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Cloud 66 vs Rancher: What are the differences?

Developers describe Cloud 66 as "Full Stack Container Management as a Service". Cloud 66 makes Ops easy for developers. It is a single tool built for developers to build, configure and maintain servers and Docker containers on your own servers. On the other hand, Rancher is detailed as "Open Source Platform for Running a Private Container Service". Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.

Cloud 66 belongs to "Continuous Deployment" category of the tech stack, while Rancher can be primarily classified under "Container Tools".

Some of the features offered by Cloud 66 are:

  • Provision — build your infrastructure from your code.
  • Backup — peace of mind with regular database backups for all your databases.
  • Security — Simple firewall management & DDoS protection without the stress.

On the other hand, Rancher provides the following key features:

  • Manage Hosts, Deploy Containers, Monitor Resources
  • User Management & Collaboration
  • Native Docker APIs & Tools

"Easy provisioning" is the primary reason why developers consider Cloud 66 over the competitors, whereas "Easy to use" was stated as the key factor in picking Rancher.

Rancher is an open source tool with 11.9K GitHub stars and 1.34K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Rancher's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Cloud 66
Pros of Rancher
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    Easy provisioning
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    Easy scaling
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    Security
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    Great Support
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    Monitoring
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    Container deployments
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    Backup
  • 6
    Team access control
  • 3
    Turnkey DevOps
  • 3
    The right balance of control and ease-of-development
  • 2
    Rails Deployments
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    Autoscaling
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    Multicloud
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    Command Line Interface
  • 1
    Jamstack deployments
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    Static Jamstack Site Deployments
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    Best for Rails Applications
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    Great for Startups
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    Low DevOps skills required
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    Easy Deployment
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    Kubernetes deployment
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    Kubernetes Management
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    API
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    Load balancing
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    Easy to use
  • 79
    Open source and totally free
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    Multi-host docker-compose support
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    Load balancing and health check included
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    Simple
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    Rolling upgrades, green/blue upgrades feature
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    Dns and service discovery out-of-the-box
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    Only requires docker
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    Multitenant and permission management
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    Easy to use and feature rich
  • 11
    Cross cloud compatible
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    Does everything needed for a docker infrastructure
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    Simple and powerful
  • 8
    Next-gen platform
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    Very Docker-friendly
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    Support Kubernetes and Swarm
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    Application catalogs with stack templates (wizards)
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    Supports Apache Mesos, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes
  • 6
    Rolling and blue/green upgrades deployments
  • 6
    High Availability service: keeps your app up 24/7
  • 5
    Easy to use service catalog
  • 4
    Very intuitive UI
  • 4
    IaaS-vendor independent, supports hybrid/multi-cloud
  • 4
    Awesome support
  • 3
    Scalable
  • 2
    Requires less infrastructure requirements

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Cons of Cloud 66
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      Hosting Rancher can be complicated

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    What is Cloud 66?

    Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to build, deploy and maintain your applications on any cloud, without the headache of dealing with "server stuff". Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Jamstack, Laravel, GoLang, and more.

    What is Rancher?

    Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.

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