Komodor vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

Komodor and Red Hat are both solutions in the Container Management category. Komodor is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0, while Red Hat is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.3. Komodor holds a 3.6% mindshare in CM, compared to Red Hat’s 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Komodor users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Komodor

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100% willing to recommend

Red Hat OpenShift

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95% willing to recommend

Komodor

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Komodor and Red Hat OpenShift based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Komodor vs. Red Hat OpenShift

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

9.3

Komodor improved developer efficiency, enhanced cost management, and enabled quick issue resolution, achieving up to ninety percent return.

Sentiment score

7.4

Red Hat OpenShift boosts productivity and ROI, with improved scalability, resource utilization, and reduced costs compared to VMware.

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With OpenShift combined with IBM Cloud App integration, I can spin an integration server in a second as compared to traditional methods, which could take days or weeks.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Moving to OpenShift resulted in increased system stability and reduced downtime, which contributed to operational efficiency.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

It is always advisable to get the bare minimum that you need, and then add more when necessary.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

9.3

Komodor receives high praise for technical support, though time zone differences occasionally affect West Coast response times.

Sentiment score

6.8

Red Hat OpenShift support is mixed, with praise for premium options but concerns over response times and documentation consistency.

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Red Hat's technical support is responsive and effective.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

Customer support is really good because so far in our case, we have always received a prompt response, and they have been really helpful to us.

RiteshWalia

ML Engineer - Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I have been pretty happy in the past with getting support from Red Hat.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

9.3

Komodor is widely recognized for its scalability, effectively managing infrastructure, nodes, and varying clusters across different environments.

Sentiment score

7.4

Red Hat OpenShift is scalable, easy to deploy, integrates well, supports thousands of users, and suits large organizations.

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The on-demand provisioning of pods and auto-scaling, whether horizontal or vertical, is the best part.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

OpenShift's horizontal pod scaling is more effective and efficient than that used in Kubernetes, making it a superior choice for scalability.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Red Hat OpenShift scales excellently, with a rating of ten out of ten.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.8

Users have mixed experiences with Komodor's stability; updates improved performance, with many satisfied despite occasional issues.

Sentiment score

7.7

Red Hat OpenShift is stable and reliable, despite past issues, with high resource needs for optimal performance.

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It provides better performance yet requires more resources compared to vanilla Kubernetes.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I've had my cluster running for over four years.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

It performs well under load, providing the desired output.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Room For Improvement

Users seek improved visibility, metrics, performance, permissions, and features for better platform support and high availability in clusters.

Red Hat OpenShift faces challenges in usability, security, integration, and documentation, requiring enhancements in scaling, setup, and multi-cloud support.

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Learning OpenShift requires complex infrastructure, needing vCenter integration, more advanced answers, active directory, and more expensive hardware.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We should aim to include VMware-like capabilities to be competitive, especially considering cost factors.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Setup Cost

Komodor's resource-based pricing model is affordable for small businesses and competitive for larger enterprises, with well-received setup costs.

Red Hat OpenShift is seen as costly, with competitive enterprise pricing but restrictive for smaller organizations; alternatives may be cheaper.

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Initially, licensing was per CPU, with a memory cap, but the price has doubled, making it difficult to justify for clients with smaller compute needs.

AbdulJaleel

Senior Technical Lead at MORO

The pricing for Red Hat OpenShift is considered quite high.

reviewer2382555

Manager for Middleware at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Red Hat can improve on the pricing part by making it more flexible and possibly on the lower side.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Komodor enhances troubleshooting and productivity with deployment notifications, real-time metrics, centralized views, and easy onboarding for Kubernetes newcomers.

Red Hat OpenShift excels with fast CI/CD, scalability, strong security, and seamless DevOps integration for large projects.

