Cilium vs VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall
VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall
5.2 #21 in Microsegmentation Software
About VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall| Cilium | VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, self-hosted | Web |
| Deployment model | hybrid | agentless |
| Workload coverage | — | mixed |
| Policy granularity | — | identity |
| Kubernetes enforcement | — | Yes |
| Identity-based rules | — | Yes |
| Cloud environment | — | on_premises |
Both are listed in Best Microsegmentation Software. On Freedom251, Cilium scores higher on our published basis.