Knative Alternatives

Apps similar to Knative include Kubernetes, which is free and open source. Other options are Heroku, CapRover, Rancher and Rancher Desktop. You're spoiled for choice with Cloud Computing Services like Knative: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, self-hosting, the web, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Based on Apache OpenWhisk, IBM Cloud Functions is a polyglot functions-as-a-service (FaaS) programming platform for developing lightweight code that scalably executes on demand.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Lunatic is an Erlang-inspired runtime for WebAssembly.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • WebAssembly
    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
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  3. Nebula container orchestrator aims to help devs and ops treat IoT devices just like distributed Dockerized apps. It aim is to act as Docker orchestrator for IoT devices as well as for distributed services that can span thousands of devices worldwide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. OpenFaas icon
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    OpenFaaS® makes it easy for developers to deploy event-driven functions and microservices to Kubernetes without repetitive, boiler-plate coding. Package your code or an existing binary in a Docker image to get a highly scalable endpoint with auto-scaling and metrics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Dokku-alt is a Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen. It's a fork of original dokku. The idea behind this fork is to provide complete solution with plugins covering most of use-cases which are stable and well tested.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Mesosphere DCOS organizes your entire infrastructure as if it was a single computer. It runs all your apps and workloads, from PaaS-based microservices to big data to databases.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
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  7. HatchBox icon
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    HatchBox automates deploying Ruby on Rails application to your own servers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Flynn icon
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    Flynn is an open-source PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) inspired by Heroku that simplifies deploying and maintaining applications.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Tsuru is an extensible and open source Platform as a Service software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Heyo Web Services is a stack of apps with a Kubernetes shaped API to manage workloads on bare metal machines - that includes VMs, databases, static sites, TLS, proxies, CI systems, and more. It's also all open-source, you can run it directly on your own gear.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Linux
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  11. Krustlet icon
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    Krustlet acts as a Kubelet by listening on the event stream for new pods that the scheduler assigns to it based on specific Kubernetes tolerations.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
    • Microsoft Azure
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  12. Nexaa icon
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    Nexaa is the easy-to-use-and-cost-friendly 100% European alternative for scaling and deploying containers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU
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