The best Azure Virtual Network Manager alternatives

Antrea suits teams operating Kubernetes workloads that need pod networking, policy controls, diagnostics, or multi-cluster federation.

ONOS is aimed at teams controlling service-provider networks, and may also suit data-center or campus network settings.

OpenDaylight suits teams and developers who need programmable network control and monitoring across supported network environments.

Cilium suits teams managing workload networking and security in Linux-based environments, including Kubernetes deployments.

Kube-OVN suits Kubernetes environments needing multi-tenant networking or KubeVirt support.

OVN is intended for cloud management software used with virtual machine and container environments.

TeraFlowSDN suits telecommunications operators, vendors, research institutions, and research initiatives working on smart networks and services.

It suits network operators using compatible OpenFlow hardware who want vendor-independent, self-hosted control and monitoring.

Ryu suits developers creating software-defined networking management and control applications.

It is intended for organizations that want a self-managed Kubernetes platform for network security and observability.

Netris is aimed at AI infrastructure operators managing multi-tenant networks across the listed network types.

Neutron is aimed at OpenStack administrators deploying and managing networking, especially those with sufficient Linux experience.

Fabric Composer suits infrastructure teams managing HPE Aruba CX networks alongside compute, storage, virtualization, and security policies.

It is intended for communications providers, from growing operators to mature businesses with complex IT environments and large subscriber bases.

It suits teams operating Linux, self-hosted, hybrid infrastructure that need network policy, observability, runtime security, and multi-cluster…