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Komodor vs Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 13, 2024

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
4.6
Users experienced cost reductions, scalability, and faster deployment with Red Hat OpenShift, despite uncertainty in new sectors.
 

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
5.8
Users praise Red Hat OpenShift support for responsiveness but suggest improvements in prioritizing urgent issues and reducing delays.
They should prioritize skilled engineers for urgent issues.
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
 

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 excels in scalable, flexible resource management for diverse business needs, despite some documentation gaps.
I rate the scalability of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform as a nine, as I haven't encountered any issues with scaling a cluster or applications.
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
Scalability is rated nine out of ten.
It Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

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
7.4
Red Hat OpenShift is highly stable post-4.8, handling upgrades smoothly, reliable for critical workloads with few minor bugs.
There haven't been any issues so far; it remains stable with no downtime or crashes, and even the upgrades are handled seamlessly without issues.
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved visibility, metrics, performance, permissions, and features for better platform support and high availability in clusters.
Red Hat OpenShift struggles with networking, deployment, pricing, needing better integration, documentation, and automation while addressing cost concerns.
Notably, the platform plus is perceived as quite expensive and some features from an infrastructure perspective are lacking.
Infrastructure Architect & CEO at Tirzok Private Limited
I would like to see advanced cluster management added in future releases, such as a single pane of glass to manage multiple clusters.
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
 

Setup Cost

Komodor's resource-based pricing model is affordable for small businesses and competitive for larger enterprises, with well-received setup costs.
Enterprise users acknowledge high pricing of Red Hat OpenShift, considering it valuable, with discounts for long-term commitments despite licensing complexity.
The current licensing cost for this solution is around $23,000 per year, per month.
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
Notably, the platform plus is quite expensive according to the market.
Infrastructure Architect & CEO at Tirzok Private Limited
 

Valuable Features

Komodor enhances troubleshooting and productivity with deployment notifications, real-time metrics, centralized views, and easy onboarding for Kubernetes newcomers.
Red Hat OpenShift offers scalability, security, integration, and efficiency for fast application delivery and enterprise-level resource management.
The cluster scaling features, such as the auto-scaling of cluster nodes and application replicas using horizontal and vertical pod auto-scaling, significantly impact our operations.
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
In terms of features in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, I find the orchestration itself quite useful for my customers because it integrates with lots of tools.
Infrastructure Architect & CEO at Tirzok Private Limited
It is important for critical systems.
It Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Komodor
Ranking in Container Management
13th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat OpenShift Container...
Ranking in Container Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Komodor is 3.8%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is 19.2%, down from 23.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform19.2%
Komodor3.8%
Other77.0%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

LO
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.
NM
Solaris UNIX Systems Engineer at Standard Bank South Africa
Consistent performance impresses users while technical support needs improvement
I definitely recommend Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to other organizations due to its high availability, security, ease of use, and all the built-in features it offers. We do no maintenance for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform since ROSA is fully managed, and that's why it is a bit more expensive than EKS. The fully managed service includes 24/7 support, scheduling, and upgrades; we only need to inform Red Hat support about upgrades, and they manage the process end to end. Overall, I rate Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform as a nine; although I would say ten, I think it's important to allow room for improvement.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Media Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise39
 

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