G2 Vendor Directory

Canonical LXD vs. Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCanonical LXD

by Canonical Ltd.

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform

by Kubermatic

Overall rating4.44.6
Review count1619
Ease of use8.18.6
Ease of setup8.17.1
Quality of support8.38.1
Meets requirements8.78.8
NPS68.7572.222222
Small Business56.3%15.8%
Mid-Market25.0%26.3%
Enterprise18.8%57.9%
Total page views3280
Total LLM citations34250

Canonical LXD

Canonical LXD is a next generation system container manager.It offers a user experience similar to virtual machines but using Linux containers instead.It's image based with pre-made images available for a wide number of Linux distributions and is built around a very powerful, yet pretty simple, REST API.

Pros

  • Features
  • Container Management
  • Simple
  • Installation Ease
  • Reliability

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) is an open-source platform for managing containers across on-prem, multi-cloud, and edge environments. KKP delivers an intuitive Kubernetes self-service portal so development teams can reliably build and deploy their services everywhere while operators keep isolation and control.

Pros