Incus vs Mirantis Container Runtime
Incus
linuxcontainers.org
Mirantis Container Runtime
docs.mirantis.comSide by side
| Figure | Incus | Mirantis Container Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $93.75/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 8 |
| Spec score · Container Runtime Software | 8.7 (#2) | 7.5 (#19) |
| Spec score · Container Engines | 8.7 (#3) | 7.5 (#17) |
| Purpose | Incus is a system container, application container, and virtual machine manager. | MCR is an enterprise container engine for running business-critical applications with a supported runtime. |
| Support | Community support is available through the Linux Containers forum, and Zabbly provides commercial support for users of its Debian or Ubuntu packages. | MCR subscriptions provide prioritized support, with service levels depending on subscription and the cloud or cluster designated in a support case. |
Plans
Mirantis Container Runtime
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Linux with 8X5 Support · 1 year$1,125 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Windows Server with 8X5 Support · 1 year$1,125 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Linux with 24X7 Support · 1 year$2,250 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Windows Server with 24X7 Support · 1 year$2,250 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Linux with 8X5 Support · 3 years$3,037.50 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Windows Server with 8X5 Support · 3 years$3,037.50 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Linux with 24X7 Support · 3 years$6,075 a year
- Mirantis Container Runtime for Windows Server with 24X7 Support · 3 years$6,075 a year
In their own words
Incus
Incus is free software for managing system containers, application containers, and virtual machines. Instances can share storage and networking, and administrators can manage them through a command-line tool, REST API, or third-party integrations. The software supports snapshots, backup and recovery, migration, configurable storage pools and networks, and resource controls. The project describes its API as suitable for use from a laptop through clusters of thousands of compute nodes. Documented integrations include Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, Packer, Distrobuilder, GARM, Kubernetes Cluster API, and Incant. The daemon runs on Linux; client applications are available for Windows and macOS, with FreeBSD client packages also listed. Upstream does not directly provide packages, so installation is through Linux distributions, third-party repositories, or source. Incus is developed under the Apache 2 license. Containers are unprivileged by default, but access to the Unix socket grants full control, so it should be limited to trusted users. The 6.0 LTS release is supported until June 2029; feature releases are normally supported until the next release.
Mirantis Container Runtime
Mirantis Container Runtime has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.