# Tigera Calico Open Source: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/tigera-calico-open-source/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsegmentation | 0% | 54 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Cilium or Calico Open Source — completely free and production-proven." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Microsegmentation)

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Protect sensitive data and meet compliance requirements with Calico’s high-performance encryption for data in transit (https://www.tigera.io/features/encryption)
- For: organizations that have strict data protection and regulatory compliance requirements; DevSecOps teams; IT organizations that are already overburdened (https://www.tigera.io/features/encryption)
- Free plan or trial: Start Free (https://www.tigera.io/features/encryption)
- Customers named: LichtBlick SE, Morgan Stanley, Box, Copart, 1&1 Mail & Media, National Research Lab, Orange, Essentra

## 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://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.