The 11 Best Cloud Networking Solutions (2026)

What is a cloud networking solution?

A cloud networking solution connects, secures, and monitors traffic across public clouds and on-premises sites from one control plane. Instead of stitching together each cloud's native VPCs, gateways, and route tables by hand, it provides a common fabric for transit routing, encryption, segmentation, and visibility, so a team runs one network across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud rather than three.

Do I need a cloud networking platform or just native cloud networking?

Match it to your footprint. If you live in one cloud, that cloud's native VPCs, Transit Gateway, and firewalls are usually enough. Once you span two or more clouds plus data centers, native tools stop at each cloud's edge, and a platform like Aviatrix or Alkira earns its cost by giving consistent routing, security, and visibility across all of them.

How to choose

• 1.Count your clouds: single-cloud teams can stay native, while two-plus clouds plus on-prem point to Aviatrix, Alkira, or Prosimo for a unified fabric.
• 2.Name your priority: security and segmentation favor Aviatrix and Cloudflare, physical connectivity and colocation favor Megaport and Equinix.
• 3.Check the incumbent: shops standardized on Cisco or Arista often extend those platforms into the cloud before adding a new vendor.
• 4.Weigh operating model: fully managed network-as-a-service suits lean teams via Alkira or Megaport, while self-operated fabrics give more control to network engineers.