# Best Runtime Software

## How Many Runtime Software Products Does G2 Track?

**Total Products under this Category:** 17

### Category Stats (Sep 2026)

- **Average Rating:** 4.38/5 The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings

_Last updated: September 01, 2026_

## How Does G2 Rank Runtime Software Products?

**Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:**

- 30 Analysts and Data Experts
- 100+ Authentic Reviews
- 17+ Products
- Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

## G2 Grid® for Runtime Software
 ![G2 Grid® for Runtime Software plotting products by satisfaction and market presence](https://www.g2.com/categories/runtime/grids.png?focus%5B%5D=42004&focus%5B%5D=116567&focus%5B%5D=42013&focus%5B%5D=42531&focus%5B%5D=42152)

Highlighted products: IBM Storage Ceph, Red Hat Runtimes, GlusterFS, Apache Karaf, and containerd.

Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/runtime/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=ibm-storage-ceph&focus%5B%5D=red-hat-runtimes&focus%5B%5D=glusterfs&focus%5B%5D=apache-karaf&focus%5B%5D=containerd)

### [IBM Storage Ceph](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-storage-ceph/reviews)

IBM Storage Ceph is a massively scalable, open source, distributed storage system. It is comprised of an object store, block store, and a distributed file system.

**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 21

#### How Do G2 Users Rate IBM Storage Ceph?

- **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind IBM Storage Ceph?

- **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm)
- **Year Founded:** 1911
- **HQ Location:** Armonk, New York, United States
- **Twitter:** @IBMSecurity  
74,660 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=14b544adaece4fdbc987f1d7f7028048c22259946811200cc751263825586af9&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F1009%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
328,202 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** SWX:IBM

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services
- **Company Size:** 36% Medium, 32% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of IBM Storage Ceph?

**["IBM Storage Ceph: Scalable, Reliable Storage with Strong Self-Healing"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ibm-storage-ceph-review-12458347)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Chetana M._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ibm-storage-ceph-review-12458347)

**["Reliable Storage!!"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ibm-storage-ceph-review-5352590)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Amgad A._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ibm-storage-ceph-review-5352590)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About IBM Storage Ceph?

- [Is Red Hat Ceph Storage free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-red-hat-ceph-storage-free)
- [Which protocols does Red Hat Ceph support?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-protocols-does-red-hat-ceph-support)
- [Which of the following is a business benefit of Red Hat Ceph Storage?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-of-the-following-is-a-business-benefit-of-red-hat-ceph-storage)
- [What are the key features of Ceph?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-key-features-of-ceph)

### [Red Hat Runtimes](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-runtimes/reviews)

Red Hat Runtimes is a collection of cloud-native runtimes for developing Java™ or JavaScript applications on OpenShift. It provides portability across multiple cloud infrastructures, allowing the developer to use microservices, containers, and DevOps automation.

**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 60

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Red Hat Runtimes?

- **Quality of Support:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Red Hat Runtimes?

- **Seller:** [Red Hat](https://www.g2.com/sellers/red-hat)
- **Year Founded:** 1993
- **HQ Location:** Raleigh, NC
- **Twitter:** @RedHat  
300,769 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=4e0d3729ea76bc2ca4cd8f1f390777549ab9f3d824d6dd01fe584e175b43fe7a&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F3545%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
19,413 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer
- **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software
- **Company Size:** 47% Large, 28% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Red Hat Runtimes?

**["OpenJDk Review"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/red-hat-runtimes-review-8329310)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Shivam K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/red-hat-runtimes-review-8329310)

**["OVERALL I HAVE A GREAT EXPERIANCE WITH REDHAT & THEIR DISTRIBUTED SERVICES"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/red-hat-runtimes-review-8661025)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Nandeshwar s._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/red-hat-runtimes-review-8661025)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Red Hat Runtimes?

