Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

The top open-source alternatives to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) are Kubernetes, Rancher, and Apache Mesos. 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
Rancher Landing Page
2

Rancher

Open Source Platform for Running a Private Container Service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 24 social mentions
Apache Mesos Landing Page
3

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
Portainer Landing Page
4

Portainer

Simple management UI for Docker
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Containers And Microservices #Kubernetes 34 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
Docker Hub Landing Page
6

Docker Hub

Docker Hub is a cloud-based registry service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 306 social mentions
Ansible Landing Page
7

Ansible

Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment, task-execution, and multi-node orchestration engine
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Build And Deployment Automation 9 social mentions
Cloudify Landing Page
8

Cloudify

Accelerating Software Development & Deployment
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #DevOps Automation 2 social mentions
Centurion Landing Page
9

Centurion

A mass deployment tool for Docker fleets
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Containers As A Service
AWS Lambda Landing Page
10

AWS Lambda

Automatic, event-driven compute service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cloud Computing #Cloud Hosting #Backend As A Service 244 social mentions
Zabbix Landing Page
11

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
Terraform Landing Page
12

Terraform

Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 31 social mentions