10 companies ranked alongside Red Hat OpenShift on Lister's rankings, compared on what each is best for, its starting price and its Lister Score.
| # | ALTERNATIVE | BEST FOR | SCORE | FROM | RANKED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rancher | Multi-cluster enterprise management | 95.0 | Free | #1 in Top 10 Kubernetes ManagementOn 2 of Red Hat OpenShift's rankings |
| 2 |  Google Kubernetes Engine | Google Cloud native users | 92.7 | Pay as you go | #2 in Top 10 Container ManagementOn 2 of Red Hat OpenShift's rankings |
| 3 |  Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft-centric enterprises | 90.3 | Free control plane | #3 in Top 10 Container ManagementOn 2 of Red Hat OpenShift's rankings |
| 4 |  Mirantis Kubernetes Engine | Hybrid cloud environments with legacy workloads | 83.3 | Custom | #6 in Top 10 Container ManagementOn 2 of Red Hat OpenShift's rankings |
| 5 |  DigitalOcean Kubernetes | Developers and small businesses | 81.0 | 10 dollars per month | #7 in Top 10 Kubernetes ManagementOn 2 of Red Hat OpenShift's rankings |
| 6 |  Linode Kubernetes Engine | Cost-conscious developers | 76.3 | 10 dollars per month | #9 in Top 10 Kubernetes ManagementOn 2 of Red Hat OpenShift's rankings |
| 7 |  Amazon Elastic Container ServiceScalable container management for AWS | AWS-centric teams | 95.0 | $0 per hour | #1 in Top 10 Container Management |
| 8 | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service | AWS-centric infrastructure | 88.0 | Pay as you go | #4 in Top 10 Kubernetes Management |
| 9 |  NomadSimple and flexible workload orchestrator | Lightweight multi-workload scheduling | 81.0 | $0 per hour | #7 in Top 10 Container Management |
| 10 |  Docker SwarmNative clustering for Docker | Simple container clustering | 78.7 | $0 per hour | #8 in Top 10 Container Management |
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Start from what you need it for. Where each fits best, as Lister records it:
Closest to Red Hat OpenShift by the rankings they share: Rancher (2 rankings), Google Kubernetes Engine (2 rankings) and Azure Kubernetes Service (2 rankings).
Free to start, by their stated pricing: Rancher, Azure Kubernetes Service, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Nomad and Docker Swarm.
Custom or quote-based pricing: Mirantis Kubernetes Engine.
Each Lister Score is the alternative's score on the ranking named in its row, so compare scores within one ranking rather than across rankings. How the score is made.
#1 in Top 10 Kubernetes Management: An enterprise-grade open source container management platform designed for multi-cluster Kubernetes operations.
#2 in Top 10 Container Management: A managed environment for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Google infrastructure.
#3 in Top 10 Container Management: A managed Kubernetes service that makes it simple to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications in Azure.
#6 in Top 10 Container Management: An enterprise container platform that allows teams to build, run, and scale applications securely on any infrastructure.
#7 in Top 10 Kubernetes Management: A managed Kubernetes service that reduces the complexity of deploying and scaling containerised apps.
#9 in Top 10 Kubernetes Management: An Akamai-owned managed container orchestration service for deploying cloud-native applications.
#1 in Top 10 Container Management: A fully managed container orchestration service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances.
#4 in Top 10 Kubernetes Management: A managed service that makes it easy to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install your own control plane.
#7 in Top 10 Container Management: An easy-to-use, flexible, and performant workload orchestrator that can manage a mix of container and non-container applications.
#8 in Top 10 Container Management: Native clustering and orchestration tool for Docker containers that turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single virtual host.