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Kuberns vs Pivotal Cloud Foundry comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Kuberns
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
15th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
14th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Devarsh Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
No-code deployments have transformed my workflow and save most of my engineering time
There are several features, but the one standing out to me would be the no-code zero-config deployment. Kuberns automatically detects your stack, builds your app, and deploys it without requiring Docker files, YAML configs, or manual infrastructure setup. This removes the biggest barrier for developers who just want to ship. I got my app live in minutes without writing any deployment configs. The no-code deployment definitely helped me in a great way because speed was the biggest win. What used to take hours—setting up servers, writing Docker files, configuring CI/CD, handling environment variables, and debugging deployment issues—was reduced to just a few minutes. I could connect my repo, click deploy, and it would be live almost instantly. This made iteration much faster. Instead of batching changes and deploying cautiously, I started shipping smaller updates more frequently because I knew deployment was quick, safe, and easy to roll back if needed. It also improved my focus. Regarding scalability and other features, I would say that scalability was quite a powerful strength. I never had to manually provision resources or think about traffic growth. Kuberns automatically handled scaling as usage increased. Performance stayed consistent even when there were sudden spikes. What I liked most is that scalability felt invisible. There were no extra steps, no turning knobs, and no surprise outages. It just adapted in the background, which is exactly how infrastructure should behave for product-focused teams. Kuberns has had a very tangible positive impact on my organization, mainly in speed, reliability, and team efficiency. I have fast release cycles, reduced operational overhead, higher reliability, fewer production incidents, better collaboration and ownership, and faster experimentation and iteration.
reviewer2263239 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
PCF allows for fine-grained configuration, especially regarding scaling but routing limitations
Something that can be done better is canary deployment. So, right now, we're using blue-green deployment. The support for canary deployment would be nice. A few things, such as what OpenShift does better are cluster management. Like, you can manage the entire thing together. Currently, it's possible to manage all the clusters, especially when it comes to cluster management using straightforward configuration. As of now, we have to handle each application instance individually, which means servicing them one by one. It would be better if we could perform these actions as a group or in a more streamlined manner. One more downside is actually the cost of this environment. So, major downside of Pivotal, it's the cost. So, the runtime running costs are very high. Extremely high.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
36%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Insurance Company
5%
Retailer
4%
 

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Small Business5
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kuberns?
I feel the pricing is very decent and up to the mark. Compared to competitors, it is very reasonable.
What needs improvement with Kuberns?
I do not feel there is anything that needs to be improved. Whatever features I look for are already available in Kuberns. They could provide more custom configurations in the future. It would be he...
What is your primary use case for Kuberns?
I use Kuberns as a deployment tool, which is basically a no-code deployment tool. It helps me to deploy within minutes instead of long hours and depending on the DevOps guy. This has been great. I ...
Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?
Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database...
 

Also Known As

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PCF, Pivotal Application Service (PAS), Pivotal Container Service (PKS), Pivotal Function Service (PFS)
 

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Sample Customers

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Humana, Citibank, Mercedes Benz, Liberty Mutual, The Home Depot, GE, West Corp, Merrill Corporation, CoreLogic, Orange, Dish Network, Comcast, Bloomberg, Internal Revenue Service, Ford Motor Company, Garmin, Volkswagen, Solera, Allstate, US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, ScotiaBank
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