# Cloud Foundry vs Kubernetes Comparison | | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.0 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 19 | 157 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (60.0% of reviews) | Enterprise (38.4% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Cloud Foundry **Not enough data** ### Kubernetes Pros: - Auto-scaling (6 reviews) - Auto-Scaling (5 reviews) Cons: - Learning Curve (9 reviews) - Difficult Learning (7 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 7.9 (15 reviews) | 9.2 (130 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | 7.9 (138 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 7.4 (9 reviews) | 7.4 (92 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 7.8 (9 reviews) | 8.0 (71 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 7.6 (11 reviews) | 8.4 (112 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.1 (7 reviews) | 8.9 (57 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 6.7 (14 reviews) | 9.7 (125 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Cloud Foundry #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Kubernetes #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Cloud Foundry** | 8.6/10 | 6 | | **Kubernetes** | N/A | N/A | #### Development | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Application Deployment** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Development Tools** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Development Environment** | 8.1 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Language Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Testing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Database | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Database Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Scaling** | 8.9 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Backup / Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Storage** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Infrastructure | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Networking** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Virtual Machines** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Container Management | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Cloud Foundry** | N/A | N/A | | **Kubernetes** | 9.0/10 | 76 | #### Management | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Access Control** | Not enough data | 8.9 (70 reviews) | | **Network Isolation** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | | **File Isolation** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | #### Organization | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Packaging ** | Not enough data | 9.1 (65 reviews) | | **Container Networking** | Not enough data | 9.1 (71 reviews) | | **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 9.6 (74 reviews) | #### Development | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Developer Toolkit** | Not enough data | 8.7 (54 reviews) | | **Architecture** | Not enough data | 9.1 (70 reviews) | | **Datacenter** | Not enough data | 9.0 (55 reviews) | | **Virtualization** | Not enough data | 9.0 (57 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (1):** [Container Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management) **Unique to Cloud Foundry (1):** [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) **Unique to Kubernetes (1):** [Container Orchestration Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-orchestration) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Cloud Foundry | Kubernetes | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 26.7% | 28.5% | | **Mid-Market** | 13.3% | 33.1% | | **Enterprise** | 60.0% | 38.4% | ### By Industry #### Cloud Foundry - **Computer Software:** 33.3% - **Telecommunications:** 13.3% - **Information Technology and Services:** 13.3% - **Chemicals:** 13.3% - **Research:** 6.7% - **Publishing:** 6.7% - **Program Development:** 6.7% - **Information Services:** 6.7% #### Kubernetes - **Computer Software:** 33.1% - **Information Technology and Services:** 21.2% - **Telecommunications:** 9.3% - **Financial Services:** 5.3% - **Banking:** 3.3% - **Internet:** 3.3% - **Government Administration:** 2.6% - **Retail:** 2.0% - **Computer & Network Security:** 2.0% - **Computer Networking:** 2.0% - **Other:** 15.9% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Cloud Foundry - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews) - [AWS Lambda](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1027 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (282 reviews) - [AWS Elastic Beanstalk](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elastic-beanstalk/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (197 reviews) - [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (147 reviews) - [SUSE Rancher](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-rancher/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (122 reviews) - [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (115 reviews) - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (303 reviews) - [AWS Fargate](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (95 reviews) - [Google App Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (216 reviews) ### Alternatives to Kubernetes - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (303 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (282 reviews) - [Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)](https://www.g2.com/products/mirantis-kubernetes-engine-formerly-docker-enterprise/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (281 reviews) - [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (259 reviews) - [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (115 reviews) - [Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews) — 4.8/5 stars (294 reviews) - [Google Cloud Run](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-run/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (241 reviews) - [SUSE Rancher](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-rancher/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (122 reviews) - [Apache Mesos](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-mesos/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (16 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (107 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Cloud Foundry No discussions available for this product. ### Kubernetes - Title: [What does Kubernetes do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-kubernetes-do) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Container orchestration and container management. You can also configure properties on the basis of which scaling of pods will be done. It makes your..." - Title: [What are the main features of Kubernetes?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-main-features-of-kubernetes) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "- Container orchestration utilising available hardware or VMs, thus decreasing costs - High Availability within a data center / availability zone - Ability..." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/cloud-foundry-vs-kubernetes)