Tech riderRev. 4 Oct 2026
Calico Cloud
- 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
- 2CostsFree plan · free trial
- 3Container protectionYes
- 4Kubernetes protectionYes
- 5Deployment modelagent-based
- 6Response actionsDeny HTTP traffic; block traffic to suspicious IPs; create security-event exceptions; dismiss security events
- 7Supported host OSLinux; Windows
- 8Cloud platformsAWS; Microsoft Azure; Google Cloud
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: calicocloud.io
Overview
Calico Cloud is ranked #2 of 21 in cloud workload protection platforms on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.
Calico Cloud plans and pricing
All plansFree Free One user · One cluster · Requires Calico 3.30 or greater · Logs retained 24 hours · Policy Editor view only calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
Pay-As-You-Go Not published Unlimited users · Unlimited clusters · 7-day log retention · Packet capture · Egress Gateway · Threat Defense · DNS and L7 · Alerts · Anomaly Detection calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
Compared on cloud workload protection platforms
- Free plan
- Yescalicocloud.io
- Container protection
- Yescalicocloud.io
- Kubernetes protection
- Yescalicocloud.io
- Deployment model
- agent-basedcalicocloud.io
- Response actions
- Deny HTTP traffic; block traffic to suspicious IPs; create security-event exceptions; dismiss security eventscalicocloud.io
- Supported host OS
- Linux; Windowscalicocloud.io
- Cloud platforms
- AWS; Microsoft Azure; Google Cloudcalicocloud.io
Facts
- Purpose
- Calico Cloud provides network security, observability, and traffic controls for Kubernetes environments in cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Network visibility
- Its observability features show network topology, workload connections, dependencies, and traffic data to support troubleshooting.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Threat protection
- The product describes integrated IDS/IPS, WAF, and DDoS protection, along with forensics and network-policy quarantine for infected workloads.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Policy management
- Calico Cloud supports policy recommendations, tiered policy enforcement, and security policy as code in CI/CD pipelines.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Networking
- The site lists eBPF, nftables, iptables, Windows data planes, Envoy Gateway, Egress Gateways, and cluster mesh capabilities.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The site describes compliance reporting for PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR, including scheduled or on-demand reports and exportable compliance data.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Managed service
- Calico Cloud is presented as a fully managed SaaS service run by Tigera, with a free trial available without a credit card.calicocloud.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Supported Kubernetes environments
- Tigera lists self-provisioned Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, and Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 among tested and supported environments.docs.tigera.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Cluster requirements
- A cluster must have a CNI installed before connecting; Calico Open Source is required when Calico Cloud will provide both networking and network policy.docs.tigera.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Platform architecture
- Calico Cloud supports x86-64 and ARM64 nodes and hybrid Kubernetes clusters with a Linux control plane and Windows nodes on EKS or AKS.docs.tigera.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Console browsers
- The web console supports the latest two versions of Chrome and Safari.docs.tigera.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Support limits
- Tigera says the distributions it lists are those it currently tests and supports; other distributions may connect with Calico Open Source installed, with Support available for guidance.docs.tigera.io · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- calicocloud.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
- calicocloud.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
- docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/get-started/system-require· checked 4 Oct 2026