Cloud Foundry Alternatives

Cloud Foundry is described as 'Provides a highly efficient, modern model for cloud native application delivery' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Cloud Foundry for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Linux, Self-Hosted and Windows apps. The best Cloud Foundry alternative is Kubernetes, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cloud Foundry are Heroku, OpenStack, OpenShift and Microsoft Azure.

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  1. Kubernetes icon
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    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    51 Kubernetes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Kubernetes is the most popular Web-based alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • Kubernetes is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceCloud Foundry is also Free and Open Source
  2. Heroku icon
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    Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud.

    174 Heroku alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Heroku is the most popular commercial alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • Heroku is Paid and ProprietaryCloud Foundry is Free and Open Source
  3. OpenStack icon
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    OpenStack OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds. The project aims to deliver solutions for all types of clouds by being simple to implement...

    77 OpenStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    CloudFoundry is PaaS, OpenStack is only IaaS

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    • OpenStack is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • OpenStack is Free and Open SourceCloud Foundry is also Free and Open Source
  4. OpenShift icon
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    Red Hat OpenShift is a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale, including today’s AI-enabled apps. Deliver better experiences faster with a complete set of services for bringing apps to market on your choice of infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
    • OpenShift is the most popular SaaS alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • OpenShift is Freemium and Open SourceCloud Foundry is Free and Open Source
  5. Microsoft Azure icon
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    The Azure cloud platform is more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life—to solve today’s challenges and create the future. Build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and...

    190 Microsoft Azure alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Microsoft Azure is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • Microsoft Azure is Paid and ProprietaryCloud Foundry is Free and Open Source
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    Google App Engine is a free* platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about hardware, patches or backups; and effortless scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. AWS Lambda icon
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    AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs your code in response to events and automatically manages the underlying compute resources for you.

    18 AWS Lambda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  8. Radius icon
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    Radius is an open-source, cloud-native, application platform that enables developers and the operators that support them to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Radius is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cloud Foundry.

    • Radius is Free and Open SourceCloud Foundry is also Free and Open Source
  9. Stacktape icon
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    Stacktape is a tool that simplifies AWS for developers, enabling quick deployment of production-grade infrastructure. It transforms complex tasks into more manageable processes. Developers can now use an interactive config editor instead of manually writing YAML files, allowing...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Qovery icon
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    Qovery is the first Container as a Service (CaaS) platform that allows any developer to deploy an application in just a few seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Cycle.io icon
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    Cycle is the leading LowOps platform built to simplify containers, standardize infrastructure, and automate DevOps. Deploy to your own infrastructure whether it's in the cloud, on-prem, or a mixture of both. The power of Kubernetes, without Kubernetes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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