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Best Cilium Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from microsegmentation software ranked against Cilium on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Calico Open Source Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.4
    Cilium vs Calico Open Source
  2. 2
    Istio Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    Cilium vs Istio
  3. 3
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.4
    Cilium vs VMware Workstation Pro
  4. 4
    Antrea Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.3
    Cilium vs Antrea
  5. 6
    ColorTokens Xshield Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Cilium vs ColorTokens Xshield
  6. 7
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Cilium vs HashiCorp Nomad
  7. 8
    Trellix Data Loss Prevention apiMacself-hostedWebWin 5.6
    Cilium vs Trellix Data Loss Prevention
  8. 9
    OVN-Kubernetes apiLinuxself-hostedWin 5.5
    Cilium vs OVN-Kubernetes
  9. 10
    Zentera CoIP Access Platform apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.5
    Cilium vs Zentera CoIP Access Platform
  10. 11
    Aviatrix Zero Trust for Workloads Web 5.4
    Cilium vs Aviatrix Zero Trust for Workloads
  11. 12
    Elisity Microsegmentation apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Cilium vs Elisity Microsegmentation
  12. 13
    Zscaler Private Access AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 5.4
    Cilium vs Zscaler Private Access
  13. 14
    Tetrate Service Bridge apiself-hostedWeb 5.3
    Cilium vs Tetrate Service Bridge
  14. 15
    Zero Networks Segment apiWeb 5.3
    Cilium vs Zero Networks Segment
  15. 16
    Hillstone Security Management 5.2
    Cilium vs Hillstone Security Management
  16. 17
    SUSE Multi-Linux Manager apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.2
    Cilium vs SUSE Multi-Linux Manager
  17. 18
    VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall Web 5.2
    Cilium vs VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall
  18. 19
    Xage Critical Asset Protection Web 5.2
    Cilium vs Xage Critical Asset Protection
  19. 20
    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation self-hosted 5.1
    Cilium vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
  20. 21
    Cyninges TITAN 5.1
    Cilium vs Cyninges TITAN

Cilium alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Calico Open Source6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
2Istio6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
3VMware Workstation Pro6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
4Antrea6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
6ColorTokens Xshield5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7HashiCorp Nomad5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Trellix Data Loss Prevention5.6No—API, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9OVN-Kubernetes5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
10Zentera CoIP Access Platform5.5No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Aviatrix Zero Trust for Workloads5.4No—Web
12Elisity Microsegmentation5.4No—API, self-hosted, Web
13Zscaler Private Access5.4No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
14Tetrate Service Bridge5.3No—API, self-hosted, Web
15Zero Networks Segment5.3No—API, Web
16Hillstone Security Management5.2No——
17SUSE Multi-Linux Manager5.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall5.2No—Web
19Xage Critical Asset Protection5.2No—Web
20Akamai Guardicore Segmentation5.1No—self-hosted
21Cyninges TITAN5.1No——
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Questions about Cilium alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cilium?

Calico Open Source, number 1 in microsegmentation software with a score of 6.4 out of 10. The others here: Istio, VMware Workstation Pro, Antrea and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Cilium?

Calico Open Source is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 4 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.