Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Google Kubernetes Engine

The top open-source alternatives to Google Kubernetes Engine are Kubernetes, Docker, and Amazon ECS. 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
Docker Landing Page
2

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
Amazon ECS Landing Page
3

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
Marathon Landing Page
4

Marathon

Marathon is a production-grade container orchestration platform for Mesosphere.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cloud Hosting #VPS #Cloud Computing
Rancher Landing Page
5

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
6

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
7

Portainer

Simple management UI for Docker
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Containers And Microservices #Kubernetes 34 social mentions
Docker Hub Landing Page
8

Docker Hub

Docker Hub is a cloud-based registry service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 306 social mentions
AWS Lambda Landing Page
9

AWS Lambda

Automatic, event-driven compute service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cloud Computing #Cloud Hosting #Backend As A Service 244 social mentions
Jenkins Landing Page
10

Jenkins

Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration server with 300+ plugins to support all kinds of software development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 5 social mentions
Terraform Landing Page
11

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
Warewolf Landing Page
12

Warewolf

Warewolf provides developers with drag and drop environment to design and create microservices.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Cloud Hosting #Containers As A Service