Calico Enterprise
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About
Calico Enterprise is ranked #21 of 22 in cloud Security Platforms on Inferse. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is no free plan.
Compared on cloud Security Platforms
- Free plan
- Notigera.io
Facts
- Purpose
- Calico Enterprise is a self-managed platform for unified network security and observability in Kubernetes clusters.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Best fit
- Tigera describes Calico Enterprise as best suited to organizations that want a self-managed platform for network security and observability.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Networking
- It provides pod-to-pod networking for single and multiple Kubernetes clusters and offers eBPF, nftables, iptables, Windows, and VPP data plane choices.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Multi-cluster
- Cluster mesh provides pod connectivity and service discovery across clusters, with network policy enforcement and traffic visibility.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Network security
- Features include network and application-layer policies, DNS policies, egress controls, and workload microsegmentation.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Threat detection
- The product provides workload-level IDS/IPS, a workload-centric WAF, and DDoS attack detection and prevention.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Observability
- Calico aggregates flow logs with Kubernetes context and provides network topology views, dashboards, alerts, and workload packet capture.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Compliance
- Tigera says Calico supports PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, NIST, CCPA, and custom compliance frameworks, with continuous monitoring and audit-ready reports.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- CI/CD integrations
- Calico integrates policy deployment with CI/CD tools including ArgoCD and Jenkins.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Cloud marketplaces
- Tigera lists Calico availability through Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud marketplaces.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists enterprise support for Calico Enterprise, and the comparison page identifies its support and maintenance as Standard/Business.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Retention and scale
- The comparison page lists unlimited data retention and an unlimited number of clusters for Calico Enterprise.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Maker
- Tigera says its story began in 2016 with Project Calico and that it was founded by the original Project Calico engineering team.tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026
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- Best Cloud Security Platforms in 2026#21 of 22
- Best Container Networking Software in 2026#6 of 22
- Best Microsegmentation Software in 2026#14 of 21
- Best Kubernetes Security Software in 2026#9 of 20
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- Best Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms in 2026#12 of 13
Sources
- tigera.io/tigera-products/compare-products/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- tigera.io/tigera-products/calico-commercial-editi· checked 30 Sept 2026
- tigera.io/about/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- tigera.io/tigera-products/calico-cloud-pricing/· checked 30 Sept 2026




