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    Podman

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/APodman is a daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI Containers on Linux Systems. Containers can either be run as root or in rootless mode. Podman is open source and free, supported and maintained by the Containers organization, with code available from GitHub.N/A

    Rafay

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform is a turnkey offering that automates Kubernetes cluster management, modern application deployment and operations at scale, from Rafay Systems in Sunnyvale. The platform enables development, operations and site reliability engineering teams to govern, manage and monitor multiple Kubernetes clusters and distros, and operating applications in Kubernetes environments running on-premise, in the cloud or at the Edge. Rafay is designed to accelerate platform…N/A
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    PodmanRafay
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    PodmanRafay
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    PodmanRafay
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Podman.io and Rafay
    Feature
    Podman.io
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Rafay
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    Security and Isolation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PodmanRafay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    PodmanRafay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    While it always depends on your use case, I believe security concerns of need for root user is a concern, so it is worth considering daemonless container service over Docker, which works just as good and has support for docker compose. Another good reason is the licensing for enterprise usage, which podman has no restrictions for. It’s also a great choice for OpenShift integration, which is seamless and works well with Rancher as well.
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    Rafay Systems Inc
    Rafay is well suited for managing K8 deployments in on-prem deployments as well as AWS. Their support for GKE seems a bit limited.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • It’s daemonless, so somewhat more secure.
    • It works exceptionally well and is compatible with Docker compose
    • Podman Desktop actually makes individual usage also pretty easy.
    • It can be used as Docker alternative with almost no additional steps
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    Rafay Systems Inc
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • Podman desktop is getting more stable with each version, but does need more UX friendliness as well.
    • Official support for development tools and IDEs is missing for most tools
    • It works well with Kubernetes, but I wouldn’t mind additional improvements
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    Rafay Systems Inc
    • Seamless Single Sign-On Integration
    • Use of a jumpstation to bootstrap a new EKS cluster deployment
    • Some information in the UI does not auto populate
    • UI can be enhanced a bit
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    Usability
    Open Source
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    Rafay Systems Inc
    So far our experience with using Rafay's platform has been very positive.
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
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    Rafay Systems Inc
    I have dealt with a lot of support organizations and am really glad to say that Rafay goes above and beyond expectations when it comes to supporting our teams.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    Podman is Daemonless, lightweight and doesn’t charge us for commercial usage, so it’s a relief for startups. Minikube and Rancher are a bit more complex for our use cases; so we keep things simple, fast and secure with Podman that can easily be managed with Podman Desktop and other works with our docker-compose based projects without issues.
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    Rafay Systems Inc
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Open Source
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    Rafay Systems Inc
    No, we are very satisfied with the contract terms and pricing model and hope it does not change in the future.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • We definitely feel more secure.
    • We do not suffer from memory or cpu overuses as it uses fedora coreOS which is lightweight
    • We do not have to worry about license payments for our basic usages.
    • It’s open source so quick fixes imminent with maximum transparency.
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