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We performed a comparison between HPE Ezmeral Container Platform and Rancher Labs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution."

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"Rancher Labs is a very user-friendly tool.""The product is simple to use for a beginner.""The most valuable feature is its comprehensive support, easy resource scaling, compatibility with various OEMs, and seamless service integration.""The initial setup is simple and straightforward.""The most valuable feature of Rancher Labs is its user interface, which makes it easier to work with containers and deployment.""The customized deployment process is the most valuable feature in Rancher Labs.""This solution is not vendor-locked, which means that we we are able to use it across all of our resources; this feature is of great value to us.""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."

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Cons
"The modernization in Ezmeral could be improved."

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"I can't migrate to the newer version.""While Rancher Labs provides some level of security, it's not considered very robust.""They should improve application visibility along with code visibility.""We'd like their monitoring tool to be integrated by default.""The biggest room for improvement in Rancher Labs would be to have a proper upgrading plan.""The solution could improve by adding more features in the dashboard, such as monitoring, scanning, and security. This would be a great benefit.""We have found that the auto-secure feature of this solution doesn't always work, and could be improved to be more reliable, particularly when working with business critical applications.""Could be more intuitive."

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  • "There is an annual subscription. The price of the solution should be cheaper and have better pricing flexibility."
  • "The solution is free and open source but there is a fee for support."
  • "This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs involved."
  • "Although Rancher Labs is an open-source solution, they also offer a paid version, where you buy the support when needed."
  • "The pricing of the solution sits in the mid range, not high and not low. It has a fixed price that you pay every month."
  • "There are no hidden charges attached to the product unless a user opts for the premium support offered by the solution."
  • "The cost is reasonable since it's open source. Rancher effectively addresses container orchestration trends, especially for those with some Kubernetes knowledge."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: Thank you for initiating this discussion on the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform and seeking community feedback on areas for improvement. While the platform has its strengths, some users have expressed… more »
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:There are no hidden charges attached to the product unless a user opts for the premium support offered by the solution.
    Top Answer:Rancher Labs is currently investing in Harvester, as it is an area where improvements are required. I think that in the future, it would be a very powerful tool to compete with giant competitors like… more »
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    Overview

    Accelerate your journey to hybrid cloud with the industry’s first enterprise-grade container software platform for cloud-native and distributed non-cloud native applications.

    Rancher Labs build innovative, open source software that makes it easy to deploy and manage containers in production on any infrastructure. We enable organizations to accelerate all aspects of their software development pipeline, from writing and testing code to running complex microservices-based applications.

    Rancher, our flagship container management platform, allows users to easily manage all aspects of running containers in development and production environments, on any infrastructure. With well over four million downloads, Rancher has quickly become the tools of choice for teams serious about running containers in production. This includes large enterprises such as Sony, IBM, Tyco, Align Technologies and more.

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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government13%
    University10%
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    Financial Services Firm43%
    Pharma/Biotech Company14%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is ranked 17th in Container Management while Rancher Labs is ranked 5th in Container Management with 14 reviews. HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is rated 7.0, while Rancher Labs is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Ezmeral Container Platform writes "Easy to install with good support, but the deployment of applications could be simplified". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rancher Labs writes "An easy-to-use user interface, which makes it easy to work with Kubernetes and containers". HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is most compared with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS and VMware Tanzu Mission Control, whereas Rancher Labs is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Docker, Amazon EKS and Komodor.

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