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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.
Pros of Cloud 66
- Easy provisioning13
- Easy scaling11
- Security10
- Great Support8
- Monitoring8
- Container deployments7
- Backup7
- Team access control6
- Turnkey DevOps3
- The right balance of control and ease-of-development3
- Rails Deployments2
- Autoscaling1
- Multicloud1
- Command Line Interface1
- Jamstack deployments1
- Static Jamstack Site Deployments1
- Best for Rails Applications1
- Great for Startups1
- Low DevOps skills required1
- Easy Deployment1
- Kubernetes deployment1
- Kubernetes Management1
- API1
- Load balancing1
Pros of Rancher
- Easy to use103
- Open source and totally free79
- Multi-host docker-compose support63
- Load balancing and health check included58
- Simple58
- Rolling upgrades, green/blue upgrades feature44
- Dns and service discovery out-of-the-box42
- Only requires docker37
- Multitenant and permission management34
- Easy to use and feature rich29
- Cross cloud compatible11
- Does everything needed for a docker infrastructure11
- Simple and powerful8
- Next-gen platform8
- Very Docker-friendly7
- Support Kubernetes and Swarm6
- Application catalogs with stack templates (wizards)6
- Supports Apache Mesos, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes6
- Rolling and blue/green upgrades deployments6
- High Availability service: keeps your app up 24/76
- Easy to use service catalog5
- Very intuitive UI4
- IaaS-vendor independent, supports hybrid/multi-cloud4
- Awesome support4
- Scalable3
- Requires less infrastructure requirements2
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Cons of Cloud 66
Cons of Rancher
- Hosting Rancher can be complicated10