Antrea is an open-source networking and security project for Kubernetes workloads.
Alternatives to Skupper
Network Service Mesh is an open-source project for connecting workloads across clusters and clouds through a hybrid, multi-cloud IP service mesh.
Aviatrix Kubernetes Firewall governs ingress, egress, and east-west traffic for Kubernetes workloads across clusters, clouds, and other environments.
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kube-network-policies
kube-network-policies is a free, open-source userspace implementation of Kubernetes network policies for Linux.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 5

Calico Open Source
Calico Open Source provides networking, network security, and observability for Kubernetes environments across cloud, hybrid-cloud, and on-premises deployments.
Free planLinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.1Free plan - 6

Cilium
Cilium is open-source software for providing, securing, and observing network connectivity between workloads, using eBPF.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 7
CNI Plugins
CNI Plugins is a free collection of reference and example network plugins for configuring Linux and Windows container networking.
Free planLinuxWindows6.0Free plan - 8
Flannel
Flannel is a free, open-source network fabric that provides layer 3 networking for containers designed for Kubernetes.
Free planLinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.0Free plan - 9
Kube-OVN
Kube-OVN combines OVN and Open vSwitch with Kubernetes to orchestrate cloud-native networks.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 10

Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines automates application delivery on Red Hat OpenShift using a cloud-native CI/CD approach built on Tekton.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0 - 11
OVN-Kubernetes
OVN-Kubernetes is a free, open-source Kubernetes networking solution and CNI-conformant plugin built on OVN and Open vSwitch.
APILinuxSelf-hostedWindows5.9 - 12
Cello CNI
Cello CNI is a free Kubernetes networking plugin that connects cluster workloads within a Volcengine VPC.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 13
DANM
DANM is a Kubernetes network management suite for Linux clusters, originally developed as Nokia’s TelCo-grade solution.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 14
Kube-router
Kube-router is a free, open-source networking solution for Kubernetes clusters, designed to simplify operations while providing network performance.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 15
Spiderpool
Spiderpool is an open-source networking solution for Kubernetes workloads on bare metal, virtual machines, and public clouds.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 16

Calico Enterprise
Calico Enterprise is Tigera’s paid, self-managed platform for network security and observability in Kubernetes clusters.
WebLinuxSelf-hostedWindows5.7 - 17
Liqo
Liqo connects Kubernetes clusters so they can share namespaces, resources, and workloads across a multi-cluster topology.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows5.7 - 18
Terway
Terway is a CNI plugin for Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes (ACK) built on Alibaba Cloud ENI technology.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.7Free plan - 19
Amazon VPC CNI
Amazon VPC CNI is a Kubernetes networking plugin that uses Elastic Network Interfaces on AWS to connect pods.
LinuxSelf-hostedWindows5.4 - 20
Submariner
Submariner is open-source, self-hosted networking software that connects Pods and Services across Kubernetes clusters running on premises or in the cloud.
Self-hosted5.4 - 21
Multus CNI
Multus CNI is a Kubernetes CNI meta-plugin that gives pods additional network interfaces by calling other CNI plugins.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.3 - 22

Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium
Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium is a paid, self-hosted Linux distribution combining Cilium, Hubble, and Tetragon, developed and supported by Cilium’s creators.
LinuxSelf-hosted5.2 - 23
VMware NSX
Web4.8 - 24

Azure CNI
LinuxWindows4.7 - 25
Hybridnet
Linux4.4 - 264.4
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