calico
The premium Open Source alternative to Cilium
🎯 Best for:Enterprise Kubernetes security and networking
What is calico?
Replaces traditional hardware firewalls and proprietary SDN solutions with a cloud-native networking and security policy engine. Implements high-performance data planes using eBPF, standard Linux networking, or Windows HNS.
Tech Stack
GoVPN & Network
Why calico?
- • High performance eBPF
- • Granular security policies
- • Multi-cloud support
Limitations
- • Complex networking concepts
- • Difficult to debug
- • Heavy K8s dependency
3/6/2026
Last Update
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Forks
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Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Cilium)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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