- [What is included in Red Hat OpenShift?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-included-in-red-hat-openshift)
- [What are the specific features provided by OpenShift?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-specific-features-provided-by-openshift)
- [Which of the following are some of the key features of Red Hat runtimes?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-of-the-following-are-some-of-the-key-features-of-red-hat-runtimes)
- [What is Red Hat OpenShift application runtimes?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-red-hat-openshift-application-runtimes)

### [GlusterFS](https://www.g2.com/products/glusterfs/reviews)

GlusterFS is an open source, distributed storage system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 27

#### How Do G2 Users Rate GlusterFS?

- **Quality of Support:** 7.6/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind GlusterFS?

- **Seller:** [Red Hat](https://www.g2.com/sellers/red-hat)
- **Year Founded:** 1993
- **HQ Location:** Raleigh, NC
- **Twitter:** @RedHat  
300,769 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=4e0d3729ea76bc2ca4cd8f1f390777549ab9f3d824d6dd01fe584e175b43fe7a&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F3545%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
19,413 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Top Industries:** Computer Software
- **Company Size:** 44% Small, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of GlusterFS?

**["Best Software Distributed Storage over Network"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/glusterfs-review-4274274)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Chamroeunrith C._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/glusterfs-review-4274274)

**["High performance and reliability pooled storage"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/glusterfs-review-5244967)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer & Network Security_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/glusterfs-review-5244967)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About GlusterFS?

- [What is GlusterFS used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-glusterfs-used-for)
- [What is brick GlusterFS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-brick-glusterfs)
- [How does GlusterFS replication work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-glusterfs-replication-work)
- [What is Linux gluster?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-linux-gluster)

### [Apache Karaf](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-karaf/reviews)

Apache Karaf provides dual polymorphic container and application bootstrapping paradigms to the Enterprise.

**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 24

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Apache Karaf?

- **Quality of Support:** 7.4/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.6/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Apache Karaf?

- **Seller:** [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation)
- **Year Founded:** 1999
- **HQ Location:** Wakefield, MA
- **Twitter:** @TheASF  
66,168 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=b8484c4bb31e87bc0ba9e683d86f2af14309539343a063507c88bcdcff98434d&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F215982%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
2,470 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Apache Karaf?

**["Apache karaf enterprise ready platform"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-karaf-review-5228790)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Jayanth T._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-karaf-review-5228790)

**["Best Data Stream Platform"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-karaf-review-6745671)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Mithilesh kumar r._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-karaf-review-6745671)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Apache Karaf?

- [What is Karaf Java?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-karaf-java)
- [Is Karaf a Microservice?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-karaf-a-microservice)
- [What is Karaf feature?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-karaf-feature)
- [What is the use of Apache Karaf?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-use-of-apache-karaf)

### [containerd](https://www.g2.com/products/containerd/reviews)

- an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability.

**Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 11

#### How Do G2 Users Rate containerd?

- **Quality of Support:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind containerd?

- **Seller:** [The Linux Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-linux-foundation)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @hyperledger  
299 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=4ae3326831bdd1ebb5b8c717e0c33f341635783bb13e2fcf140bad61bd6f7ca4&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F10851358%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
89 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Top Industries:** Computer Software
- **Company Size:** 55% Small, 36% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of containerd?

**["Powerful and easy-to-use container runtime"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/containerd-review-5194817)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Amit U._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/containerd-review-5194817)

**["good performance"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/containerd-review-7556693)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— shayan a._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/containerd-review-7556693)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About containerd?

- [What is containerd used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-containerd-used-for)

### [Apache ServiceMix](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-servicemix/reviews)

Apache ServiceMix is a flexible, open-source integration container that unifies the features and functionality of Apache ActiveMQ, Camel, CXF, and Karaf into a powerful runtime platform you can use to build your own integrations solutions. It provides a complete, enterprise ready ESB.

**Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 13

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Apache ServiceMix?

- **Quality of Support:** 7.6/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 7.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Apache ServiceMix?

