# Project Calico: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/project-calico

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Microsegmentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/index.md) | 2% | 12 | 0% | 1 |
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 0% | 101 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best Choice: Cilium or Project Calico (Open-Source Editions)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Microsegmentation)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Project Calico, from 4 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- slashdot.org: 4
- g2.com: 3
- saasworthy.com: 3
- cisco.com: 2
- findalternatives.net: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- peerspot.com: 2
- sourceforge.net: 2
- thenetworkdna.com: 2
- trustradius.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://saasworthy.com/list/data-center-networking: 3
- https://findalternatives.net/categories/data-center-networking: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/data-center-networking: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/data-center-networking/small-business: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/data-center-networking: 2
- https://slashdot.org/software/data-center-networking/f-small-business: 2
- https://slashdot.org/software/data-center-networking/small-business: 2
- https://cisco.com/c/en_in/solutions/small-business/data-center.html: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.