IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Alternatives (September 2025)

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

Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) provides enterprise-level high-performance and flexible management of Kubernetes containerized applications throughout the application lifecycle.

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is hosting for VMware workloads. Configurations range from self-managed to fully IBM-managed on single- or multi-tenant IBM Cloud servers.

Production-Grade Container Orchestration

IBM Container Registry enables you to store and distribute Docker images in a managed, private registry.

Simplify your Kubernetes deployment with Kublr. Our platform offers fast and efficient setup and orchestration for small and large scale enterprises.

Canonical Kubernetes enterprise solutions build up from Ubuntu OS to hybrid multi-cloud container orchestration clouds, edge and IoT, managed Kubernetes and enterprise support packages.

MicroK8s is the simplest production-grade conformant K8s. Lightweight and focused. Single command install on Linux, Windows and macOS. Made for devOps, great for edge, appliances and IoT. Full high availability Kubernetes with autonomous clusters and distributed storage.

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

Easily manage multiple Kubernetes clusters with the automation power of the Kubermatic platform. Scale your business with reliability.

D2iQ makes it easier to build and run Kubernetes at scale, reducing time to market from months to days.

A service mesh for observability, security in depth, and management that speeds deployment cycles.

A single console, with built-in security policies, for controlling Kubernetes clusters and applications.

See how a managed cloud services approach helps mitigate potential tension between traditional IT management and DevOps culture.

An open source Kubernetes Platform to manage enterprise-grade Kubernetes across hybrid cloud, multi-cloud and edge. Get started for free!

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

Rancher, the open-source multi-cluster orchestration platform, lets operations teams deploy, manage and secure enterprise Kubernetes. Request a demo!

Devtron enables swift app containerization, seamless Kubernetes deployment, and peak performance optimization – simplify your app management today!

Red Hat Runtimes includes a collection of cloud-native runtimes for developing Java or JavaScript applications on OpenShift.

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

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

CAST AI cuts your cloud bill in half, automates DevOps tasks, and prevents downtime in one Autonomous Kubernetes platform.

IBM Cloud Pak for Data is a modular set of integrated software components for data analysis, organization and management.

IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks delivers secure persistent storage resources for your Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift container environments.

Connect apps, services and data with the IBM Cloud Pak for Integration platform, the most comprehensive integration software solution.

Scale AI workloads, for all your data, anywhere, with watsonx.data.

IBM App Connect is application integration software that connects applications and data sources. It features a no-code interface with hundreds of prebuilt connectors, plus the ability to create custom connectors. It can be deployed on-premises, on any cloud, or as a fully managed service on AWS.

Kubernetes message broker and message queue platform. An open-source project providing the most efficient way to connect microservices.

Read how Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes helps you secure your systems

IBM Db2 is the database to run your mission-critical workloads. Power low-latency transactions and real-time analytics across any cloud, hybrid or on-prem.

IBM Turbonomic software uses AI to optimize the performance, cost and compliance of hybrid cloud and multicloud environments.

Taikun CloudWorks is an Advanced Platform for Delivering Kubernetes & Applications Seamlessly Across Multi Cloud Environments

IBM Cloudant is a fully managed JSON document database that offers independent serverless scaling of provisioned throughput capacity and storage. Cloudant is compatible with Apache CouchDB and accessible through a simple to use HTTPS API for web, mobile, and IoT applications.

IBM Event Streams is an event streaming software built on open-source Apache Kafka. It is available as a fully managed service on IBM Cloud or for self-hosting.

The IBM UrbanCode family of software products helps you deliver software to market faster by accelerating application delivery and reducing manual processes.

Kong Mesh is an enterprise-ready service mesh that provides security, reliability and observability for Kubernetes environments. Accelerate deployments today!

Optimize, modernize and cloud-enable your WebSphere applications and operations to increase efficiency while reducing costs and maximizing infrastructure utilization.

An enterprise application platform powered by Kubernetes that provides the basic functionality of Red Hat OpenShift to run containers in hybrid cloud environments.

Documentation, guides and support for Jenkins X

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation is a modular set of integrated software components for operations management and automation.

IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation is an AI-powered network automation platform for CSPs to evolve to zero-touch operations and deliver services fast.

Integrate F5 technology with containerized environments to enable dynamic, advanced application services.

IBM Edge Computing, combined with 5G, is helping create new business opportunities across industries by acting on insights closer to where data is created.

IBM Knowledge Catalog is software to manage and curate data, knowledge assets and their relationships. It is available as managed SaaS or within IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

IBM FileNet Content Manager provides low-code tools and capabilities to help create meaningful business applications on any cloud.

VMware Tanzu is a cloud native application platform that enables vital DevSecOps outcomes in a multi-cloud world.

Learn about Azure Red Hat OpenShift, an OpenShift service managed by Microsoft and Red Hat with Kubernetes PaaS at its core. Discover a turnkey container platform.

IBM watsonx Code Assistant is a solution that leverages generative AI to accelerate code generation and increase developer productivity.

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

IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS drives operational efficiencies while increasing service agility, with a service delivery platform for cloud computing.

IBM Maximo Application Suite is a set of applications for asset monitoring, management, predictive maintenance and reliability planning. It’s available as managed SaaS or deployable in any Red Hat OpenShift environment.

Simplify your infrastructure with cloud computing solutions from Akamai (formerly Linode). Develop, deploy, and scale faster and easier.

