Cluster API vs openCenter
| Cluster API | openCenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows | Linux, self-hosted |
| Control plane management | customer-managed | customer-managed |
| Supported environments | AWS, Azure, Azure Stack HCI, CloudStack, DigitalOcean, GCP, IBM Cloud, KubeVirt, Metal3, Nutanix, OCI, OpenStack, Outscale, Proxmox, vSphere, VMware Cloud Director, and other provider environments | OpenStack, VMware, bare metal, AWS, Kind, air-gapped environments |
| Cluster provisioning | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-cluster management | Yes | Yes |
| Upgrade management | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Paid from | — | 125 /mo |
| Policy enforcement | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Kubernetes Management Platforms. On Everything Xiaomi, openCenter scores higher on our published basis.