Compare Kops.dev vs. Platform9

Kops.dev enhances the simplicity of provisioning, administration, and monitoring of infrastructure across various cloud environments. It allows for effortless deployment and management of resources on platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, all through a unified interface. The platform features integrated monitoring solutions like Prometheus, Grafana, and FluentBit, providing users with real-time visibility and log oversight. With built-in support for distributed tracing, it facilitates comprehensive tracking and performance optimization of applications running on microservices. The system automatically configures container registries, manages permissions, and oversees credentials necessary for deploying images within your cluster. YAML configurations are seamlessly handled, minimizing the input required from users while managing service settings effectively. Additionally, it streamlines database setup, which encompasses creating data stores, managing firewalls, and securely linking credentials to service pods. Host attachments and TLS certificates are also automatically configured, ensuring that your services can be securely exposed. This comprehensive approach not only enhances efficiency but also significantly reduces the complexities associated with managing cloud infrastructure.

Platform9 Private Cloud Director turns existing servers and storage into a fully featured private cloud. It provides a fast and efficient method for organizations to migrate away from VMware, with minimal disruption. Enterprise IT teams get a familiar virtualization management experience and a true drop-in replacement for VMware vSphere features, offering all critical enterprise features out of the box: Virtual Machine (VM) High Availability, live migration (vMotion equivalent), Dynamic Resource Rebalancing (VMware DRS equivalent), VM cloning, snapshots, templates, software-defined networking, and secure multi-tenancy. Unlike other solutions that may require proprietary hyperconverged infrastructure or re-platforming to Kubernetes, Private Cloud Director works with existing environments—including servers from Dell, HPE, Lenovo, and storage systems from NetApp, Tintri, Pure Storage, and more. Private Cloud Director can be deployed as a fully self-managed solution, a SaaS-managed service, or in air-gapped environments, giving IT teams complete control over their operating model. With Platform9’s free vJailbreak tool, enterprises can perform automated migrations of entire VMware vSphere clusters to Private Cloud Director—including complex VM configurations, multiple datastores, and advanced network policies—at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional approaches. Private Cloud Director supports both VMs and container workloads on a single unified platform, enabling a gradual transition to cloud-native architecture without disrupting current operations. Private Cloud Director can be deployed flexibly as a fully self-managed solution, a SaaS-managed service, or in air-gapped environments.