Podman.io vs. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Podman
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Podman 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
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is a comprehensive service that offers fully managed OpenShift clusters, on IBM Cloud platform. It is directly integrated into the same Kubernetes service that maintains 25 billion on-demand forecasts daily at The Weather Company.N/A
Pricing
Podman.ioRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PodmanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
Podman.ioRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Podman.io
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
8.0
7 Ratings
0% above category average
Security and Isolation10.01 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Cluster Management00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Storage Management00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
Discovery Tools00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
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User Ratings
Podman.ioRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(16 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Podman.ioRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
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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IBM
RedHat OpenShift is not only suited for IBM Cloud but can run in ANY cloud. We installed in Azure Cloud, for example. It can also run on Linux servers or a Power 9 machine. It is built for multi-cloud or on-prem environments. IBM support provides such excellent guidance in the installation and configuration that no other product on the market can beat it.
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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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IBM
  • Multiclick provisioning of resources makes it super easy to manage pods and deployments. We don't have to maintain code for the same
  • In built security features and customizability ensures that organization wide standards are integrated well into the containers
  • Automated backups, scale ups and fail recovery makes sure of minimal down time
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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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IBM
  • I wish it had better compatibility with docker file syntax. We had issues when it couldn't build standard docker files
  • Wish it had better documentation
  • Wish they offered fully supported client libraries for the Openshift API rather than dumping it on a 3rd party
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Support Rating
Open Source
No answers on this topic
IBM
I think response time for IBM Cloud support should be improved.
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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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IBM
We evaluated a number of potential solutions and ultimately chose Red Hat OpenShift because it was compatible with our existing technology. Time and costs savings have been realized throughout the company since we implemented Red Hat OpenShift, and the IT department has been freed up to focus on activities that are more valuable.
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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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IBM
  • Our customer satisfaction and NPS score has had positive outcomes based on new architecture
  • We are focused on business outcomes vs running the service and maintenance
  • OpenShift on IBM Cloud has had a direct, positive impact on TCO, ROI, and payback period
  • Our staff is more focused on higher-level business activities, i.e. acquiring & customer retention
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