- **Seller:** [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation)
- **Year Founded:** 1999
- **HQ Location:** Wakefield, MA
- **Twitter:** @TheASF  
66,168 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=b8484c4bb31e87bc0ba9e683d86f2af14309539343a063507c88bcdcff98434d&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F215982%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
2,470 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 38% Large, 31% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Apache ServiceMix?

**["Simplifying Open-Source integration Solution & Streamlining Our Workflow with "Apache Service Mix"."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-servicemix-review-7922826)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Amisha A._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-servicemix-review-7922826)

**["Apache for web development"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-servicemix-review-5107694)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Muhammad Jahanzeb S._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/apache-servicemix-review-5107694)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Apache ServiceMix?

- [What is Karaf container?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-karaf-container)
- [Is Apache Camel an ESB?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-apache-camel-an-esb)
- [What is Apache Camel used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-apache-camel-used-for)
- [What is ServiceMix used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-servicemix-used-for)

### [NexentaStor](https://www.g2.com/products/nexentastor/reviews)

Nexenta Systems offers NexentaStor, a platform delivering ultra-scalable, cloud and virtualization-optimized storage solutions.

**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 4

#### How Do G2 Users Rate NexentaStor?

- **Quality of Support:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind NexentaStor?

- **Seller:** [DataDirect Networks (DDN)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/datadirect-networks-ddn)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** Los Angeles, California, United States
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=5562a1704f10c58f625c0b7ea80276d8f13cb632a9484f6e114a1a06f2afb7c6&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fddn%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1,221 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Medium, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of NexentaStor?

**["Easy to use virtual enterprise data solution."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/nexentastor-review-5434627)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/nexentastor-review-5434627)

**["Good storage solution for organizations"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/nexentastor-review-6691871)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/nexentastor-review-6691871)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About NexentaStor?

- [What is Nexenta Storage Solutions used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-nexenta-storage-solutions-used-for)

### [Diego](https://www.g2.com/products/diego/reviews)

Diego is Cloud Foundry's container management system, responsible for scheduling, running, and monitoring application instances and tasks. It ensures applications are efficiently distributed across virtual machines (VMs, maintains desired application states, and automatically recovers from failures to uphold high availability. Key Features and Functionality: - Container Orchestration: Diego manages the lifecycle of application containers, handling their creation, execution, and termination. - Task and Process Management: It differentiates between one-time tasks and long-running processes (LRPs, allocating resources accordingly to optimize performance. - Self-Healing Mechanism: Diego monitors application health and automatically restarts instances that have crashed, ensuring continuous operation. - Load Balancing: Through the Diego Auction system, it balances workloads across VMs, optimizing resource utilization and application resilience. - Platform Agnostic: Built with flexibility in mind, Diego supports various operating systems and architectures, facilitating diverse deployment environments. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Diego addresses the complexities of container orchestration within Cloud Foundry by automating the deployment, scaling, and management of applications. It ensures that applications run reliably and efficiently, automatically handling failures and distributing workloads to maintain optimal performance. This automation reduces operational overhead, allowing developers to focus on building applications without concerning themselves with the underlying infrastructure.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Diego?

- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Diego?

- **Seller:** [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cloud-foundry)
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @cloudfoundry  
75,206 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=c8ac25e06aa436fdba9a381db8a5500b7873a6cde8749c636bae8ec2688af823&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F2509135%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
5 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Medium, 33% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Diego?

**["Makes application deployment a breeze!"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diego-review-437027)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Kenny P._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diego-review-437027)

**["A great architecture for SAAS Based Solutions"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diego-review-4969730)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Sayanta B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diego-review-4969730)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Diego?

- [What is Diego used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-diego-used-for)

### [Quobyte](https://www.g2.com/products/quobyte/reviews)

From our humble beginnings through today, Quobyte has been empowering customers by providing real software storage so that they can keep up with the ever-increasing amounts of data in today’s data-driven world. We take data storage and make it authentically software-based and unconditionally simple. We enable you to scale performance while managing large amounts of data and streamlining administration. Whether it’s in the cloud, on-prem or a hybrid of the two, Quobyte’s POSIX compatible, distributed parallel file system aids users so they can build a truly flexible software-based storage infrastructure. To find out more about real software storage, visit quobyte.com.

