Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Alternatives (January 2026)

GKE is the industry's first fully managed Kubernetes service with full Kubernetes API, 4-way autoscaling, release channels, and multi-cluster support.

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Anthos Powers Enterprise Container Platforms | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/anthos/

Anthos is the core enterprise technology that empowers Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Google Distributed Cloud (GDC).

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Enterprise Container Management | Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
https://www.miranti
.com/software/mirantis-kubernetes-engine/

Managed Enterprise Container Management for Organizations. We have private and managed container orchestration for Kubernetes, Docker, and more!

3.
Kubernetes Engine | Oracle
https://www.oracl
.com/cloud/cloud-native/kubernetes-engine/

Container Engine by Oracle provides a developer friendly, container-native, and enterprise-ready managed Kubernetes service for running highly available clusters.

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Cloud Run | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/run/

Build and deploy scalable containerized apps written in any language (like Go, Python, Java, Node.js, .NET, and Ruby) on a fully managed platform.

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Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsof
.com/en-us/products/kubernetes-service/

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a managed Kubernetes service with hardened security and fast delivery. Deploy and manage containerized applications with AKS.

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App Engine Application Platform | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/appengine/

Google App Engine lets app developers build scalable web and mobile back ends in any programming language on a fully managed serverless platform.

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Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/vpc/

Google Cloud VPC is global, scalable, and flexible. It provides networking for Compute Engine VM, GKE containers, and the App Engine environment.

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Cloud Build serverless CI/CD platform | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/build/

A fully managed continuous integration, delivery & deployment platform that lets you run fast, consistent, reliable automated builds. Focus on coding.

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Tekton  |  Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/tekton/

A Kubernetes-native open-source framework for building continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to build, test, and deploy software.