Submariner vs VMware NSX
| Submariner | VMware NSX | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | self-hosted | Web |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| CNI plugin | No | Yes |
| Network policies | No | Yes |
| Egress control | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-cluster networking | Yes | Yes |
| Encryption in transit | Yes | — |
| Supported platforms | Kubernetes; OpenShift-SDN; Weave; Flannel; Canal; Calico; OVN; AWS; GKE; Azure; GCP; vSphere; OpenStack; x86-64; ARM64 | VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS), Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu, VMware vSphere |
Both are listed in Best Container Networking Software. On The Geeks Club, Submariner scores higher on our published basis.