**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 5

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Quobyte?

- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Quobyte?

- **Seller:** [Quobyte](https://www.g2.com/sellers/quobyte)
- **Year Founded:** 2013
- **HQ Location:** Santa Clara, US
- **Twitter:** @Quobyte  
406 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=a941a69673f96ea6756a3eaed4b9b2dcb2f1f72b1069138d0f35fb2b09166eef&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fquobyte%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
25 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 60% Medium, 40% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Quobyte?

**["Securely Store Data With Quobyte"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/quobyte-review-8459697)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Sonal D._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/quobyte-review-8459697)

**["compact storage"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/quobyte-review-7810527)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— SAICHINMAY T._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/quobyte-review-7810527)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Quobyte?

- [What is Quobyte used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-quobyte-used-for)

### [cri-o](https://www.g2.com/products/cri-o/reviews)

CRI-O is an implementation of the Kubernetes CRI (Container Runtime Interface) to enable using OCI (Open Container Initiative) compatible runtimes. It is a lightweight alternative to using Docker as the runtime for kubernetes.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate cri-o?

- **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 5.8/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind cri-o?

- **Seller:** [cri-o](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cri-o)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=7886df2ed926834e5eb248c77dcfa8e5c815d3ab1f0fe3132ced0dba45868834&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2FNo-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of cri-o?

**["A Great Lightweight Kubernetes Runtime Alternative"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cri-o-review-4979883)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Sayanta B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cri-o-review-4979883)

**["A low level but geeky and nerdy way to work with containers"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cri-o-review-9822212)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Information Technology and Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cri-o-review-9822212)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About cri-o?

- [What is cri-o used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cri-o-used-for)

### [Diamanti](https://www.g2.com/products/diamanti/reviews)

Diamanti is an appliance built to combine the ease of hyperconverged infrastructure with the unparalleled performance of bare-metal containers.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Diamanti?

- **Quality of Support:** 5.6/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 5.8/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.2/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Diamanti?

- **Seller:** [Diamanti](https://www.g2.com/sellers/diamanti)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** San Jose, US
- **Twitter:** @Diamanticom  
692 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=dcb119c8aa2f676e0ad884760e840f8b1c94ecf2b7b8f3d041c73ba0724d6df5&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fdiamanti&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
142 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Diamanti?

**["User point of view"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diamanti-review-5442429)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diamanti-review-5442429)

**["Superb Performance, little limited."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diamanti-review-7552810)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/diamanti-review-7552810)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Diamanti?

- [What is Diamanti used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-diamanti-used-for)

### [Payara Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/payara-cloud/reviews)

Payara Cloud is the next generation of cloud native application runtime. It offers a flexible and powerful way to easily run your Jakarta EE apps on the cloud. Simply select your WAR, click deploy, and watch your apps run on the cloud – automatically, like magic. Any web application following the Jakarta Web Profile specification can be uploaded and it will run in a containerized Payara Micro instance. As an app developer we know you’re expected to do everything from writing the code to deploying the application. We also know the potential problems you face when provisioning the Jakarta EE runtime, TLS and SSL certificates, the Pod, setting up your containers, and the nightmare of making it all work with Kubernetes… And so we’re creating an easier way to run your apps on the cloud. Payara Cloud is a “serverless” runtime that runs and scales Jakarta EE/MicroProfile applications seamlessly. Unlike building an application server deployment on a Cloud Infrastructure as a Service or on raw Kubernetes, Payara Cloud takes care of provisioning infrastructure, installation, configuration, deployment and scaling of your application.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Payara Cloud?

- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Payara Cloud?

- **Seller:** [Payara Services Ltd](https://www.g2.com/sellers/payara-services-ltd)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** Global, GB
- **Twitter:** @Payara\_Fish  
10,002 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=99dc9db39591f22a7b27a976c390bf203f3f74b05145dd93c4a0593e6a155a10&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F5349063%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
39 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Medium, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Payara Cloud?

