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Terway

Ch 096.8of 26 Container Networking Software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3CNI pluginYes
  4. 4Network policiesYes
  5. 5Egress controlYes
  6. 6Multi-cluster networkingYes
  7. 7Supported platformsKubernetes ACK, Alibaba Cloud VPC/ENI, Alibaba Cloud Linux 3/4, ContainerOS, Ubuntu
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Overview

Terway is ranked #9 of 26 in container networking software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

Terway plans and pricing

All plans
Open source Free Trunking is unavailable in self-hosted clusters github.com · 3 Oct 2026

Compared on container networking software

Free plan
Yesgithub.com
CNI plugin
Yesgithub.com
Network policies
Yesgithub.com
Egress control
Yesgithub.com
Multi-cluster networking
Yesgithub.com
Supported platforms
Kubernetes ACK, Alibaba Cloud VPC/ENI, Alibaba Cloud Linux 3/4, ContainerOS, Ubuntugithub.com

Facts

Product
Terway is a CNI plugin for Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes (ACK), built on Alibaba Cloud ENI technology.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Pod networking
Each Pod has its own network stack and IP address; Pods on the same ECS instance communicate directly, while cross-ECS Pod traffic travels through VPC ENIs without VxLAN encapsulation.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
ENI mode
ENI network mode allocates ENIs to Pods to optimize resource use and network performance.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Trunking
Trunking allows Pods to have independent ENIs for flexible security group and switch configurations.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Node pools
Terway supports configuring node pools for exclusive ENI usage.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Network security
Terway supports Kubernetes NetworkPolicy and traditional security groups for multi-dimensional network access control.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Performance
Terway uses eBPF for protocol stack acceleration and describes the result as low latency and high throughput.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
IP support
Terway supports dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Self-hosted limitation
The README says ACK-provided versions match the open-source version except that Trunking is unavailable in self-hosted clusters.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Deprecated modes
The README marks VPC Network Mode and Exclusive ENI Mode as deprecated.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Security reporting
The project asks users to report code vulnerabilities to [email protected] and refers to SECURITY.md for details.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Community support
The README invites bug fixes, feature work, documentation improvements, and code contributions, and lists a DingTalk group ID of 35924643.github.com · 3 Oct 2026

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