security policies, auditing, or troubleshooting.
• Blazing Performance - BPF is the underlying Linux superpower to do the heavy lifting on the datapath by providing sandboxed programmability of the Linux kernel with incredible performance.
• API-Protocol Visibility + Security - Traditional firewalls only see and filter packets based on network headers like IP address and ports. Cilium can do this as well, but also understands and filters the individual HTTP, gRPC, and Kafka requests that stitch microservices together.

On the other hand, ExpeditedSSL provides the following key features:

• Automatic SSL Renewal
• Rapid Installation and Configuration
• Integrated DNS Testing