Who is Alkira?
Alkira is a cloud networking company that provides a platform for designing, deploying, and operating enterprise-wide networks across multiple public clouds and on-premises (on-prem) environments.
- Unified cloud networking platform (cloud networking) for connecting workloads across multiple public clouds and data centers.
- Network as a Service (NaaS) delivery model (network-as-a-service) with on-demand provisioning and consumption-based usage.
- Integrated network security and segmentation capabilities (network security) for controlling traffic between cloud and on-prem resources.
- Centralized policy, visibility, and operations (network operations) for multi-cloud connectivity and routing.
- Support for integration with existing enterprise Wide Area Network (WAN), Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), and on-prem infrastructure (enterprise networking).
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Alkira focuses on cloud networking for enterprises that run applications and workloads across multiple public cloud providers and on-prem data centers. Its platform is designed to give network and cloud teams a single environment to build and operate an enterprise-wide network fabric that spans regions, accounts, and cloud vendors. The company positions its services for environments where traditional WAN architectures, Virtual Private Network (VPN) meshes, and manual cloud networking constructs introduce operational overhead or complexity.
The Alkira platform (cloud networking) is delivered as a service, so customers consume it through a NaaS model rather than deploying and managing their own routing and security infrastructure within each cloud. Enterprises define connectivity, routing, and security policies centrally, and the platform implements those policies in the underlying cloud infrastructure. This approach targets use cases such as connecting VPCs and VNets across clouds, linking cloud environments to on-prem data centers, and interconnecting branch or SD-WAN sites to cloud workloads.
From an architectural standpoint, Alkira works with common public cloud constructs such as virtual private clouds, virtual networks, and cloud provider gateways. It integrates with enterprise WAN and SD-WAN deployments (enterprise networking), enabling organizations to extend existing branch and campus connectivity into public clouds without redesigning the underlay. The platform incorporates routing, segmentation, and traffic inspection, aligning with standard networking protocols and practices used by network engineering teams.
Alkira’s offerings System Integration Testing (SIT) within the broader categories of cloud networking, NaaS, and network security. In the context of other enterprise solutions, it addresses problems typically handled by virtual routers, cloud-native transit constructs, and custom hub-and-spoke designs built inside individual clouds. Instead of managing separate configurations per cloud, customers use a centralized control model to define intent and policies that the platform enforces consistently across environments.
For enterprise buyers and architects, Alkira is most relevant when cataloging solutions for multi-cloud connectivity, hybrid cloud networking, and secure workload-to-workload communication. It aligns with initiatives to standardize network policy, gain consistent visibility into cloud traffic flows, and reduce reliance on manual configuration of cloud networking primitives. As organizations expand the number of applications and regions in use across public clouds, Alkira’s platform is positioned as an option to implement a unified, policy-driven network fabric delivered as a managed service.
Our description of Alkira. Updated December 2025.
