KubeSphere is a Kubernetes-based platform for managing cloud-native applications across clusters and infrastructure environments.
Alternatives to MicroK8s
MicroK8s is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution for developer workstations, production clusters, public clouds, edge deployments, IoT, and embedded platforms. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted infrastructure, with a free core, high availability from three or more nodes, strict confinement, automatic security updates, and Cluster API automation. Official and community addons extend it with services including monitoring, tracing, service mesh, DNS,…
Google Kubernetes Engine is a managed environment for running containerized applications.
HashiCorp Nomad schedules and manages containers, binaries, and virtual machines across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry is an Oracle-managed service for storing, sharing, and managing container images.
Free planWebAPILinux7.0Free plan - 5

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform
Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) automates Kubernetes cluster deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management across hybrid cloud, multi-cloud,…
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.8Free plan - 6

Docker Swarm
Docker Swarm is a cluster management feature built into Docker Engine for running workloads across multiple Docker daemons in production.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.6From $9 a month - 7
.NET
.NET is listed as open-source software with a hybrid deployment model and a centralized control plane.
Free planAndroidiOSWindowsmacOS6.5Free plan - 8

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a managed Kubernetes service for building, operating, and scaling production applications.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.5From $0.10 a month - 9

Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open-source system for deploying and managing applications packaged in containers.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.5Free plan - 10
Rancher
Rancher is a Kubernetes management platform for operating multiple clusters and managing containerized workloads.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.5Free plan - 11

Palette
WebAPISelf-hosted6.4 - 12

Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine 4 (MKE 4) is a self-hosted enterprise Kubernetes platform built on the open-source k0s distribution.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.3 - 13

k0s
k0s is a free, self-hosted Kubernetes distribution for deploying workloads across public and private clouds, on-premises systems, bare metal, edge…
Free planLinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.2Free plan - 14

OKD
OKD is a free, self-hosted Kubernetes platform for managing applications and clusters at scale.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 15

Exoscale Scalable Kubernetes Service
Exoscale Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) is a managed Kubernetes service for deploying and hosting containerized applications in Europe.
Free planWebAPI6.1Free plan - 16
K3s
K3s is a free, certified Kubernetes distribution designed for IoT and edge computing.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 17
OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
Free planWeb6.0From $0.10 a month - 18

Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines automates application delivery on Red Hat OpenShift using a cloud-native CI/CD approach built on Tekton.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0 - 195.7Free plan
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Azure Kubernetes Service
Free planWeb5.6Free plan - 21

DigitalOcean Kubernetes
DigitalOcean Kubernetes is a managed Kubernetes service delivered through the web.
Web5.6From $0.03 a month - 22

Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform
Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform provides infrastructure orchestration and workflow automation for organizations offering self-service compute.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.6 - 23
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Free planWeb5.5Free plan - 24

Charmed Kubernetes
Charmed Kubernetes is a Linux, self-hosted Kubernetes distribution for building clusters and delivering containers across an enterprise.
LinuxSelf-hosted5.2 - 25
Civo Kubernetes
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.0 - 264.9
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Amazon EKS Anywhere
LinuxmacOS4.7 - 294.7
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