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Because it was centrally managed in our company, many metrics that we had to write code for were available out of the box, including utilization, CPU utilization, memory, and similar metrics.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The concept of containers and scaling on demand is a feature I appreciate the most about Red Hat OpenShift.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

A valuable feature of Red Hat OpenShift is its ability to handle increased loads by automatically adding nodes.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Categories and Ranking

Komodor

Ranking in Container Management

13th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat OpenShift

Ranking in Container Management

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

PaaS Clouds (3rd), Server Virtualization Software (11th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th), Agile and DevOps Services (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Komodor is 3.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 3.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Red Hat OpenShift	3.5%
Komodor	3.6%
Other	92.9%

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Landon Orr

Principal SRE at Cowbell Cyber

Provides extensive visibility into our nodes and has been incredibly useful in freeing up our DevOps staff for other projects

I have used Komodor for two and a half years, and it has come a long way. However, I would say that performance could be improved. Sometimes, it takes longer than it should for developers to pull up logs or interact with the cluster. Komodor is aware of this issue and is working on a fix. Secondly, I like the alerts that Komodor provides, but I think the alert interface could be improved. It is not the most intuitive system in the world, and it can be difficult to set up. I think Komodor could improve the alert interface by making it more user-friendly. Finally, I would like to see Komodor add ServiceMaster visibility. This would give us greater insights into how our services interact with each other. This would be very helpful in troubleshooting problems, as it would allow us to quickly identify which services are affected when one service goes down. Komodor does not currently have this capability, but I hope they will add it in the future.

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Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Adopting a flexible and efficient approach with noticeable improvements in operational costs and continued challenges in job management

Currently, one of the biggest challenges we face is with services and jobs. For spawning batches, although it has crons, it is not easy to integrate with enterprise systems such as Autosys. The entire company uses Autosys, but we are not able to integrate it effectively. We need intermediate servers to run OC utility commands and initiate the cron job. We have to do a lot of modifications to ensure our batches work properly. With physical or virtual servers, even in AWS, we are able to write and manage multiple jobs. Managing batches in Red Hat OpenShift has been a significant challenge. Integrating third parties is a challenge with Red Hat OpenShift. For example, with Elasticsearch, onboarding itself was difficult, running file beats and dealing with routing issues. It is not straightforward, especially since we have some components in AWS as. AWS has many capabilities that come out of the box and are easier to work with compared to Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services. The main reason we went with Red Hat OpenShift was because it is a private cloud, and we have regulatory requirements that prevent us from using public cloud.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Media Company

Financial Services Firm

25%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	42

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Overview

Komodor is the missing piece in your DevOps toolchain - offering one unified platform from which you can gain a deep understanding of all of your system events and changes. We integrate with all of your tools, monitor changes and alerts and organize information on a clear digestible dashboard and provide you with the right context at the right time.

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Red Hat OpenShift offers a robust, scalable platform with strong security and automation, suitable for container orchestration, application deployment, and microservices architecture.

Designed to modernize applications by transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-native environments, Red Hat OpenShift provides powerful CI/CD integration and Kubernetes compatibility. Its security features, multi-cloud support, and source-to-image functionality enhance deployment flexibility. While the GUI offers user-friendly navigation, users benefit from its cloud-agnostic nature and efficient lifecycle management. However, improvements are needed in documentation, configuration complexity, and integration with third-party platforms. Pricing and high resource demands can also be challenging for wider adoption.

What are the key features of Red Hat OpenShift?

Security: Comprehensive security features ensure safe deployments and operations.
Scalability: Auto-scaling and monitoring capabilities cater to high-demand environments.
CI/CD Integration: Seamless integration for efficient continuous deployment processes.
Cloud Compatibility: Supports multi-cloud and on-premise solutions with ease.
GUI: Simplifies platform management and enhances usability.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Efficiency: Streamlined operations reduce time and resource investments.
Enhanced Flexibility: Adapt quickly to changing demands and environments.
Quick Deployment: Fast application deployment supports agile project timelines.
Robust Support: Access to dependable customer support services.

Red Hat OpenShift is strategically implemented for diverse industries focusing on container orchestration and application modernization. Organizations leverage it for migrating applications to cloud-native environments and managing CI/CD pipelines. Its functionality facilitates efficient resource management and microservices architecture adoption, supporting enterprise-level DevOps practices. Users employ it across cloud and on-premises platforms to drive performance improvements.

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