Rancher Labs vs Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation comparison

Rancher Labs and Red Hat are both solutions in the Data Storage for Kubernetes category. Rancher Labs is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8, while Red Hat is ranked #3. Rancher Labs holds a 5.8% mindshare in DSfK, compared to Red Hat’s 39.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Rancher Labs users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Rancher Labs and Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Rancher Labs

Ranking in Data Storage for Kubernetes

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Container Management (8th)

Red Hat Openshift Data Foun...

Ranking in Data Storage for Kubernetes

3rd

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Storage for Kubernetes category, the mindshare of Rancher Labs is 5.8%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation is 39.3%, down from 39.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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RyanVassallo

Head of Systems and Infrastructure at Booming Games

Offers an open-source version along with a good UI

The product has multiple good features. One of the solution's good features is that it is the GitOps functionality known as Rancher fleet, which is used for continuous delivery. The tool's UI is very convenient enough to help you manage multiple clusters in the cloud or on-premises, making it a product with which you can manage different clusters and locations. The tool also has a feature that is still kind of maturing, but I think it has very good potential. This new feature is named Harvester, which is allows users to have virtual machines managed by Kubernetes engine. This is very new technology in the market. I think that Harvester needs to mature as a product, and I think that in the future, it will be very powerful. You have one tool that does many things for you.

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Alfredo-Gomez

Project Manager at Borak

Competitive solution with a mix of complexity, power, and functionality but not suitable for beginners

We are deploying a full OpenShift container platform infrastructure for a full DevOps lifecycle from developing to operation. We're developing all microservices with the persistence on ODF, so we need to perform a backup of those persistence services ODF's most valuable feature is its storage…

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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

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

"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 solution is stable."

"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."

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

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

"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."

"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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"ODF's most valuable feature is its storage capabilities."

Cons

"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."

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

"We're looking for something that is even easier to use. It's a bit complicated."

"While Rancher Labs provides some level of security, it's not considered very robust."

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

"One area for improvement in Rancher Labs is the development aspect."

"Could be more intuitive."

"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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"This is not a solution for beginners, they will suffer a lot in trying to use it."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

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

"The catalog list price is very expensive, but if you can directly negotiate with Red Hat, it's relatively well-priced."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

37%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

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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Overview

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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Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
Storage for hybrid cloud and multicloud container deployments
Red Hat® OpenShift® Data Foundation—previously Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage—is software-defined storage for containers. Engineered as the data and storage services platform for Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation helps teams develop and deploy applications quickly and efficiently across clouds.

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Sample Customers

Albert Heijn, Bell, BMC, Samsung, WindStream, Johnson & Johnson

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