ACK One vs Gardener
| ACK One | Gardener | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Web | api, self-hosted, Web |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Control plane management | both | vendor-managed |
| Supported environments | on-premises data centers; third-party clouds; Alibaba Cloud regions; edge locations | Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Azure, Equinix Metal, GCP, Hetzner Cloud, IronCore, KubeVirt, metal-stack, OpenStack, STACKIT, vSphere |
| Cluster provisioning | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-cluster management | Yes | Yes |
| Policy enforcement | Yes | Yes |
| Upgrade management | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Kubernetes Management Platforms. On The Geeks Club, ACK One scores higher on our published basis.