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The Top 20 Easiest To Use Container Orchestration Tools

See the top Container Orchestration Tools products based on usability ratings. A product’s usability score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in real user satisfaction ratings of how easy the product is to administer, as well as how well the product meets business requirements, among other ratings. Compare products according to their usability scores to streamline the buying process and quickly identify the best products based on real user experiences.

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Marathon

8.8

Overall Usability Score

8.8

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.8

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.8

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

40%

Mid Market

50%

Enterprise

10%

VMware vSphere

8.5

Overall Usability Score

8.5

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.7

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.1

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

14%

Mid Market

43%

Enterprise

43%

Aptible

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.7

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.0

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.7

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

69%

Mid Market

30%

Enterprise

Red Hat OpenShift

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.3

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.8

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

27%

Mid Market

28%

Enterprise

45%

Okteto

8.3

Overall Usability Score

8.3

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.2

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

58%

Mid Market

25%

Enterprise

17%

Prefect

8.3

Overall Usability Score

8.3

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.5

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.7

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

43%

Mid Market

42%

Enterprise

16%

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

8.3

Overall Usability Score

8.3

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.4

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

23%

Mid Market

26%

Enterprise

51%

Google Cloud Build

8.1

Overall Usability Score

8.1

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.3

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.3

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

36%

Mid Market

27%

Enterprise

38%

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

8.1

Overall Usability Score

8.1

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.1

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.4

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

28%

Mid Market

47%

Enterprise

25%

#10

DigitalOcean

8.1

Overall Usability Score

8.1

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.1

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

86%

Mid Market

11%

Enterprise

#11

Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)

8.0

Overall Usability Score

8.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

33%

Mid Market

32%

Enterprise

34%

#12

Kubernetes

7.9

Overall Usability Score

7.9

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.6

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

7.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.6

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

27%

Mid Market

32%

Enterprise

41%

#13

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

7.8

Overall Usability Score

7.8

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.3

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

15%

Mid Market

36%

Enterprise

49%

#14

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.4

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.7

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

31%

Mid Market

29%

Enterprise

40%

#15

Apache Aurora

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.0

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.0

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.0

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

33%

Mid Market

33%

Enterprise

33%

#16

Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

9.2

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.6

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

72%

Mid Market

16%

Enterprise

12%

#17

Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK)

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

9.2

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

29%

Mid Market

43%

Enterprise

29%

#18

Shippable

7.6

Overall Usability Score

7.6

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

7.5

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.5

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

33%

Mid Market

42%

Enterprise

25%

#19

Apache ODE

7.4

Overall Usability Score

7.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

7.7

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.4

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

33%

Mid Market

33%

Enterprise

33%

#20

SaltStack

7.3

Overall Usability Score

7.3

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 8.8

7.9

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

7.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.0

8.8

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

22%

Mid Market

32%

Enterprise

45%