3 categories · RankedCalico
Calico is a unified platform for Kubernetes networking and security, used for network policy and encryption in container environments · tigera.io ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Zero Networks Segment is first at 30%.
ColorTokens Xshield is first at 36%.
Illumio Segmentation is first at 77%.
Why models recommend it
“Calico often ranks as the top pick for most budget-conscious teams due to its maturity, active development”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Cilium or Calico (OSS) provide powerful, free segmentation with deep visibility and control”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Kubernetes-native, common starting point for teams implementing segmentation for containers.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“For Kubernetes-heavy environments, Calico is another cost-conscious option”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Calico, over the 40 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 10 | View → | |
| 16 | 2 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 4 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 10 | View → | |
| 14 | 4 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 2 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Calico's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Platform Engineering & Security Teams
- Price stated
- Pricing varies based on customer needs. Contact for a custom quote.
- Free plan or trial
- Start Free
- Customers named
- Orange, Aldagi, NBC Universal, MeridianLink, Mulligan Funding, HanseMerkur, fiserv., Berenberg
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 35 of the 40 answers that named Calico and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-four of the 122 domain citations in answers naming Calico came from a third party's page. Nine were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 533 | 17 | 2026-09-23 | WAF, SIEM | |
| Conference or event | 214 | 15 | 2026-09-21 | ||
| Report or ebook | 153 | 5 | 2026-08-25 | CNAPP, WAF | |
| Case study | 25 | 0 | 2025-11-14 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 18 | 0 | 2024-05-17 | ||
| News or press | 10 | 1 | 2026-07-23 | ||
| Comparison | 7 | 0 | 2025-12-24 | ||
| Template or tool | 5 | 0 | 2026-05-07 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 3 | 0 | 2017-02-24 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-23Clearinghouse blog
- 2026-09-21Discovering and securing ai agents in kubernetes conference or event
- 2026-09-17Hitl for autonomous agents where does the human go blog
- 2026-09-16Not every vm needs to keep its ip choosing a network model for kubevirt conference or event
- 2026-09-16The ticket says cant reach the database troubleshooting vm and pod traffic with evidence conference or event
- 2026-09-16Your vm moved but its load balancer didnt rebuilding the application edge on kubernetes conference or event
Events in person
- October 22, 2026Your VM Moved but Its Load Balancer Didn’t: Rebuilding the Application Edge on Kubernetesplace not stated · hosts
- March 23, 2026Workshop: Securing Autonomous AI Agents in ProductionApollo Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands · hosted
As the event pages on tigera.io state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page tigera.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.