Canonical Kubernetes vs. Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Canonical Kubernetes | Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 28 | 286 |
| Ease of use | 8.7 | 8.1 |
| Ease of setup | 8.4 | 8.5 |
| Quality of support | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| Meets requirements | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| NPS | 71.428571 | 63.898917 |
| Small Business | 39.3% | 32.9% |
| Mid-Market | 28.6% | 33.6% |
| Enterprise | 32.1% | 33.6% |
| Total page views | 38 | 573 |
| Total LLM citations | 156 | 3,623 |
Canonical Kubernetes
Ubuntu is the reference platform for Kubernetes on all major public clouds, including official support in Google’s GKE, Microsoft’s AKS and Amazon’s EKS CAAS offerings. We deliver pure upstream Kubernetes tested across the widest range of clouds — from public clouds to private data centres, from bare metal to virtualised infrastructure.
- Container Management
- Features
- Installation Ease
- Kubernetes Management
- Cluster Management
- Auto-scaling
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE) is the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, designed to provide organizations with total control over their strategic infrastructure. Powering some of the world’s largest production clusters, MKE 4 introduces a 100% open-source, "composable" architecture based on k0s. This shift allows platform engineers to precisely tailor their stack by swapping in validated CNCF ecosystem components for networking, ingress, and storage, avoiding the "black box" limitations of proprietary distributions.
- Kubernetes Management
- Features
- Ease of Use
- Cloud Integration
- User Interface
- Stability