# Mirantis Kubernetes Engine alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 242 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Mirantis Kubernetes Engine holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mirantis-kubernetes-engine/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Google Kubernetes Engine: 90
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes: 54
- Azure Kubernetes Service: 13
- Amazon EKS: 11
- Red Hat OpenShift: 8
- Civo Kubernetes: 3

## Managed Kubernetes platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Mirantis Kubernetes Engine.

- DigitalOcean Kubernetes: first choice in 43 of those 82
- Google Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 29 of those 82
- Civo Kubernetes: first choice in 2 of those 82
- AKS Automatic: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Control Plane: first choice in 1 of those 82
- EKS Auto Mode: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Northflank: first choice in 1 of those 82
- OVHcloud Managed K8s: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (Mirantis Kubernetes Engine is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Google Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 30 of those 82
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes: first choice in 11 of those 82
- Azure Kubernetes Service: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Amazon EKS: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Linode Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Civo Kubernetes: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with Autopilot mode: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Scaleway Kapsule: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (Mirantis Kubernetes Engine is #5 of 8 at 2%).

- Google Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 31 of those 78
- Amazon EKS: first choice in 9 of those 78
- Azure Kubernetes Service: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Red Hat OpenShift: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with Anthos: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes: first choice in 1 of those 78
- VMware Tanzu: first choice in 1 of those 78

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.