Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Red Hat
The 20 closest enterprise open source software alternatives to Red Hat, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Red Hat? The closest matches are IBM, RustDesk and centos.org. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Red Hat
Red Hat redhat.com
Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterprise
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Wikidata: American multinational software company
Summary by Claude
Red Hat, an IBM subsidiary, sells subscriptions to enterprise open source software, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the OpenShift Kubernetes container platform, Ansible automation and virtualization tools. It also provides support, consulting, and training and certification.
- Who it’s for
- Enterprise IT teams and developers
- Business model
- Software subscriptions and services
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Red Hat’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Red Hat
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Red Hat, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
IBM
For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow.
Very close cos 0.898 - 02
RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions
RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Very close cos 0.897 - 03
The CentOS Project
Linux distribution
Very close cos 0.894 - 04
Trusted open source for enterprises | Canonical
Drive innovation with trusted enterprise open source from Canonical — simple, cost-effective, and supported.
Close cos 0.885 - 05
Vercel Security Checkpoint
American software company
Close cos 0.884 - 06
Cloud Software Group home
Cloud Software Group is a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software solutions encompassing virtualization, integration, data management, automation, business intelligence, collaboration, networking and security.
Close cos 0.882 - 07
Technical Difficulties
American multinational computer corporation
Close cos 0.882 - 08
AI-powered Observability
New Relic is an AI-powered observability platform that correlates your telemetry across your entire stack, so you can isolate the root cause and reduce MTTR.
Close cos 0.881 - 09
GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub
Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.
Close cos 0.882 - 10
MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
Close cos 0.878 - 11
Kubernetes
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.
Close cos 0.876 - 12 Close cos 0.875
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The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.877 - 14
OVHcloud
OVHcloud is a global, cloud provider delivering hosted private cloud, public cloud, and dedicated server solutions trusted by over 1.5 million developers.
Close cos 0.877 - 15
Full featured documentation deployment platform - Read the Docs
Read the Docs is a documentation building and hosting platform aimed at helping developers creating documentation from code with versioned documentation, integrated search, pull request previews and more.
Close cos 0.875 - 16
NLnet Labs - Home
Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.
Close cos 0.875 - 17
Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo
From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.
Close cos 0.874 - 18
Docker | Secure Sandboxes for AI Agents
Run AI agents and containers safely, anywhere. Docker gives builders trusted sandboxes, governance, and a secure supply chain for modern software.
Close cos 0.872 - 19
Explore the Enhanced Citrix Platform: Secure, Scalable, and High-Performing IT Solutions - Citrix
Discover the new Citrix platform, revolutionizing application delivery with enhanced security, Zero Trust frameworks, and unmatched performance. Dive into industry-specific solutions for healthcare, financial services, and government. Uncover new use cases with Citrix and NetScaler, from centralized app management to mission-critical application delivery.
Close cos 0.872 - 20
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Close cos 0.874
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to redhat.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Red Hat uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Red Hat is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Drupal meta generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
- Cookie consent
- TrustArc page source: consent.trustarc.com
- Security
- Akamai Bot Manager cookie bm_sz
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (meta generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org))
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms88428189
- Mimecast MX us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns2.p02.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=10154eb7d4abe67e9e45621e46476febbec28a97a…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=xaB3GAa9xxzrpoS4
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=fHiTv781WbOHgzl6U1McyXa9JUSSO5B0ECvgSZz…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=cfd355fc-11f9-4eaf-8ecf-64433ef46173
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=fkn6chapCdYNWIcpsgH0K6mkR0yo7ldeIRC7EH23yoo
- Miro TXT miro-verification=0bc02d4257d450b9f9034363a58f88b4b904dc22
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-ZBmiG45XpzQoJlIf2HBlWHWf
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=dPrnI9sLvqvAbQUwzvFsPXSPEU1PLODdgGxLhEUr
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Red Hat adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- Atlassian 9/20
- Adobe 8/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on redhat.com 7/20
- DocuSign 7/20
- Proofpoint · not on redhat.com 6/20
- Google Workspace · not on redhat.com 5/20
- Akamai · not on redhat.com 4/20
- NS1 4/20
- OneTrust · not on redhat.com 4/20
- Yandex Webmaster · not on redhat.com 4/20
- Stripe · not on redhat.com 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on redhat.com 3/20
- Miro 3/20