# flannel Reviews **Vendor:** Red Hat **Category:** [Container Networking Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-networking) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 6 ## About flannel flannel is a virtual network that gives a subnet to each host for use with container runtimes. ## flannel Reviews ### 1. The Only Solution to Networking **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Soumya K. | System Analyst, Broadcast Media, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 10, 2024 **What do you like best about flannel?** The Flannel is easy to configure and manage. The installation process is well documented and so setting up is quick process. It can integrate with Kubernetes with many back-end options. It is lightweight and so easy to conserve. Due to community support like forums, resources online, there is enough support to users and customers. More users can share solutions online and is used from small to medium sized clusters. At work place, we used it daily due to sharing of solutions on online platforms, **What do you dislike about flannel?** While organization grows in size, this resource has limitations on its usage to large sized team. The team cannot use it frequently and rely on forums for guidance in case something goes wrong. Cannot be used long term as its usage is limited. **What problems is flannel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its ability to provide various backend options and allowing hosts to communicate on local network is the benfits our organization has. It has reduced our time to have dependancy on any other platforms. ### 2. Best network fabric **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abhishek M. | Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2024 **What do you like best about flannel?** There are several things which i like about flannel , describing some below:- 1- easy deployment:- there are straight forward setup instructions,including support . Running is quick and painless. 2:-Flexible:- it supports various mechanisms like VXLan and cloud integration and adoptable to different env. 3:- kubernets integration **What do you dislike about flannel?** There are some downsides like performance limitations, Some limited feature and some time complex troubleshooting. **What problems is flannel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its provide simple and efficient way to create a network fabric which allows different hosts to communicate seamlessly. Some top points :- Simple network management Integration Flexibility ### 3. Excellent Tool to share files through Virtual Network **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sumit Y. | Software Engineer (Tech SME - Production), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2024 **What do you like best about flannel?** The best thing about flannel is obviously to share different files seamlessly! **What do you dislike about flannel?** I don't dislike anything per se as it is an excellent tool. The only thing is that it is not that well known! **What problems is flannel solving and how is that benefiting you?** By using flannel we are able yo create virtual network and collaborate effortlessly without having to setup complex servers! ### 4. Easy Connect and Faster Sharing **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2024 **What do you like best about flannel?** First of all It's UI is easy to understand and acceptable to wider audiences,that is the best thing about that. Seamless Data Sharing has been made possible with that without breaking the flow coming in. **What do you dislike about flannel?** It's an excellent app but I am still confused on it over security point of view. As very less people knows about that. **What problems is flannel solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves all the Personal problems related to all sort of documents ### 5. Flannel networking perspective **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 13, 2024 **What do you like best about flannel?** Seamless networking aspect of kubernetes with flannel **What do you dislike about flannel?** Might pose latency in large cluster under high traffic **What problems is flannel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Network communication ### 6. Ease of Use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about flannel?** Very easy to use and user-friendly. I could connect with all my friends and easily share the bill without difficulties. Many other apps are similar, but this one is superior. **What do you dislike about flannel?** As it is not the first app for sharing - it cannot be easy to find the correct app when downloading. There are a couple that is above it. We were able to send a picture of what we should be looking for, which made it easier for the team. **What problems is flannel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Flannel solved the problem of sharing within a network easily. It allows for easier transactions across friends, colleagues, and family. Overall it was successful in solving the problem. - [View flannel pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/flannel/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+12%3A47%3A06+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=7bd145eb-4fd0-4cc7-a3cf-81ca6a4a4304&secure%5Btoken%5D=982e399458e0d9b4b8ddbe8317f4247da03d5700071ac701b9703d75a6ffd033&format=llm_user) ## Top flannel Alternatives - [HAProxy](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (883 reviews) - [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (215 reviews) - [F5 NGINX](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (106 reviews)