Best Container Orchestration Platforms

Container orchestration platforms automate the deployment, scaling, networking, and operations of containerized applications across clusters of hosts. They support use cases such as load balancing, service discovery, rolling updates, and resource optimization in production environments. Included are open-source and commercial solutions for multi-node management; excluded are container runtimes, single-host schedulers, and image registries. Key decision factors include scalability capabilities, operational overhead, and compatibility with cloud providers.