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Last updated: September 02, 2026
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Highlighted products: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Google Cloud Run, Red Hat OpenShift, Akamai Cloud Computing, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), DigitalOcean, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), and VMware vSphere.
Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-orchestration/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf&focus%5B%5D=google-cloud-run&focus%5B%5D=red-hat-red-hat-openshift&focus%5B%5D=akamai-cloud-computing&focus%5B%5D=google-kubernetes-engine-gke&focus%5B%5D=digitalocean&focus%5B%5D=amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks&focus%5B%5D=vmware-vsphere)
Hyper-converged cloud-native Kubernetes platform deployed at scale and running some of the most complex data & network intensive (stateful) applications for large enterprises and service providers
Missing the "k9s" experience. If you've ever used Kubernetes, you know k9s. It's legendary. It turns complex cluster management into a fast, keyboard-driven joyride. For Docker Swarm, the available options were either low-level CLI commands or slower web-based management tools such as Portainer. We wanted something fast, local, and terminal-first. That's why SwarmCLI exists. To bring that same developer joy to the Swarm ecosystem.
