Cluster API vs Open Cluster Management
| Cluster API | Open Cluster Management | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | — |
| Control plane management | customer-managed | customer-managed |
| Supported environments | AWS, Azure, Azure Stack HCI, CloudStack, DigitalOcean, GCP, IBM Cloud, KubeVirt, Metal3, Nutanix, OCI, OpenStack, Outscale, Proxmox, vSphere, VMware Cloud Director, and other provider environments | Kubernetes clusters on cloud providers including GKE, EKS, and AKS; local kind clusters; on-premises environments |
| Cluster provisioning | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-cluster management | Yes | Yes |
| Upgrade management | Yes | Yes |
| Policy enforcement | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Kubernetes Management Platforms. On Samsung Mobile US Press, Cluster API scores higher on our published basis.