**["Payara Cloud is Jakarta EE made Easy!"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/payara-cloud-review-9034287)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/payara-cloud-review-9034287)

**["Simple and easy to use"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/payara-cloud-review-9690435)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Nicolás C._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/payara-cloud-review-9690435)

### [Sheepdog](https://www.g2.com/products/sheepdog/reviews)

Sheepdog is a distributed object storage system for volume and container services and manages the disks and nodes intelligently. Sheepdog features ease of use, simplicity of code and can scale out to thousands of nodes.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Sheepdog?

- **Quality of Support:** 1.7/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 1.7/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Sheepdog?

- **Seller:** [Nippon Telegraph and Telephone](https://www.g2.com/sellers/nippon-telegraph-and-telephone)
- **Year Founded:** 1985
- **HQ Location:** Chiyoda-ku, JP
- **Twitter:** @NTTPR  
96,107 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=3090109455dd93d5e85d26429938e3520cf86775a00021d49af9efb218de528d&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F92814&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
6,531 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Sheepdog?

**["A completely revolutionary database system"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sheepdog-review-5300911)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Divya A._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sheepdog-review-5300911)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Sheepdog?

- [What is Sheepdog used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-sheepdog-used-for)

### [Springpath](https://www.g2.com/products/springpath/reviews)

Springpath is the pioneer in hyperconvergence software, turning standard servers of choice into a single pool of compute and storage resources. The Springpath Data Platform eliminates the need for network storage and intuitively integrates into existing management tools to maximize operational efficiency.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Springpath?

- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Springpath?

- **Seller:** [Springpath](https://www.g2.com/sellers/springpath)
- **Year Founded:** 2012
- **HQ Location:** Sunnyvale, US
- **Twitter:** @SpringpathInc  
577 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=9dc0a312a4ef820d7e9c31733b8c2de7d8634c376c1990f5d9466b9e7960d2d1&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F3517498&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
18 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Springpath?

**["Springpath - The path to Virtual Data Center"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/springpath-review-5178515)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/springpath-review-5178515)

**["Spring path review."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/springpath-review-5433321)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Computer Software_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/springpath-review-5433321)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Springpath?

- [What is Springpath used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-springpath-used-for)

### [mimik edgeEngine](https://www.g2.com/products/mimik-edgeengine/reviews)

edgeEngine is a downloadable runtime software that enables smart devices to act as a cloud servers when plausible. the engine works on any smart device with any OS across any network and connected to any cloud.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 1

#### How Do G2 Users Rate mimik edgeEngine?

- **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind mimik edgeEngine?

- **Seller:** [mimik Technology](https://www.g2.com/sellers/mimik-technology)
- **Year Founded:** 2021
- **HQ Location:** Oakland, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=4e0795f3df295554b3140c5427261ba6a13bed244182e940630946eeb32532ee&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F418809&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
80 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of mimik edgeEngine?

**["Good software"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/mimik-edgeengine-review-5292807)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Srivijaya S._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/mimik-edgeengine-review-5292807)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About mimik edgeEngine?

- [What is mimik edgeEngine used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-mimik-edgeengine-used-for)

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Researched and written by [Adam Crivello](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/adam-crivello)

Updated October 3, 2024

Container runtime solutions enable container usage by providing APIs and abstracting technical components. They facilitate the execution of container lifecycle commands against each container instance. Runtime environments couple the configuration files with the actual files that are necessary to execute the application. Companies use these tools to launch applications and manage the container application lifecycles. With container runtimes specifications, companies can specify how file systems are unpacked, built, and configured. They allow developers to reduce system overhead, share resources, and enforce access capabilities.

To qualify for inclusion in the Container Runtime category, a product must:

- Define execution specifications
- Allow users to set access policies
- Allow users to adjust and control isolation layers
- Combine container images, configurations, and file systems

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