Alauda Container Platform

Spec sheet

What it does

Alauda Container Platform is an enterprise Kubernetes platform for managing infrastructure, applications, AI workloads, and virtual machines.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Purpose

Alauda Container Platform is a Kubernetes-based platform for building, deploying, operating, and governing cloud-native applications across private cloud, data center, hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and edge environments.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Intended users

Alauda describes ACP as an enterprise cloud-native platform, and its company site identifies financial services, telecommunications, energy, government, manufacturing, and retail among the sectors it serves.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Deployment

It can run on any cloud, on premises, or in air-gapped environments, without a SaaS control plane requirement.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Security

Documented security capabilities include audit, network policy, API filtering, compliance features, and security product integrations.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Support

The Customer Portal provides product downloads, a knowledge base, support tickets, an application marketplace, and license management.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Headquarters

SingaporeRead 28 Sep 2026 · alauda.io

Founded

2014Read 28 Sep 2026 · alauda.io

Company

Alauda says it was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Access

Users and automation can access the platform through its web console, platform APIs, Kubernetes APIs, and CLI tools.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Application delivery

Applications can be created from images, YAML, charts, source code, and Kubernetes workload resources.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Application services

It offers Istio service mesh with mTLS, managed Redis, Kafka, MySQL and PostgreSQL, and Knative serverless workloads.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Architecture

The platform uses a hub-and-spoke model with a central global cluster managing workload and onboarded third-party Kubernetes clusters.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Availability

Alauda claims 99.99% availability with active-active failover.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Cluster management

It can create lifecycle-managed workload clusters or onboard third-party Kubernetes environments for centralized governance.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Developer tools

The platform includes Tekton CI/CD, Argo CD GitOps, a Backstage developer portal, and self-service with quota controls.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Download access

Installation packages are downloaded from the Customer Portal, and Alauda says an account is needed to access them.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Extensions

Some capabilities, including container security, compliance, GitOps, and logging, require separate extensions or products and are not default Core functionality.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Identity and permissions

The platform documents LDAP or OIDC identity-provider configuration and Kubernetes RBAC-based authorization.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Installation

Core installation deploys the global cluster, after which users can create workload clusters or connect existing ones and install additional extensions.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Lifecycle

Platform lifecycle features include air-gap installation and upgrades, rolling updates, backup, disaster recovery, and real-time replication.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Multi-cluster management

A unified control plane manages ACP, OpenShift, EKS, AKS, and GKE clusters with centralized policy and observability.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Pricing comparison

Alauda describes ACP as having a single predictable price point and claims up to 50% lower total cost of ownership than OpenShift; the page gives no numeric price.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Security support

Alauda describes committed security fix SLAs and prioritized patching across the platform stack.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Supported environments

The documentation describes installation on traditional operating systems such as Ubuntu or RHEL and also points to installation on immutable infrastructure.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.alauda.io

Target customers

Alauda presents ACP for enterprises in sectors including financial services, telecommunications, energy, government, manufacturing, retail, steel, and utilities.Read 2 Oct 2026 · alauda.io

Where Specifiction places it

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