Adopters
Here are some of the organizations we know are using Cilium.
If you’re using Cilium and aren’t on this list, please submit a pull request!
Building High-Performance Cloud Native Pod Networks
Ascend uses Cilium as their one CNI across multiple cloud providers
AWS picks Cilium for Networking & Security on EKS Anywhere
Microsoft chooses Cilium for Azure networking
Bloomberg leverages Cilium to construct data sandboxes that restrict users from distributing data outside the sandbox
Building a Secure and Maintainable PaaS
Cloud Native Networking with eBPF
ClickHouse uses Cilium and Hubble across multiple clouds
Cilium is the CNI for Cosmonic's Nomad based PaaS
Datadog uses Cilium in AWS (self-hosted k8s)
dBrain Cloud uses Cilium as a CNI in their Kubernetes platform
DB Schenker uses Cilium as the default CNI in self-managed Kubernetes clusters running in AWS
Deezer uses Cilium as their CNI for all on-prem Kubernetes clusters for its performance and security
Managed Kubernetes: 1.5 Years of Cilium Usage at DigitalOcean
ect888 uses Cilium as their CNI and for load balancing
Eficode uses Cilium and Hubble as the default networking and observability solution for their customers
Form3 uses Cilium in their production clusters (self-hosted, bare-metal, private cloud)
Gcore uses Cilium as a CNI option in their Managed Kubernetes offering
Giant Swarm uses Cilium as the CNI in their Cluster API based managed Kubernetes service
Kubernetes Network Policies in Action with Cilium
Hetzner uses Cilium for Ingress and as a CNI for Hetzner Cloud
Home furnishings retailer uses Cilium for their self-hosted bare-metal private cloud
ilionx uses Cilium as their preferred networking, observability, and security solution
JSYK uses Cilium and Hubble in their Kubernetes edge Clusters for advanced networking, security and observability
Kubermatic uses Cilium as the CNI for its Kubernetes installer and platform
Scaling a Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Clusters in a Telco
Meltwater uses Cilium in AWS on self-hosted multi-tenant k8s clusters as the CNI plugin
Mobilabs uses Cilium as the CNI for their internal cloud
Netbird uses Cilium to compile BPF to Go for cross-platform DNS management and NAT traversal
Nexxiot using Cilium as the CNI plugin on EKS for its IoT SaaS
Palantir uses Cilium as their main CNI plugin in all major cloud providers (self hosted k8s)
Palark uses Cilium as the CNI for the customer infrastructure that they manage
Parseable uses Tertragon for collecting and ingesting eBPF logs for Kubernetes clusters
PostFinance uses Cilium as their CNI for all mission critical, on premise k8s clusters
Rabobank uses Cilium to implement zero trust networking in their API platform
Robinhood uses Cilium for Kubernetes overlay networking
Roche uses Cilium for managing the network connectivity of their edge clusters
S&P Global uses Cilium as its CNI
Santa and the Elves uses Cilium to enhance their Christmas operations by efficiently connecting clusters and securing data
Schuberg Philis uses Cilium as the CNI for PCI-DSS compliant kubernetes clusters they run for their customers
Sicredi uses Cilium as their CNI and for network security across their Kubernetes clusters
SingleStore uses Hubble for observability
Skybet uses Cilium as their CNI
SmartNews uses Cilium in their Kubernetes clusters for high performance and scalability
Superorbital uses Cilium in their customer engagements
TestifySec uses Tetragon to provide detailed eBPF traces of a build step in their supply chain security framework
The New York Times uses Cilium on EKS for multi-region multi-tenant shared clusters
Tietoevry uses Cilium and Hubble across multiple platforms
Trendyol uses Cilium as the default CNI for its Kubernetes Clusters
Trip.com uses Cilium both on premise and in AWS
Utmost uses Cilium in all tiers of its Kubernetes ecosystem to implement zero trust networking
Viasat uses Cilium and Tetragon for networking, observability, and runtime enforcement
VK Cloud uses Cilium in their Kubernetes Clusters for high performance networking and security
VSHN uses Cilium for multi-tenant networking on APPUiO Cloud and OpenShift
WS02 uses Cilium to implement zero trust networking within their internal developer platform as a service
Yahoo uses Cilium for L4 North-South Load Balancing for Kubernetes Services
AccuKnox uses Cilium for network visibility and network policy enforcement
Acoss uses Cilium as their main CNI plugin for self hosted Kubernetes
ArangoDB Oasis uses Cilium to separate database deployments in a multi-tenant cloud environment
