Platform Engineering Software
Alternatives to KubeSphere
The tools Specifiction weighs against KubeSphere, from its list of platform engineering software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Northflank Northflank suits developers and teams deploying containerized applications across managed, connected-cloud, or imported Kubernetes infrastructure.
From $2.70/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 02
Terraform Terraform Community Edition is described for practitioners, while HCP Terraform’s free features are suited to small teams.
From $0.10/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.7 Visit Specs - 03 Upbound
Upbound is for infrastructure and platform teams building and operating control planes across connected environments.
From $1,000/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.7 Visit Specs - 04
Backstage Backstage suits organizations whose product and engineering teams need a shared developer portal and software catalog.
Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · API8.6 Visit Specs - 05
Cycloid Cycloid may suit platform teams seeking self-service infrastructure workflows with policy controls and approvals.
From $45/mo Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.6 Visit Specs - 06
Bunnyshell From $0.01/mo Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 07 Wayfinder
Wayfinder is positioned for engineering teams, from small groups of 2–5 engineers to large organizations.
From £399/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.4 Visit Specs - 08
Devtron Release Orchestration It is aimed at DevOps teams, developers and platform teams managing Kubernetes, from startups to enterprises.
From $499/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.3 Visit Specs - 09
Pulumi Pulumi suits engineers defining infrastructure in general-purpose languages across supported cloud providers.
From $40/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 10 Humanitec From $1,979/mo Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted8.2 Visit Specs
- 11 Porter From $6/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.2 Visit Specs
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KubeVela KubeVela suits teams deploying applications across clusters or clouds that want workflow-based delivery and Kubernetes access controls.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 13
Port It suits engineering teams that want a software catalog, governed workflows, and lifecycle scorecards.
From $30/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension8.1 Visit Specs - 14
Qovery Qovery describes Team for startups shipping a first production app, Growth for teams managing staging and production, and Business for companies facing customer security reviews.
From $299/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 15 env0
env0 suits engineering teams managing Infrastructure as Code, cloud resources, Kubernetes, and automated workflows.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 16
Terrateam Terrateam suits teams managing infrastructure through pull-request workflows with Terraform-family and other listed tools.
From $1,000/mo Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs - 17 Sealos From $7/mo Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs
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Crossplane It suits platform-engineering teams that want self-hosted control planes on Kubernetes and custom APIs for cloud resources.
Free plan Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 19
Spacelift Spacelift suits organizations seeking infrastructure lifecycle automation, developer self-service, guardrails, and governance.
From $1,666.67/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 20 Substrate From $299/mo Free plan Web · API7.7 Visit Specs
- 21 Kratix
Enterprise offerings target teams planning production use and needing listed integrations, support, training, or security provisions.
Free plan API · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs - 22
Roadie From $24/mo Free trial Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 23
Scalr Scalr suits platform teams managing Terraform or OpenTofu at scale while providing developer self-service.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs - 24
Cortex Web · API7.5 Visit Specs - 25
Mia-Platform Console Web · API · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs - 26 StackGen
StackGen suits DevOps engineers, SREs, and platform leads managing infrastructure, reliability, and observability workflows.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs - 27
Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.1 Visit Specs - 28
Harness Internal Developer Portal Free plan Web6.9 Visit Specs - 29
VMware Tanzu Platform Tanzu Platform is described for application and platform engineering teams needing shared governance and visibility.
Web · API · Self-hosted6.2 Visit Specs - 30 Red Hat 3scale API Management Web5.4 Visit Specs