Garden
8.3#1 in container development environmentsFrom $50 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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What both publish
| Fact | Garden | ko |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Garden provides plugins for Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts. | ko provides a Terraform provider for using image builds in Infrastructure-as-Code workflows. |
| Purpose | Garden is a DevOps automation tool for developing and testing Kubernetes apps faster. | ko is a simple, fast container image builder for Go applications. |
Garden plans
- FreeFree
- Free tierFree
- Team$50 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
ko plans
- koFree
Pick Garden if…
Garden is designed for platform engineers, DevOps engineers and application developers running workloads on Kubernetes. It suits teams that need reproducible workflows, on-demand environments, dependency-aware caching or live synchronization during development.
Pick ko if…
ko suits developers building container images for Go applications, especially those with few dependencies on the operating system base image. Its Kubernetes, registry, and Terraform integrations may fit related build workflows.