Garden
8.3#1 in container development environmentsFrom $50 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
VisitGarden vs OrbStack
What both publish
| Fact | Garden | OrbStack |
|---|---|---|
| Security | A Garden community response states that the company is SOC 2 compliant and undergoes regular penetration testing. | For its paid subscription service, Orbital Labs describes access controls, multi-factor authentication, firewalls, monitoring, and encryption safeguards. |
| Support | Garden directs users to Garden Discussions and its GitHub repository for help and issue reporting. | Official support is offered through email, discussions, an issue tracker and a Discord community. |
Garden plans
- FreeFree
- Free tierFree
- Team$50 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
OrbStack plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$8 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
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 OrbStack if…
OrbStack suits macOS users who want local containers, Linux machines, or a lightweight Kubernetes cluster for development. Personal users can use the free plan, while commercial users need a per-user license.