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No dependency on management serversConventional approaches based on management servers bog down when you get to tens or hundreds of clusters. What happens when you get to thousands? | | Thousands of clusters with no performance degradation or management overhead. | Requires individual management server configuration dependent on the number of clusters. | Requires individual management cluster configuration for each platform. |
Unified multi-cluster, multi-environment management Are there restrictions about where you can deploy? Do you need to manage each environment or each region separately? | | Cluster Profiles support public cloud, cloud managed K8s services, bare metal and virtualized DCs and edge clusters, managed as one. | Manual self-hosting option only for cloud. | |
Full-stack approachKubernetes is only 20% of a functioning cluster. How do you manage the other 80%, including the OS | | Manage Kubernetes, infrastructure and app integrations consistently and declaratively — including bare metal and edge OS. | No management for add-on layers/integrations, such as service mesh, security, loggint, authentication, etc. | No management for add-on layers/integrations, such as service mesh, security, loggint, authentication, etc. |
Self-healing always-on declarative managementDeclarative is the future — but what happens after your profiles are built? | | Repeatable Cluster Profiles, reconciliation checks and self-healing every 2 minutes across the full stack. | No concept of templates or repeatability. No reconciliation loops to enforce desired state. | Self-healing only for infrastructure layers. |
Effortless bare metal and edgeThe cost and risk with “Bring-your-own-OS” is just too high. And wouldn’t it be nice if your hundreds of edge locations were managed exactly like in the cloud? | | Our full-stack approach takes away the pain of managing servers and operating systems and our edge approach is almost “plug-n-play”, simple as scanning a QR code on your server. Literally. | OS needs to be managed separately for bare metal and edge environments. | No bare metal support, edge is based on infra-heavy virtualized approach. |
Comprehensive choice of integrationsWhat makes up the 80%? Is your tool opinionated, forcing you to use specific stack elements? | | Choose from 50+ out-of-the-box integrations, all pre-validated for interoperability, including a range of leading K8s distributions and OSs — all declaratively managed as part of Cluster Profiles. All declaratively managed as part of Cluster Profiles. | Open source approach but no no management awareness of add-on layers/integrations, such as service mesh, security, loggint, authentication, etc. No validation. | Limited choice of integrations. |
Extending value to existing clusters with advanced Day 2 ops & zero-downtime migration option. Because you might not be starting from scratch and if you choose so, you will want to migrate at your own pace. | | Deploy add-on layers on top of existing clusters, perform advanced Day 2 ops like cost optimization or deploy Palette Virtual Clusters and when you are ready to convert your clusters, do it with a few clicks with no risk of downtime. | Manual backup/restore process to migrate clusters. Day 2 operations tools require manual install. | Manual backup/restore process to migrate clusters. Only basic Day 2 operations. |
Day 2 lifecycle managementChange happens. How does your platform help you manage it? | | Upgrades, backup/restore, patching, usage quotas, cost controls and compliance tests, all natively integrated with zero manual work required. | Day 2 tools require manual install. | Limited Day 2 tools (some require additional licensing). |
Complete security and governanceIt starts with access controls, but security is so much more. | | Real zero-trust architecture, granular RBAC, immutable distro, hardened clusters, native security scans. | All-or-nothing” RBAC option, no concept of zero-trust security. | Basic security approach and tools. |
24x7 enterprise-grade supportWhen you’re using K8s in production, support matters. Who picks up the phone? | | 24x7 with solution support covering your full stack, from the distro, to the OS, to any integration you use. | Partial support for some integrations and tooling. | Partial support for some integrations and tooling. |
