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Open source multi-cluster Kubernetes management platform
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Rancher is an open source Kubernetes management platform that lets platform teams provision and operate many clusters from one console. SUSE develops it and sells an enterprise edition, SUSE Rancher Prime, with support.
Teams install Rancher on a management cluster, then import existing clusters or provision new ones on cloud providers or bare metal. Rancher applies policies, authentication and monitoring across them. A managed Rancher option on Amazon EKS is available through AWS Marketplace.
The vendor names Cox Communications, Deutsche Telekom, Home Depot, Intel, Samsung and Siemens PLM as customers, and reports more than 650 enterprise customers. It serves platform and DevOps teams running Kubernetes at scale.
Rancher Community is free and open source with community support only. SUSE Rancher Prime is the paid enterprise subscription with 24/7 SLA-backed support, and SUSE Rancher Suite bundles extra SUSE products. SUSE does not list prices; both paid tiers are quoted through a request form. A free trial is offered for fully managed Rancher on Amazon EKS through AWS Marketplace.
The vendor names partners Kasten, Speedscale, Ondat, Codefresh, NGINX and Linkerd, and community projects K3s, Longhorn, Kubewarden and Rancher Desktop.
Red Hat OpenShift is a complete Kubernetes application platform tied to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, while Rancher manages many kinds of clusters. Portainer is a lighter container management UI popular with smaller teams and simpler environments. Docker focuses on building and running containers on a single host or desktop, rather than managing many Kubernetes clusters.
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EnterpriseISO 27001
EnterpriseGDPR Compliant
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HealthcarePCI DSS
FinanceCCPA
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