Audience
Users looking for a solution to manage their containers, virtual machines, and native host-based workloads
About Project Calico
Calico is an open-source networking and network security solution for containers, virtual machines, and native host-based workloads. Calico supports a broad range of platforms including Kubernetes, OpenShift, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), OpenStack, and bare metal services. Whether you opt to use Calico's eBPF data plane or Linux’s standard networking pipeline, Calico delivers blazing-fast performance with true cloud-native scalability. Calico provides developers and cluster operators with a consistent experience and set of capabilities whether running in the public cloud or on-prem, on a single node, or across a multi-thousand-node cluster. Calico gives you a choice of data planes, including a pure Linux eBPF data plane, a standard Linux networking data plane, and a Windows HNS data plane. Whether you prefer the cutting-edge features of eBPF or the familiarity of the standard primitives that existing system administrators already know, Calico has you covered.
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Project Calico
United States
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Platforms Supported
Cloud
Windows
Linux
On-Premises
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Documentation
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Support
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Project Calico Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Project Calico work with?
Project Calico works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Project Calico support in their product?
Project Calico supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Project Calico offer?
Project Calico offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does Project Calico integrate with?
Project Calico integrates with: Amazon EKS, Apigee, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Box, GitHub, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, OpenStack, OrangeCRM, and Squarespace.
Q: Does Project Calico have an API?
Yes, Project Calico has an API.
Q: What type of training does Project Calico provide?
Project Calico provides training in the form of documentation and in person.
Q: How much does Project Calico cost?
Pricing for Project Calico starts at Free.