Ayedo builds and operates cloud native platforms using Cilium
ByteDance uses Cilium as their CNI for self-hosted Kubernetes clusters
Canonical's Kubernetes distribution microk8s uses Cilium as CNI plugin
Cistec is a clinical information system provider and uses Cilium as the CNI plugin
Civo is offering Cilium as the CNI option for Civo users to choose it for their Civo Kubernetes clusters
Cognite uses Cilium as the CNI plugin for industrial DataOps
Cybozu uses Cilium as a CNI in their on-prem Kubernetes clusters
Daimler Truck is maintaining an AKS k8s cluster as a shared resource for DevOps crews and uses Cilium as the default CNI
Elastic Path uses Cilium in their production CloudOps Kubernetes clusters
F5 uses Cilium VXLAN tunnel integration with BIG-IP
finleap connect uses Cilium on a bare metal private cloud
FRSCA uses Tetragon to create runtime attestation to attest artifact and builder attribute
Immerok uses Cilium for cross-cluster communication and network isolation for their serverless Apache Flink cloud
Infomaniak uses Cilium in self-hosted clusters on bare-metal and Openstack
innoQ uses Cilium to run their customer’s infrastructure
Cilium is the platform that powers Isovalent’s enterprise networking, observability, and security solutions
JUMO uses Cilium as the CNI plugin for all of their AWS-hosted EKS clusters
Cilium is a supported CNI for Kilo. When used together, Cilium + Kilo create a full mesh via WireGuard for Kubernetes in edge environments
Kryptos uses Cilium as the CNI for their on-prem Kubernetes clusters
Kube-Hetzner uses Cilium as a possible CNI in its cluster deployment on Hetzner Cloud
Kube-OVN uses Cilium to enhance the CNI service performance, security and monitoring
KubeKey is an open-source lightweight tool for deploying Kubernetes clusters and addons
Liquid Reply is a consulting firm that uses Cilium in client projects
Magic Leap uses Hubble for observability
Melenion uses Cilium as the CNI for its on-premise production clusters
Mux uses Cilium on self-hosted clusters in GCP and AWS to run its video streaming/analytics platforms
MyFitnessPal trusts Cilium with high volume user traffic on AWS and GKE
Netways uses Cilium as a CNI option in their Managed Kubernetes clusters
Nine uses Cilium on all Nine Kubernetes Engine clusters
Northflank uses Cilium as its CNI plugin across GCP, Azure, AWS and bare metal
Overstock uses Cilium as their CNI for self hosted bar metal clusters
Plaid uses Cilium as the CNI for its serverless database platform
PlanetScale uses Cilium as their CNI plugin in self-hosted Kubernetes on AWS
Plusserver uses Cilium as a CNI in its managed Kubernetes clusters provided with Gardener Project across AWS and OpenStack
Polar Signals uses Cilium as the CNI on its GKE data plane v2 based clusters
Polverio KubeLift is a single-node Kubernetes distribution optimized for Azure, using Cilium as the CNI
Proton uses Cilium as their CNI for all their Kubernetes clusters
Radio France uses Cilium in their self hosted clusters on AWS
Rafay's Kubernetes Operations Platform uses Cilium for centralized network visibility and network policy enforcement
Rapyuta Robotics uses Cilium as their main CNI plugin for self hosted clusters
SAP uses Cilium for projects across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack
Sapian uses Cilium as the default CNI in their product DialBox Cloud for low latency in real-time communications environments on the edge
Scaleway uses Cilium as the default CNI for Kubernetes Kapsule
Sealos uses Cilium as a CNI for their Sealos Cloud offering
SI Analytics uses Cilium as the CNI for both their self-managed Kubernetes clusters in on-prem data centers and in their GKE dataplane v2-based clusters
Simple uses Cilium as default CNI for EKS
SmileDirectClub uses Cilium in self hosted clusters vSphere and EC2 for manufacturing
Snapp uses Cilium for its on premise Openshift clusters
Cilium is part of Solo.io’s Gloo Application Networking platform
Spherity uses Cilium on AWS EKS for CNI, Hubble, and network policies
Sportradar uses Cilium as their main CNI plugin in AWS (using kops)
Sproutfi uses Cilium as the CNI on its GKE based clusters
Tailor Brands uses Cilium in their EKS clusters
TSI uses Cilium for it's Open Sovereign Cloud product
Twilio Segment uses Cilium across their Kubernetes based compute platform
ungleich uses Cilium for IPv6-only Kubernetes deployments
United Cloud uses Cilium for all non-production and production clusters (on-premises)
Veepee uses Cilium in their on-premise Kubernetes clusters hosting the majority of their applications