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Komodor vs Rancher Labs comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 13, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
9.3
Teams using Komodor see up to 90% ROI, with cost savings and developer efficiency through self-service and integration features.
Sentiment score
8.5
Rancher Labs provides efficient open-source solutions like OpenShift with significant cost savings and an eight out of ten rating.
We saw around ninety percent ROI using Komodor.
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
9.0
Komodor offers responsive support and helpful features, but time zone differences may delay responses for West Coast teams.
Sentiment score
7.8
Rancher Labs' customer service and technical support are praised for responsiveness, with users valuing community forums for assistance.
I would rate the customer support from Komodor a ten out of ten.
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
9.3
Komodor generally handles scalability well across clusters, though some report performance issues with numerous nodes and clusters.
Sentiment score
7.7
Rancher Labs offers robust scalability for small to large teams, with effective deployment and minor automation improvements suggested.
Komodor is very highly scalable in terms of infrastructure and in terms of the number of nodes we use.
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Komodor is generally stable, with minor issues quickly resolved, updates improving reliability, though occasional performance delays occur.
Sentiment score
8.7
Rancher Labs is praised for its stability and reliability, though users note complexity and upgrade challenges.
 

Room For Improvement

Komodor needs installation upgrades, better visibility, intuitive alerts, cost analytics, system alignment, and feature integration for improved usability.
Rancher Labs needs improved stability, integrations, user-friendly features, enhanced security, multicloud support, and better community and development resources.
There are some features related to the platform that are missing in Komodor, such as Tigera status or CNI pods.
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Komodor's pricing is seen as fair and flexible, benefiting startups but raising cost concerns as scale increases.
Rancher Labs provides a cost-effective open-source container orchestration with optional paid support, seen as competitively mid-range priced.
Compared with Rancher or any other tools, Komodor is priced cheaply and available at a fair price.
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Komodor enhances productivity by providing real-time insights, efficient debugging, and AI-assisted diagnostics, supporting quick problem identification in Kubernetes environments.
Rancher Labs offers user-friendly Kubernetes management, seamless integrations, and supports GitOps and virtual machine management with promising potential.
For instance, when application teams want to deploy their applications, if Rancher is not up or running, the deployments usually fail at the deployment stage. In the case of Komodor, there have been no such cases reported after adopting it.
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Komodor
Ranking in Container Management
13th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rancher Labs
Ranking in Container Management
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Data Storage for Kubernetes (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Komodor is 3.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rancher Labs is 5.6%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Rancher Labs5.6%
Komodor3.6%
Other90.8%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2785698 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
Unified cloud workloads have become visible and teams manage kubernetes issues efficiently
This is the main task that we use Komodor for, and one additional benefit is that it is also helpful for platform and site reliability engineers to check how many clusters are up and running and how many clusters are accepting the workloads from the users. One of the best features that Komodor offers is Cloud AI, which debugs all the logs and gives the exact root cause for the issue. From there, we know we do not need an engineer who is an expert in Kubernetes to debug the issue. Cloud AI has definitely helped my team by saving time, not in a single instance but in multiple cases where we have used Cloud AI for debugging issues in the Kubernetes pods. Komodor has positively impacted our organization. Since adopting it, all the issues we faced while managing Rancher are gone, and we are seeing 100% availability for Komodor. 100% availability with Komodor means there have been improvements in uptime and productivity. For instance, when application teams want to deploy their applications, if Rancher is not up or running, the deployments usually fail at the deployment stage. In the case of Komodor, there have been no such cases reported after adopting it. We saw 100% uptime most of the time, except for some issues with AWS outages.
RyanVassallo - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Systems and Infrastructure at Booming Games
Offers an open-source version along with a good UI
The product has multiple good features. One of the solution's good features is that it is the GitOps functionality known as Rancher fleet, which is used for continuous delivery. The tool's UI is very convenient enough to help you manage multiple clusters in the cloud or on-premises, making it a product with which you can manage different clusters and locations. The tool also has a feature that is still kind of maturing, but I think it has very good potential. This new feature is named Harvester, which is allows users to have virtual machines managed by Kubernetes engine. This is very new technology in the market. I think that Harvester needs to mature as a product, and I think that in the future, it will be very powerful. You have one tool that does many things for you.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Media Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
46%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Rancher Labs?
The tool's UI is very convenient enough to help you manage multiple clusters in the cloud or the company, making it a product with which you can manage different clusters and locations.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rancher Labs?
The cost is reasonable since it's open-source. Rancher effectively addresses container orchestration trends, especially for those with some Kubernetes knowledge.
What needs improvement with Rancher Labs?
While Rancher Labs provides some level of security, it's not considered very robust. We found it to offer basic security features, which met some of our requirements, but we also relied on other op...
 

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Sample Customers

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Albert Heijn, Bell, BMC, Samsung, WindStream, Johnson & Johnson
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