No. 23 of 28 ·Microsegmentation Software

Calico Enterprise

Web · Windows · Linux · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.0

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Calico Enterprise is ranked #23 of 28 in microsegmentation software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is no free plan.

Calico Enterprise plans and pricing

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Calico Enterprise Not published Custom Pricing Self-managed platform · custom log retention · unlimited users · unlimited clusters tigera.io · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on microsegmentation software

Free plan: No

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The record

Purpose: Calico Enterprise is a self-managed platform for unified network security and observability in Kubernetes clusters.
Best fit: Tigera describes Calico Enterprise as best suited to organizations that want a self-managed platform for network security and observability.
Networking: It provides pod-to-pod networking for single and multiple Kubernetes clusters and offers eBPF, nftables, iptables, Windows, and VPP data plane choices.
Multi-cluster: Cluster mesh provides pod connectivity and service discovery across clusters, with network policy enforcement and traffic visibility.
Network security: Features include network and application-layer policies, DNS policies, egress controls, and workload microsegmentation.
Threat detection: The product provides workload-level IDS/IPS, a workload-centric WAF, and DDoS attack detection and prevention.
Observability: Calico aggregates flow logs with Kubernetes context and provides network topology views, dashboards, alerts, and workload packet capture.
Compliance: Tigera says Calico supports PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, NIST, CCPA, and custom compliance frameworks, with continuous monitoring and audit-ready reports.
CI/CD integrations: Calico integrates policy deployment with CI/CD tools including ArgoCD and Jenkins.
Cloud marketplaces: Tigera lists Calico availability through Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud marketplaces.
Support: The pricing page lists enterprise support for Calico Enterprise, and the comparison page identifies its support and maintenance as Standard/Business.
Retention and scale: The comparison page lists unlimited data retention and an unlimited number of clusters for Calico Enterprise.
Maker: Tigera says its story began in 2016 with Project Calico and that it was founded by the original Project Calico engineering team.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Microsegmentation Software in 2026#23 of 28
Best Cloud Security Platforms in 2026#19 of 28
Best Container Networking Software in 2026#17 of 26
Best Kubernetes Security Software in 2026#18 of 24
Best Software-Defined Networking Software in 2026#15 of 23
Best Cloud Network Management Software in 2026#11 of 20
Best Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms in 2026#12 of 17

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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