The Production-Proven OpenShift Alternative
Full OpenShift Platform Plus parity — built on open standards, never forked. Multi-cloud, multi-cluster, and AI-ready. Up to 50% lower TCO across 500+ enterprise deployments.
Why Enterprises Choose ACP over OpenShift
Multi-Cluster, Multi-Cloud by Design
Manage Kubernetes clusters across public cloud, private datacenters, and edge environments from a unified control plane with centralized governance and observability.
Built-In Full Application Platform
Integrated CI/CD, GitOps, DevOps tools, service mesh, observability, and AI/ML — all included. No separate subscriptions for capabilities OpenShift charges extra for.
Open and CNCF-Aligned
Built on upstream Kubernetes, never forked. Vendor-neutral, extensible, and compatible with any infrastructure. Full ecosystem support without proprietary APIs.
Feature Coverage & Pricing
ACP delivers full OpenShift Platform Plus parity at a single, predictable price point.
| Feature | OpenShift Virtualization Engine | OpenShift K8s Engine | OpenShift Container Platform | OpenShift Platform Plus | Alauda Container Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator Web Console | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RBAC and Multi-tenancy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Autoscaling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cluster Monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cost Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enterprise Secured Kubernetes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated Installers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Command Line | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Backup and Restore | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtualization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operator Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secrets Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Storage Drivers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immutable OS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GitOps | VM only | VM only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Platform Logging | VM only | VM only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| User Workload Monitoring | VM only | VM only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows Container | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Builds | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Migration | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developer Web Console | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed Tracing | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pipelines | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sandboxed Containers | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Serverless | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Service Mesh | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cluster Management | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cluster Security | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Storage | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Central Registry | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
OpenShift Migration Support
ACP can import and manage existing OpenShift clusters through its unified control plane. Adopt ACP capabilities gradually without disrupting existing workloads.
Assessment
Thorough assessment of your existing OpenShift environment — cluster and application inventory, risk assessment, compatibility review, and a step-by-step migration roadmap.
Migration
Professional support to execute the migration. Automation tools and scripts to move workloads, configurations, and data. GitOps-based deployment and state management.
Go-Live
Assisted final go-live with ongoing support and maintenance. Training for your team to leverage ACP's full capabilities.
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