| Name of Cloud Provider / Distributor | Default CNI Used | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| GKE (Google) | Google CNI | High-performance VPC-native networking specifically for Google Cloud. |
| EKS (Amazon) | AWS VPC CNI | Assigns actual AWS VPC IP addresses to each pod for native integration. |
| AKS (Azure) | Azure CNI Overlay | High-speed networking using the Azure virtual network backbone. |
| minikube | Kindnet | Extremely lightweight; great for local dev but no NetworkPolicy support. |
| K3s | Flannel | Optimized for edge/IoT; uses Flannel (VXLAN) for minimal overhead. |
| Kind | Kindnet | Lightweight CNI built for running Kubernetes inside Docker containers. |
| MicroK8s | Calico | Robust, industry-standard networking with strong security policy features. |
| Rancher (RKE2) | Canal | A hybrid that uses Flannel for simple networking and Calico for security. |
| kubeadm | None | Provides no default; the cluster stays "NotReady" until you manually pick one. |
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