IBM watsonx Assistant provides customers with fast, consistent and accurate answers across any application, device or channel.

IBM Watson Discovery is an API to search and answer questions about business documents using custom NLP and Large Language Models from IBM Research. It is available as SaaS or for self-hosting within IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Open-source self-hosted alternative to Vercel, Netlify, Raiway.app, Render or Heroku running on Kubernetes clusters.

IBM Watson Studio is an IDE to build, run and manage AI models. It is available as SaaS or for self-hosting as part of IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Bunnyshell is an Environment as a Service platform that enables developers to instantly spin up dev environments for any task on Kubernetes and develop remotely.

Services from IBM works with the world’s leading companies to reimagine and reinvent their business through technology.

IBM PowerVM software is a virtualization environment that can run AIX, IBM i and Linux virtual machines on IBM Power servers.

Kubeflow makes deployment of ML Workflows on Kubernetes straightforward and automated

A collaborative Kubernetes-native development solution that delivers OpenShift workspaces and in-browser IDE for rapid cloud application development.

The industry's only active security platform with full-stack observability for containers and Kubernetes.

Reliably lighten the Kubernetes Troubleshooting and Monitoring Workload for your DevOps and Developers.

IBM Process Automation Manager Open Edition is a robust enterprise automation platform that provides a fully open-source foundation for developing rapid, lightweight, cloud-native business automation applications.

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

Linkerd adds critical security, observability, and reliability to your Kubernetes stack, without any code changes.

Build responsible, transparent and explainable AI workflows with watsonx.governance.

IBM Business Automation Workflow helps you automate your digital workflows to increase productivity, efficiency and insights — on premises or on cloud.

IBM Cloud Object Storage is a scalable and resilient managed data service on IBM Cloud, offering an alternative to block and file storage.

Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka makes it easier to create, discover and connect to real-time data streams regardless of where they exist.

Alibaba Cloud offers integrated suite of cloud products and services to businesses in America, to help to digitalize by providing scalable, secure and reliable cloud computing solutions. Try for Free.

Manage virtual machines and Kubernetes – on-premises, at the edge, or air-gapped – with our flexible platform that reduces ops cost and accelerates delivery of revenue-generating apps.

Oracle Container Registry is a highly available container registry service for storing and sharing container images and artifacts across multiple deployments.

IBM Instana Observability is the gold standard of incident prevention with automated full-stack visibility, 1-second granularity and 3-seconds to notify.

Managed RabbitMQ servers hosted in the cloud. Decouple your applications with the speed of CloudAMQP, a highly available message queuing service.

IBM Cloudability is a cloud financial management platform that improves visibility, optimization, governance and more across cloud environments.

IBM Cloud Internet Services offers security, reliability and performance capabilities designed to protect public-facing web content and applications.

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a data warehouse for demanding hybrid-cloud environments available as SaaS and for self-hosting through IBM Cloud Pak for Data System.

A comprehensive decision automation solution that helps discover, capture, analyze, automate and govern rules-based decisions on premises or on the cloud.

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Implement unified Kubernetes-native API gateways, load balancers, and ingress controllers across hybrid and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.

Helm - The Kubernetes Package Manager.

Portainer is your container management software to deploy, troubleshoot, and secure applications across cloud, datacenter, and Industrial IoT use cases.

Build your application on Instaclustr's fully hosted and managed Apache Kafka as a service solution. Start your free trial now.

Build, train, deploy and scale AI models and intelligent applications on a resilient and sustainable cloud ecosystem.

An ocean of simple, scalable cloud solutions.

Market-leading data protection service built for Kubernetes, simplifying compliance and data access, and empowering app owners to backup and restore apps.

Argonaut automates deployments of infrastructure and applications to your cloud account. Autogenerate and collaborate with your team on Terraform, CI/CD and App Deployment Configs in an instant.

Ambassador Labs - We build best-in-class Kubernetes-native productivity tools to safely design, develop, test, deploy, & monitor apps with speed & efficiency

Stream live, and manage recorded video content. Cloud streaming platform for video hosting, transcoding, multi-platform playout, and analytics.

Optimize your storage infrastructure using this cloud-based storage management and support platform with predictive analytics.

IBM Blockchain Transparent Supply enables companies to build their own blockchain-enabled collaboration and data-sharing ecosystem with their supply chain partners.

Train and deploy ML models and LLMs on top of Kubernetes at the speed of Big Tech with 100% reliability and scalability. Slash production costs by 30-40% and release models to production faster. Training jobs, inference services, GPUs and more on your own infra.

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are 100% dedicated, secure, bare metal servers. Servers are available with Intel, Z, or LinuxONE architectures in a shared or VPC environment.

Simplify and accelerate your IT with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged, an intelligent, hyper-efficient HCI solution for edge, VDI, and general virtualization workloads.

Traefik Mesh is an open source service mesh, easy to configure that allows visibility and management of the traffic flows inside any Kubernetes cluster.

Intelligent data protection, purpose-built for the Cloud applications. Afi microservices-based architecture enables unrivaled speed and scalability, while the AI engine ensures high degree of autonomy and resistance to errors

IBM Cloud Block Storage is a high-performance cloud data storage service on IBM Cloud.

CloudDefense.AI is an industry-leading multi-layered Cloud Native Application and Protection Platform (CNAPP) that safeguards your cloud infrastructure and cloud-native apps with unrivaled expertise, precision, and confidence.