Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Azure Container Instances

The top open-source alternatives to Azure Container Instances are Kubernetes, Apache Mesos, and Rancher. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Kubernetes Landing Page
1

Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #Containers As A Service 283 social mentions
Apache Mesos Landing Page
2

Apache Mesos

Apache Mesos abstracts resources away from machines, enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #DevOps Tools 7 social mentions
Rancher Landing Page
3

Rancher

Open Source Platform for Running a Private Container Service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 24 social mentions
Amazon ECS Landing Page
4

Amazon ECS

Amazon EC2 Container Service is a highly scalable, high-performance container management service that supports Docker containers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #Cloud Computing 46 social mentions
Shippable Landing Page
5

Shippable

Add continuous integration and deployment to your GitHub repositories in a few minutes.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment #DevOps Tools
Portainer Landing Page
6

Portainer

Simple management UI for Docker
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Containers And Microservices #Kubernetes 34 social mentions
Marathon Landing Page
7

Marathon

Marathon is a production-grade container orchestration platform for Mesosphere.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cloud Hosting #VPS #Cloud Computing
Centurion Landing Page
8

Centurion

A mass deployment tool for Docker fleets
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Containers As A Service
Porter Landing Page
9

Porter

Heroku that runs in your own cloud
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web App #Open Source #Developer Tools 4 social mentions
Docker Hub Landing Page
10

Docker Hub

Docker Hub is a cloud-based registry service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 306 social mentions
Cloudify Landing Page
11

Cloudify

Accelerating Software Development & Deployment
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #DevOps Automation 2 social mentions
Docker Landing Page
12

Docker

Docker is an open platform that enables developers and system administrators to create distributed applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #Container Tools 62 social mentions