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We performed a comparison between Kubernetes and Rancher Labs 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Kubernetes vs. Rancher Labs Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"If you don't have resources, you can certainly add another worker node and expand the cluster.""A good interface, better than comparable solutions.""All the current features are quite harmonic.""This product has a rich toolset from the community including CNI plug-ins, Helm packages, operators, dashboards, various integrations, etc.""This solution is cost effective and fast. We are able to use Kubernetes to orchestrate hundreds of container images which has been a major benefit.""The most valuable feature is the Zero Touch Operations, which involves a new way of performing operations and support. We do not have to do maintenance, the operations are very simple.""Provides auto rollback and scale-up and scale-down functionalities.""The most valuable aspect of the solution is the scalability."

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"The most valuable feature of Rancher Labs is its user interface, which makes it easier to work with containers and deployment.""A great UI with very good integrations.""Rancher Labs is a very user-friendly tool.""The solution is stable.""The solution has a lot of good features, such as you can access the console and edit through the GUI. The dashboard and the UI are designed well, user-friendly, and easy to manage, and access.""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 product is simple to use for a beginner."

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Cons
"Honestly, there is not much I like about Kubernetes. It's very complicated to deal with. I just do it because I have to.""It's complex to manage and requires specialists.""The tool needs to improve its UI. The tool is very complex and basic.""I think that the GUI dashboard in Kubernetes is very simple and that there are no great options.""Kubernetes can be used for most companies, but for some companies that may be too small, it may not be worth the investment, as it is expensive.""The solution can be quite complex for many users.""The pricing could be improved. It would be ideal if it was a bit less.""They should make documentation simpler for learning."

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"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.""Could be more intuitive.""One area for improvement in Rancher Labs is the development aspect.""There needs to be an improvement in observability and microservice monitoring tools in Rancher Labs.""They should improve application visibility along with code visibility.""We'd like their monitoring tool to be integrated by default.""We're looking for something that is even easier to use. It's a bit complicated.""The solution could improve by adding more features in the dashboard, such as monitoring, scanning, and security. This would be a great benefit."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The management layer is free, which is perfect. You don't need to pay money for the management layer, but in AWS develop service, you need to pay. I think it is €75 per month for the management layer. It is free here, so you can have as many Kubernetes clusters as you need. You are paying just for the workload, that is, for the machine, CPU, memory, and everything."
  • "Kubernetes is open-source."
  • "The solution is affordable."
  • "Kubernetes is open source. But we have to manage Kubernetes as a team, and the overhead is a bit high. Compared with the platforms like Cloud Foundry, which has a much less operational overhead. Kubernetes, I have to manage the code, and I have to hire the developers. If someone has a product, a developer should know exactly what he's writing or high availability, and all those things may differ the costs."
  • "There are no licensing fees."
  • "There is no licensing fee."
  • "In addition to Kubernetes, you have to pay for support."
  • "The solution requires a license to use it."
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  • "There is an annual subscription. The price of the solution should be cheaper and have better pricing flexibility."
  • "The solution is free and open source but there is a fee for support."
  • "This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs involved."
  • "Although Rancher Labs is an open-source solution, they also offer a paid version, where you buy the support when needed."
  • "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."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of Kubernetes have been autoscaling and its resilience mechanisms.
    Top Answer:Microsoft provides reasonable costs for Kubernetes.
    Top Answer:The platform could be more convenient to use. While the Kubernetes CLI is powerful, the interface needs to be improved. The users often navigate between various third-party IDEs. Thus, a more… more »
    Top Answer:The product is simple to use for a beginner.
    Top Answer:Pricing for Genesys and Rancher Labs is quite similar, and it varies depending on the specific case and the discounts negotiated from the list price. We have a term license based on a yearly… more »
    Top Answer:To implement deployments, you can initially start with yaml files instead of relying solely on the Linux command line interface. This approach could be more comfortable for users working with yaml… more »
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    Also Known As
    K8
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    Overview

    Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
    It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    China unicom, NetEase Cloud, Nav, AppDirect
    Albert Heijn, Bell, BMC, Samsung, WindStream, Johnson & Johnson
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company29%
    Retailer13%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm43%
    Pharma/Biotech Company14%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise56%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Kubernetes vs. Rancher Labs
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Kubernetes vs. Rancher Labs and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Kubernetes is ranked 4th in Container Management with 67 reviews while Rancher Labs is ranked 5th in Container Management with 12 reviews. Kubernetes is rated 8.6, while Rancher Labs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Kubernetes writes "Container orchestrator that deploys our machine learning solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rancher Labs writes "An easy-to-use user interface, which makes it easy to work with Kubernetes and containers". Kubernetes is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and HashiCorp Nomad, whereas Rancher Labs is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, OpenShift Container Platform, Amazon EKS, Docker and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform. See our Kubernetes vs. Rancher Labs report.

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