OpenShift Alternatives

OpenShift is described as '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' and is a popular Cloud Computing service in the business & commerce category. There are more than 50 alternatives to OpenShift for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, SaaS, Windows and Mac apps. The best OpenShift alternative is Kubernetes, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenShift are Heroku, Microsoft Azure, Rancher and Google App Engine.

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OpenShift alternatives page was last updated Feb 25, 2025
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  1. Kubernetes icon

    Kubernetes

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    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    48 Kubernetes alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Kubernetes screenshot 1

    Kubernetes Features

    1.  Container Orchestration
    2.  VPS
    3.  Hypervisor

    Kubernetes VS OpenShift

     

    • Most users think Kubernetes is a great OpenShift alternative.

    • Kubernetes is the most popular Web-based alternative to OpenShift.

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

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceOpenShift is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Heroku icon

    Heroku

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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.

    161 Heroku alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Heroku screenshot 1

    Heroku Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Custom DNS
    3.  VPS
    4.  Managed Database Hosting
    5.  Clojure
    6.  Automated deployment
    7.  Platform as a service

    Heroku VS OpenShift

     

    • Most users think Heroku is a great OpenShift alternative.

    • Heroku is the most popular commercial alternative to OpenShift.

    • Heroku is Paid and ProprietaryOpenShift is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Microsoft Azure icon

    Microsoft Azure

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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...

    181 Microsoft Azure alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Microsoft Azure screenshot 1
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    Microsoft Azure Features

    1.  Container Virtualization
    2.  Two-factor Authentication
    3.  Automatic Backup
    4. Microsoft Active Directory icon  Active Directory integration
    5.  Centralized Management
    6.  Multiple languages
    7.  Auto Virtual Host

    Microsoft Azure VS OpenShift

     

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

    • Microsoft Azure is Paid and ProprietaryOpenShift is Freemium and Open Source
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  6. Rancher icon

    Rancher

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    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.

    32 Rancher alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Rancher Features

    1. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    2.  Cloud Monitoring

    Rancher VS OpenShift

     

    • Rancher is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to OpenShift.

    • Rancher is Free Personal and Open SourceOpenShift is Freemium and Open Source
  7. Google App Engine icon

    Google App Engine

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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.

    56 Google App Engine alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Google App Engine screenshot 1

    Google App Engine Features

    1. MySQL Community Edition icon  Import from MySql
    2.  PHP IDE
    3. Node.js icon  Support for Node.js

    Google App Engine VS OpenShift

     
  8. Laravel Cloud icon

    Laravel Cloud

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    Effortlessly deploy and scale Laravel apps without server management. Enjoy built-in autoscaling, caching, and enterprise-grade security. Start quickly in under 60 seconds with zero configuration, access logs, metrics, and more. Manage multiple environments and team collaboration seamlessly.

    53 Laravel Cloud alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Laravel
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Laravel Cloud screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Software Deployment
    3.  Object storage
    4.  Custom Domain
    5.  Supports SSL Certificates
    6.  Support for Amazon S3
    7.  Autoscaling
    8.  Load balancing
    9.  Based on Laravel
    10.  Auto Scaling

    Laravel Cloud VS OpenShift

     

    • Laravel Cloud is the most popular SaaS alternative to OpenShift.

    • Laravel Cloud is Freemium and ProprietaryOpenShift is Freemium and Open Source
  10. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud icon

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

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    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

    146 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  GPU Support
    2.  Multiple languages

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud VS OpenShift

     
  11. Google Cloud Run icon

    Google Cloud Run

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    Cloud Run is a managed compute platform that enables you to run stateless containers that are invocable via HTTP requests. Cloud Run is serverless: it abstracts away all infrastructure management.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Kubernetes
    • Google Cloud Platform

    Google Cloud Run Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  Google Cloud

    Google Cloud Run VS OpenShift

     
  12. Rancher Desktop icon

    Rancher Desktop

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    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.

    34 Rancher Desktop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Rancher Desktop Features

    1.  Kubernetes

    Rancher Desktop VS OpenShift

     

    • Rancher Desktop is the most popular Mac alternative to OpenShift.

    • Rancher Desktop is Free and Open SourceOpenShift is Freemium and Open Source
  13. AWS Elastic Beanstalk icon

    AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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    AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) service from Amazon Web Services that allows users to create applications and push them to a definable set of AWS services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 and elastic load balancers, plus several other AWS services.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk screenshot 1

    AWS Elastic Beanstalk VS OpenShift

     
  14. Google Compute Engine icon

    Google Compute Engine

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    Google Compute Engine is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component elo of Google Cloud Platform which is built on the global infrastructure that runs Google's search engine, Gmail, YouTube and other services.

    119 Google Compute Engine alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Google Compute Engine Features

    1.  VPS
    2.  Platform as a service

    Google Compute Engine VS OpenShift

     
  15. Qovery icon

    Qovery

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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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Qovery Features

    1.  Platform as a service
    2.  Kubernetes

    Qovery VS OpenShift

     
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