HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs Rancher Labs comparison

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform

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HPE Ezmeral Container Platform

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform

Ranking in Container Management

17th

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Rancher Labs

Ranking in Container Management

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Storage for Kubernetes (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is 1.8%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rancher Labs is 10.8%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Data Storage for Kubernetes

4.4%

Featured Reviews

reviewer1555329

Senior Manager of Innovation & Research Unit at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 25, 2021

Easy to install with good support, but the deployment of applications could be simplified

We are resellers and not end-users. We sell this type of platform to our customers for data science and analytics If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution. If a customer is focused on application modernization or CI/CD, there are some…

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Prebin Alex

Deputy Manager IT at Veoneer

Jun 29, 2023

A user-friendly, stable and scalable solution for container orchestration

We are using Rancher Labs for container orchestration We are going through these tools and taking note of the solutions they offer. However, we are still in the process of working on them. Many of our customers have also shown interest in trying these tools, as they are pretty easy. This…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution."

"Rancher Labs is a very user-friendly tool."

"The most valuable feature is its comprehensive support, easy resource scaling, compatibility with various OEMs, and seamless service integration."

"The customized deployment process is the most valuable feature in Rancher Labs."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an open-source solution that is easy to deploy."

"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."

"The scalability potential is very good."

"The most valuable feature of Rancher Labs is its user interface, which makes it easier to work with containers and deployment."

"This solution is not vendor-locked, which means that we we are able to use it across all of our resources; this feature is of great value to us."

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Cons

"The modernization in Ezmeral could be improved."

"If you have poor infrastructure, you will have issues with the tool."

"We'd like their monitoring tool to be integrated by default."

"We have found that the auto-secure feature of this solution doesn't always work, and could be improved to be more reliable, particularly when working with business critical applications."

"There needs to be an improvement in observability and microservice monitoring tools in Rancher Labs."

"The biggest room for improvement in Rancher Labs would be to have a proper upgrading plan."

"I can't migrate to the newer version."

"The solution could improve by adding more features in the dashboard, such as monitoring, scanning, and security. This would be a great benefit."

"They should improve application visibility along with code visibility."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is an annual subscription. The price of the solution should be cheaper and have better pricing flexibility."

"The pricing of the solution sits in the mid range, not high and not low. It has a fixed price that you pay every month."

"The solution is free and open source but there is a fee for support."

"There are no hidden charges attached to the product unless a user opts for the premium support offered by the solution."

"This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs involved."

"The cost is reasonable since it's open source. Rancher effectively addresses container orchestration trends, especially for those with some Kubernetes knowledge."

"Although Rancher Labs is an open-source solution, they also offer a paid version, where you buy the support when needed."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

13%

University

10%

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?

Thank you for initiating this discussion on the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform and seeking community feedback on areas for improvement. While the platform has its strengths, some users have express...

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What do you like most about Rancher Labs?

The tool's UI is very convenient enough to help you manage multiple clusters in the cloud or the company, making it a product with which you can manage different clusters and locations.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rancher Labs?

The cost is reasonable since it's open-source. Rancher effectively addresses container orchestration trends, especially for those with some Kubernetes knowledge.

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What needs improvement with Rancher Labs?

While Rancher Labs provides some level of security, it's not considered very robust. We found it to offer basic security features, which met some of our requirements, but we also relied on other op...

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

Accelerate your journey to hybrid cloud with the industry’s first enterprise-grade container software platform for cloud-native and distributed non-cloud native applications.

Rancher Labs build innovative, open source software that makes it easy to deploy and manage containers in production on any infrastructure. We enable organizations to accelerate all aspects of their software development pipeline, from writing and testing code to running complex microservices-based applications.

Rancher, our flagship container management platform, allows users to easily manage all aspects of running containers in development and production environments, on any infrastructure. With well over four million downloads, Rancher has quickly become the tools of choice for teams serious about running containers in production. This includes large enterprises such as Sony, IBM, Tyco, Align Technologies and more.

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