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, Web-based, Mac and Windows apps. The best Knative alternative is Kubernetes, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Knative are Heroku, CapRover, Rancher and Docker Swarm.

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

    52 Kubernetes alternatives

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

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

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceKnative 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.

    177 Heroku alternatives

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
    • Heroku is the most popular commercial alternative to Knative.

    • Heroku is Paid and ProprietaryKnative is Free and Open Source
  3. CapRover icon
     47 likes

    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!

    49 CapRover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • CapRover is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Knative.

    • CapRover is Free and ProprietaryKnative is Free and Open Source
  4. Rancher icon
     47 likes

    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.

    34 Rancher alternatives

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

    • Rancher is Free Personal and Open SourceKnative is Free and Open Source
  5. Docker Swarm icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • Docker Swarm is the most popular Mac alternative to Knative.

    • Docker Swarm is Free and ProprietaryKnative is Free and Open Source
  6. Dokku icon
     18 likes

    Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. 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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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
     
    • AWS Lambda is the most popular SaaS alternative to Knative.

    • AWS Lambda is Freemium and ProprietaryKnative is Free and Open Source
  9. 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)
     
  10. Cycle.io icon
     5 likes

    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

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Apache Mesos icon
     20 likes

    Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. Porter icon
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    Porter is an alternative to Heroku that runs in your own cloud (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, etc). Get started on Porter without the overhead of DevOps and fully customize your infra later when you need to.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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