Knative Alternatives

Knative is described as 'Kubernetes-based platform to deploy and manage modern serverless workloads' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Knative for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted solutions, Mac, Windows and Online / Web-based. The best alternative is Heroku. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CapRover or Kubernetes. Other great apps like Knative are Rancher, Docker Swarm, Qovery and Dokku.

Knative alternatives are mainly Cloud Hosting Services but may also be Virtualization Tools or Server Management Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Knative.

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Knative

Free • Open Source

Mac
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Kubernetes

Kubernetes-based platform to deploy and manage modern serverless workloads.

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Heroku
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Paid • Proprietary
Cloud Hosting Service
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Online
138 alternatives to Heroku
Heroku is a cloud application platform for Ruby, Rails, Node.js, Java, Python, Scala and Clojure web apps. Everything you need to build, run, and scale:
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1. Command line interfaceHeroku either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Custom DNS
VPS
Managed Database Hosting
Clojure
Automated deployment
Platform as a service
CapRover
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Free • Open Source
Server Management Tool
Web Server
Self-Hosted
NGINX
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Docker
38 alternatives to CapRover
CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager, PaaS, for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc...) applications!
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CapRover Features
Simple installation
HTTPS Support
Docker UI management
Scalable
Custom fixed subdomains
Remote Deployment
Kubernetes
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Online
AppArmor
49 alternatives to Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.
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Container Orchestration
VPS
Hypervisor
Rancher
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Free Personal • Open Source
Windows
Linux
34 alternatives to Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform built for organizations that deploy containers in production. Rancher makes it easy to run Kubernetes everywhere, meet IT requirements, and empower DevOps teams.
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Rancher Features
Support for Docker
Cloud Monitoring
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Docker Swarm
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Virtualization Tool
Operating System
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Self-Hosted
Docker
17 alternatives to Docker Swarm
Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It allows you create and access to a pool of Docker hosts using the full suite of Docker tools. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to...
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Support for Docker
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Hypervisor
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Qovery
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Paid • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Software as a Service (SaaS)
104 alternatives to Qovery
All developers are not equal, some know how to deploy their applications, others don’t. But now it’s over! With Qovery, all developers can deploy their application in the Cloud in just a few seconds.
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Qovery Features
Platform as a service
Kubernetes
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Dokku
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Free • Open Source
Online
Self-Hosted
32 alternatives to Dokku
Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.
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Support for Docker
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Cycle.io
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Freemium • Proprietary
Cloud Hosting Service
Software as a Service (SaaS)
43 alternatives to Cycle.io
Cycle is the all-in-one platform built to be the bridge between your infrastructure and your code. Connect your servers, import your containers, and scale.
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Container Orchestration
Multi-cloud management
Cloud based
Rancher Desktop
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
30 alternatives to Rancher Desktop
Rancher Desktop is an open-source desktop application for Mac, Windows and Linux. It provides Kubernetes and container management. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images.
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Kubernetes
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Apache Mesos
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Operating System
Mac
Linux
31 alternatives to Apache Mesos
Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.
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VPS
Hypervisor