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# Canal Reviews
**Vendor:** Canal  
**Category:** [Container Networking Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-networking)  
**Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 6
## About Canal
Canal is a community-driven initiative that aims to allow users to easily deploy Calico and flannel networking together as a unified networking solution - combining Calico’s industry-leading network policy enforcement with the rich superset of Calico and flannel overlay and non-overlay network connectivity options. Canal represents the best-of-breed policy-based networking solution for cloud native applications, supporting any orchestrator that support the CNI network plugin API (including Kubernetes, Mesos, and others).




## Canal Reviews
  ### 1. Helpful

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2018

**What do you like best about Canal?**

This program is helpful in many ways. It is easy to utilize. 

**What do you dislike about Canal?**

This program has its moments but ultimately works great. 

**What problems is Canal solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I can utilize many aspects to get my job done. 


## Canal Discussions
  - [What is Canal used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-canal-used-for)

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