Antrea vs Elisity Microsegmentation
Antrea
antrea.io
Elisity Microsegmentation
elisity.comSide by side
| Figure | Antrea | Elisity Microsegmentation |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Microsegmentation Software | 9.0 (#1) | 7.8 (#8) |
| Deployment | A standard installation is performed by applying one YAML manifest, with Helm and cloud-specific guides also documented. | Elisity says its Virtual Edge software runs at the access layer or in virtual environments and synchronizes policies to existing infrastructure without additional hardware. |
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations and guides for Prometheus, Octant, Multus, and Fluentd. | The integrations page lists Armis, Claroty, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, ServiceNow, Active Directory, Splunk, and network vendors including Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, and Arista. |
| Purpose | Antrea implements the Container Network Interface and Kubernetes NetworkPolicy to provide pod networking and security for Kubernetes workloads. | Elisity describes its product as identity-based microsegmentation that limits lateral movement across users, workloads, and devices. |
| Support | The project directs users to its Kubernetes Slack channel, mailing lists, community meetings, and office hours. | The customer terms include software support and maintenance during the subscription term at no additional fees, as part of a Software Order. |
Plans
Elisity Microsegmentation
- Elisity MicrosegmentationPriced on request
In their own words
Antrea
Antrea provides networking and security for Kubernetes workloads by implementing the Container Network Interface and Kubernetes NetworkPolicy. It uses Open vSwitch as its data plane, including for Kubernetes Service load balancing. Depending on infrastructure and use case, clusters can use VXLAN or Geneve overlays or run without an overlay. Antrea extends Kubernetes policy controls with tiers, rule priorities, cluster-level policies, and Node policies. It can federate clusters with a unified data plane, multi-cluster Services, and security posture. Diagnostics include command-line and UI tools for packet tracing, policy analysis, and flow inspection; metrics can be exported to Prometheus. Pod traffic encryption with IPsec or WireGuard is supported between Linux nodes, but not on Windows nodes. Deployment guides cover Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE, with GKE marked Alpha. The project requires a Kubernetes cluster and the Open vSwitch kernel module on every node, and its overview says it has been tested with Kubernetes 1.23 or later. Antrea is an open-source CNCF sandbox project under Apache License 2.0.
Elisity Microsegmentation
Elisity Microsegmentation applies identity-based least-privilege policies to users, workloads, and devices across IT, IoT, OT, and IoMT networks. Passive telemetry and integrations discover devices and correlate identity, behavior, traffic, and risk in IdentityGraph. Teams can simulate policies against real traffic before activation, while Elisity Intelligence recommends actions for customer approval. A cloud-hosted Cloud Control Center manages Virtual Edge deployments, and Virtual Edge Nodes enforce policies through existing network infrastructure. Elisity describes Virtual Edge as lightweight container software for access-layer switches or virtual environments, without additional hardware. The platform is agentless, supports mixed workloads and hybrid cloud environments, and is available through API, self-hosted, and web platforms. Integrations include Armis, Claroty, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, ServiceNow, Active Directory, Splunk, Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, and Arista. It targets healthcare, manufacturing and industrial organizations, and commercial enterprises. Pricing and subscription terms are set in a Software Order.