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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tigera-calico

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Microsegmentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/index.md) | 0% | 20 | 0% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for Kubernetes-first deployments: Calico provides native, metadata-driven Kubernetes policy" (Perplexity Sonar, Microsegmentation)
- "Best For: B2B companies heavily invested in Kubernetes or containerized microservices." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "Built specifically for Kubernetes, containers, and Linux cloud environments." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "Best for Cloud-Native B2B SaaS (Kubernetes-heavy)" (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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Tigera Calico, from 11 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- tigera.io: 10 (its own site)
- elisity.com: 6
- g2.com: 6
- gartner.com: 5
- ordr.net: 4
- peerspot.com: 4
- aimultiple.com: 3
- cyberpress.org: 3
- forrester.com: 3
- gane.ai/index: 3

### Pages cited

- https://tigera.io/learn/guides/microsegmentation/microsegmentation-solutions: 7
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/network-security-microsegmentation: 5
- https://tigera.io/learn/guides/microsegmentation/microsegmentation-tools: 5
- https://elisity.com/blog/top-microsegmentation-solutions: 4
- https://ordr.net/blog/best-microsegmentation-tools: 4
- https://aimultiple.com/microsegmentation-tools: 3
- https://cyberpress.org/microsegmentation-tools-by-business-size: 3
- https://elisity.com/microsegmentation/best-zero-trust-microsegmentation-solutions: 3

## In its own words

What Tigera Calico's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Unified platform for Kubernetes networking and security (https://tigera.io/)
- For: For Platform Engineering & Security Teams (https://tigera.io/)
- Price stated: Pricing varies based on customer needs. Contact for a custom quote. (https://tigera.io/)
- Free plan or trial: Start Free (https://www.tigera.io/features/encryption)
- Customers named: Orange, Aldagi, NBC Universal, MeridianLink, Mulligan Funding, HanseMerkur, fiserv., Berenberg

## What it publishes

Every page tigera.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2316 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 533 pages, 17 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 25 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-14
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2017-02-24
- conference or event: 214 pages, 15 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- report or ebook: 153 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-25
- comparison: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-24
- template or tool: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-07
- glossary or explainer: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-17
- news or press: 10 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-23
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Clearinghouse https://www.tigera.io/blog/clearinghouse
- Recent: 2026-09-21 conference or event: Discovering and securing ai agents in kubernetes https://www.tigera.io/event/discovering-and-securing-ai-agents-in-kubernetes
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Hitl for autonomous agents where does the human go https://www.tigera.io/blog/hitl-for-autonomous-agents-where-does-the-human-go
- Recent: 2026-09-16 conference or event: Not every vm needs to keep its ip choosing a network model for kubevirt https://www.tigera.io/event/not-every-vm-needs-to-keep-its-ip-choosing-a-network-model-for-kubevirt
- Recent: 2026-09-16 conference or event: The ticket says cant reach the database troubleshooting vm and pod traffic with evidence https://www.tigera.io/event/the-ticket-says-cant-reach-the-database-troubleshooting-vm-and-pod-traffic-with-evidence
- Recent: 2026-09-16 conference or event: Your vm moved but its load balancer didnt rebuilding the application edge on kubernetes https://www.tigera.io/event/your-vm-moved-but-its-load-balancer-didnt-rebuilding-the-application-edge-on-kubernetes

## 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.