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  Feature and price comparison of enterprise Kubernetes offerings from Canonical, Red Hat and Rancher.
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        <h1>Kubernetes distributions comparison</h1>
        <p>
          The Kubernetes landscape is vast and complex. If you are looking to compare different enterprise Kubernetes distributions, have a look at the table below. <a href="/kubernetes">Kubernetes by Canonical</a> stands out because it delivers multi-cloud operations, enterprise-grade security and optimal price-performance.
        </p>
        <a class="p-button--positive js-invoke-modal"
           href="/kubernetes/contact-us">Get in touch</a>
        <a href="/engage/enterprise-kubernetes-comparison">Learn more in the Kubernetes comparison whitepaper&nbsp;&rsaquo;</a>
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        <small>Some categories are rated out of 5 for easy comparison</small>
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      <table class="p-table--mobile-card">
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          <tr>
            <th>&nbsp;</th>
            <th class="u-align--center">Canonical Kubernetes</th>
            <th class="u-align--center">Red Hat Openshift</th>
            <th class="u-align--center">Rancher</th>
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            <td data-heading="Category">CNCF Conformant</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">High availability</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Automated updates &amp; patches</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <span data-heading="No">&ndash;</span>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <span data-heading="No">&ndash;</span>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Automated upgrades between versions</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <span data-heading="No">&ndash;</span>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Edge support</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--5">5 out of 5</span>
                <p>MicroK8s</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--4">4 out of 5</span>
                <p>Openshift</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--5">5 out of 5</span>
                <p>K3s</p>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Single-node edition</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Managed Kubernetes offering</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <span data-heading="No">&ndash;</span>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Container runtime and registries</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--5">5 out of 5</span>
                <p>ContainerD, Docker, Kata</p>
                <p>Private registries, DockerHub, rocks, public cloud registries</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--3">3 out of 5</span>
                <p>CRI-O, Kata</p>
                <p>Private registries, DockerHub, public cloud registries</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--4">4 out of 5</span>
                <p>ContainerD, Docker</p>
                <p>Private registries, DockerHub, public cloud registries</p>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Networking</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--5">5 out of 5</span>
                <p>Flannel, Calico, Cilium, Kube-OVN, Canal, TIgera EE, Multus,  SR-IOV, Juniper Contrail</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--4">4 out of 5</span>
                <p>OpenShift SDN, Flannel, Nuage, Kuryr, OvS, Multus, SR-IOV</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--3">3 out of 5</span>
                <p>Canal, Calico, Flannel, Weave</p>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Storage</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--5">5 out of 5</span>
                <p>Ceph, NFS, Cloud Storage, NetApp, vSphere, FlexVolume, PureStorage</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--4 is-half">4.5 out of 5</span>
                <p>Ceph/Rook, GlusterFS, NFS, Cinder, Flexvolume, vSphere</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--4 is-half">4.5 out of 5</span>
                <p>GlusterFS, NFS, vSphere, Longhorn</p>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Monitoring and Operations Management</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Multi-cloud deployments</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--5">5 out of 5</span>
                <p>Juju, Cluster API</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--3">3 out of 5</span>
                <p>Ansible</p>
              </div>
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher">
              <div class="u-align--center">
                <span class="p-rating p-rating--4">4 out of 5</span>
                <p>Terraform, Helm</p>
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Native AWS/GCP/Azure integration</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Native OpenStack/VMware integration</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
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          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">GPU support for accelerated workloads</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Bare metal deployment</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">
              <img src="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/f1a7515d-tick-darkaubergine.svg"
                   alt="Yes" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Architectures supported</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">X86, POWER, ARM, Z, s390x</td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">X86, POWER, Z</td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">X86</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td data-heading="Category">Pricing</td>
            <td data-heading="Canonical Kubernetes" class="u-align--center">$$</td>
            <td data-heading="Red Hat Openshift" class="u-align--center">$$$$$</td>
            <td data-heading="Rancher" class="u-align--center">$$$</td>
          </tr>
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        <h2>Multi-cloud deployments &amp; operations</h2>
        <p class="p-heading--4">Model-driven Kubernetes Operators. Supported or fully managed from public cloud to on-prem.</p>
        <p>
          <a href="https://charmhub.io/">Charmed Operators</a> streamline your Kubernetes deployments and operations across all clouds. Get started with our <a href="/pricing/consulting#kubernetes">K8s Architecture Design and Deployment Workshop</a> and our Cloud-native Migration Services. Enjoy peace of mind with Managed Kubernetes from Canonical.
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        <h2>Secure Kubernetes</h2>
        <p class="p-heading--4">Hardened platform. Immutable containers. Security patching.</p>
        <p>
          Canonical Kubernetes runs in immutable containers to provide for better security out of the box. Integration with K8s RBAC, Active Directory and LDAP, CIS hardening by default, encryption at rest and automatic security patching ensure you get the most secure Kubernetes in the market.
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        <h2>Canonical Kubernetes pricing</h2>
        <p class="p-heading--4">Predictable pricing model. No licence fees. Enterprise support.</p>
        <p>
          Canonical's support services for Kubernetes follow a per host pricing model to bring you the best price-performance. Just count the number of physical or virtual machines you want support for and get coverage through <a href="/pro">Ubuntu Pro</a>, without any additional licence or support fees.
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          <a href="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/b5f9ae49-Enterprise_Kubernetes_Datasheet.pdf">Kubernetes for the enterprise</a>
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          <a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6793/435999">How to accelerate Kubernetes deployment in the enterprise</a>
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          <a href="/engage/atresmedia-charmed-kubernetes-case-study">Atresmedia dominates Spain's OTT media market with Charmed Kubernetes</a>
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          <a href="/kubernetes/resources">Find more resources&nbsp;&rsaquo;</a>
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