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HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform
Ranking in Container Management
18th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rafay Kubernetes Operations...
Ranking in Container Management
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is 2.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform is 1.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform1.0%
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform2.5%
Other96.5%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Pre-Sale at Yip Intsoi
Effective cost management achieved with robust storage features but user experience and data management require improvements
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it cannot make a data catalog or process data lineage without third-party support, which increases the cost for development.
Prathamesh Misal - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate System Engineer at Dhanyaayai Enterprise Private
Centralized platform has simplified multi-cluster management and standardized Kubernetes operations
One of the best features of Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform is its centralized multi-cluster management, allowing me to manage clusters from a single platform instead of managing each cluster separately. Another useful feature is role-based access control, which allows teams to securely access clusters without sharing all the kubeconfig files. I found its integration with GitOps and CI/CD pipelines very helpful for automating application deployments, and observability dashboards provide lifecycle management, policy, and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments such as VMware, AWS, and cloud platforms. These features are what I appreciate about Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform. GitOps made our deployment process much more consistent. Instead of making manual changes directly on the cluster, we kept our Kubernetes manifest in Git. Whenever there was a change, it went through version control, allowing us to easily track who changed what and roll back if needed. Observability dashboards were helpful for day-to-day monitoring, enabling us to quickly check cluster health, node status, resource utilization, and running workloads. If an application team reported an issue, the dashboard provided a quick overview of the cluster before we started troubleshooting with kubectl or checking pod logs. This is the impact of the GitOps integration and observability. Overall, Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform has simplified Kubernetes management by bringing cluster provisioning, access control, monitoring, and application management into one platform. It saved time, reduced manual work, and made managing multiple clusters much more efficient.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution."
"The stability of the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is good, and I rate it an eight out of ten."
"One thing I personally appreciate about Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform is that it is open source, so we do not need to pay anything to any vendor or anyone."
"Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform has positively impacted my organization by making it a lot easier to have observability with distributed systems and also by lowering the barrier of entry for other teammates using Kubernetes."
"Overall, Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform has simplified Kubernetes management by bringing cluster provisioning, access control, monitoring, and application management into one platform, saving time, reducing manual work, and making managing multiple clusters much more efficient."
"I have seen a return on investment, with key benefits including fast deployment cycles, improvement in security and management, reduced downtime, and improved time spent on cluster management."
"Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform has positively impacted our organization by increasing overall productivity as a team because we are a big team with many people working on Kubernetes clusters on different public clouds."
 

Cons

"The modernization in Ezmeral could be improved."
"HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management."
"If a customer is focused on process automation or API usage, I would not recommend this solution, but it is good to use for Data Science."
"If I had to suggest improvements, I would say better product documentation, more detailed troubleshooting information in the UI, and more customizable dashboards would make it even easier to use, especially for new users learning Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform."
"From a normal point of view, most things are good with Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform, but I think there is a bit of a learning curve for new users unfamiliar with the platform, as it sometimes takes time to understand what exactly we are doing there and how everything works."
"Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform should have lower licensing costs for smaller organizations like mine, and it could integrate third-party tools as well."
"I have noticed a weak side in Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform as Kubernetes does not have any single dashboard point, requiring manual deployment, whereas OpenShift has their own console, which is something Kubernetes should improve."
"Sometimes when our pods are consuming a lot of data and the Kafka consumers are consuming a lot of data, the throughput is too much and overloads Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
50%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Wholesaler/Distributor
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it...
What is your primary use case for HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
We want to replace the existing Cloudera data lake with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform ( /products/hpe-ezmeral-container-platform-reviews ).
What advice do you have for others considering HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
I rate the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform seven out of ten because it has strong features for storage but lacks certain data management functionalities, requiring additional investments for third-p...
What needs improvement with Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform?
Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform could be improved by improving the throughput. Sometimes when our pods are consuming a lot of data and the Kafka consumers are consuming a lot of data, the thro...
What is your primary use case for Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform?
My main use case for Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform is observability, observing my pods and containers and performing admin work such as setting up Cron jobs. In my day-to-day work, I created...
What advice do you have for others considering Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform?
I would advise others looking into using Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform to definitely give it a shot, look into it, and review the documentation. I would make sure that they have reviewed the...
 

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