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What is Rancher?

Rancher is the enterprise Kubernetes management platform. From datacenter to cloud to edge, Rancher lets you deliver Kubernetes-as-a-Service. One platform for Kubernetes management. More than 30,000 teams use Rancher every day to innovate faster. Part of SUSE (German company), Rancher provides open-source multi-cluster orchestration letting operations teams deploy, manage, and secure enterprise Kubernetes. Strong partner ecosystem. Request a demo to see enterprise capabilities.

Key Features

  • Multi-cluster management
  • Kubernetes-as-a-Service
  • Cluster provisioning
  • Security policies
  • GitOps
  • Application catalog
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Service mesh
  • Edge computing
  • SUSE backed
  • 30,000+ teams

🔒 Privacy & Data Protection

Rancher is developed by SUSE (Germany, EU) and fully open-source. Self-hosted Kubernetes management with no data leaving your clusters. For enterprises wanting OpenShift alternatives with European ownership, Rancher delivers.

Best For

Enterprise KubernetesMulti-cluster managementEdge computingHybrid cloudKubernetes-as-a-ServiceDevOps teams

💰 Pricing

Rancher is free and open-source under Apache 2.0. SUSE Rancher Prime available for enterprise support.

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