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We've compiled a list of 10 free and paid alternatives to Docker Swarm. The primary competitors include Kubernetes, Rancher. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Docker Swarm and Nanobox, Apache Mesos, Kublr. Also you can look at other similar options here: Network and Admin Software.


Kubernetes
Free Open Source

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers

Rancher
Free Open Source

Rancher is a complete platform for running Docker applications in production.

Nanobox
Open Source

Automate complex infrastructure tasks so you can get back to what really matters

Apache Mesos
Free Open Source

Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a...

Kublr offers enterprise-grade secure, scalable, highly reliable Kubernetes clusters on AWS, Azure...

Dokku
Free Open Source

Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.

Mesosphere DCOS organizes your entire infrastructure as if it was a single computer.

Kontena
Free Open Source

Developer friendly docker orchestration platform

Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker.

Docker Swarm Platforms

tick-square Windows
tick-square Linux
tick-square Mac

Docker Swarm Overview

Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It allows you create and access to a pool of Docker hosts using the full suite of Docker tools. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to transparently scale to multiple hosts. Supported tools include, but are not limited to, the following:

•Dokku
•Docker Compose
•Krane
•Jenkins

And of course, the Docker client itself is also supported.

Like other Docker projects, Docker Swarm follows the “swap, plug, and play” principle. As initial development settles, an API will develop to enable pluggable backends. This means you can swap out the scheduling backend Docker Swarm uses out-of-the-box with a backend you prefer. Swarm’s swappable design provides a smooth out-of-box experience for most use cases, and allows large-scale production deployments to swap for more powerful backends, like Mesos.

Docker Swarm Features

tick-square Support for Docker
tick-square Hypervisor
tick-square Virtualization

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Docker Swarm Tags

containers vhd virtual-machine-manager virtual-machines virtual-server cloud-computing operating-system vmware virtual-machine

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