# Cloud Foundry, Tanzu vs Kubernetes Comparison | | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.0 out of 5 | 4.2 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 19 | 28 | 158 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (60.0% of reviews) | Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews) | Enterprise (38.2% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Cloud Foundry **Not enough data** ### Tanzu **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 | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 7.9 (15 reviews) | 8.5 (27 reviews) | 9.2 (131 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | 8.5 (28 reviews) | 7.9 (139 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 7.4 (9 reviews) | 7.8 (13 reviews) | 7.4 (93 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 7.8 (9 reviews) | 8.5 (12 reviews) | 8.0 (71 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 7.6 (11 reviews) | 8.5 (27 reviews) | 8.4 (113 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.1 (7 reviews) | 8.5 (12 reviews) | 8.9 (57 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 6.7 (14 reviews) | 9.1 (27 reviews) | 9.7 (126 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Cloud Foundry #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Tanzu #### 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 | | **Tanzu** | N/A | N/A | | **Kubernetes** | N/A | N/A | #### Development | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Application Deployment** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Development Tools** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Development Environment** | 8.1 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Language Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Testing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Database | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Database Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Scaling** | 8.9 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Backup / Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Storage** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Infrastructure | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Networking** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Virtual Machines** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Database as a Service (DBaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Cloud Foundry** | N/A | N/A | | **Tanzu** | 9.0/10 | 14 | | **Kubernetes** | N/A | N/A | #### Configuration | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Application Performance** | Not enough data | 9.3 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 9.2 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Database Monitoring** | Not enough data | 9.0 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | 8.7 (13 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Network Security** | Not enough data | 9.0 (13 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Database Administration | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Provisioning** | Not enough data | 9.1 (13 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Governance** | Not enough data | 9.3 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Auditing** | Not enough data | 9.0 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Scalability** | Not enough data | 9.2 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Backup** | Not enough data | 9.2 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Archiving** | Not enough data | 9.3 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Indexing** | Not enough data | 9.2 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Masking** | Not enough data | 8.9 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Authentication And Single Sign-On** | Not enough data | 8.9 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Data Anonymization** | Not enough data | 8.6 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Data Management | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.8 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Advanced Data Analytics** | Not enough data | 8.8 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Container Management | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Cloud Foundry** | N/A | N/A | | **Tanzu** | 8.8/10 | 17 | | **Kubernetes** | 9.0/10 | 77 | #### Management | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Access Control** | Not enough data | 8.2 (17 reviews) | 8.9 (71 reviews) | | **Network Isolation** | Not enough data | 8.5 (16 reviews) | Feature Not Available | | **File Isolation** | Not enough data | 8.9 (16 reviews) | Feature Not Available | #### Organization | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Packaging ** | Not enough data | 8.6 (16 reviews) | 9.1 (65 reviews) | | **Container Networking** | Not enough data | 9.0 (16 reviews) | 9.1 (71 reviews) | | **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 9.1 (16 reviews) | 9.6 (74 reviews) | #### Development | Feature | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Developer Toolkit** | Not enough data | 9.1 (16 reviews) | 8.7 (54 reviews) | | **Architecture** | Not enough data | 8.8 (16 reviews) | 9.1 (70 reviews) | | **Datacenter** | Not enough data | 8.5 (16 reviews) | 9.0 (55 reviews) | | **Virtualization** | Not enough data | 9.2 (16 reviews) | 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 Tanzu (2):** [Container Registry Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-registry), [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas) **Unique to Kubernetes (1):** [Container Orchestration Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-orchestration) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Cloud Foundry | Tanzu | Kubernetes | |---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 26.7% | 17.9% | 28.9% | | **Mid-Market** | 13.3% | 42.9% | 32.9% | | **Enterprise** | 60.0% | 39.3% | 38.2% | ### 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% #### Tanzu - **Information Technology and Services:** 25.0% - **Computer Software:** 17.9% - **Telecommunications:** 7.1% - **Banking:** 7.1% - **Manufacturing:** 3.6% - **Printing:** 3.6% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.6% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.6% - **Higher Education:** 3.6% - **Government Relations:** 3.6% - **Other:** 21.4% #### Kubernetes - **Computer Software:** 32.9% - **Information Technology and Services:** 21.1% - **Telecommunications:** 9.2% - **Financial Services:** 5.3% - **Banking:** 3.3% - **Internet:** 3.3% - **Computer & Network Security:** 2.6% - **Government Administration:** 2.6% - **Retail:** 2.0% - **Computer Networking:** 2.0% - **Other:** 15.8% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Cloud Foundry - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) - [AWS Lambda](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1038 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (283 reviews) - [AWS Elastic Beanstalk](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elastic-beanstalk/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (198 reviews) - [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (148 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 (116 reviews) - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (304 reviews) - [AWS Fargate](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (96 reviews) - [Google App Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (216 reviews) ### Alternatives to Tanzu - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (304 reviews) - [Oracle Database](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (1011 reviews) - [MongoDB Atlas](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (371 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) - [Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (908 reviews) - [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews) - [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (620 reviews) - [Amazon DynamoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (530 reviews) - [Amazon Aurora](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-aurora/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (457 reviews) - [ScyllaDB](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (427 reviews) ### Alternatives to Kubernetes - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (304 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (283 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 (260 reviews) - [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (116 reviews) - [Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews) — 4.8/5 stars (296 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 (109 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Cloud Foundry No discussions available for this product. ### Tanzu 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-tanzu-vs-kubernetes)