Antrea
7.2#1 in microsegmentation softwareFree planFree planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows
VisitAntrea vs HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer
HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer
5.5#14 in software-defined networking softwareWebAPISelf-hosted
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Antrea | HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations and guides for Prometheus, Octant, Multus, and Fluentd. | Supported integration packs include HPE Aruba Networking NetEdit, HPE iLO Amplifier, ODIM, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Prism, Pensando PSM, VMware NSX-T, VMware vSphere and vSAN, and VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager. |
| Purpose | Antrea implements the Container Network Interface and Kubernetes NetworkPolicy to provide pod networking and security for Kubernetes workloads. | Fabric Composer is an intelligent, API-based, software-defined orchestration solution for day-to-day operations across rack-scale compute and storage infrastructure. |
Antrea plans
- AntreaFree
HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer plans
- Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU—
- Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU—
- Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU—
- Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU—
- Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU—
- Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU—
Pick Antrea if…
Antrea suits Kubernetes operators who need pod networking, network policy controls or multi-cluster capabilities. It requires Open vSwitch on every node, and its traffic encryption feature applies to Linux nodes rather than Windows nodes.
Pick HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.