Comparison

Amazon EKS vs Red Hat OpenShift

On the evidence we track, Red Hat OpenShift leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon EKS full profile →Red Hat OpenShift full profile →

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Amazon EKS46

★Red Hat OpenShift56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon EKS	Red Hat OpenShiftLeader
Vioscale score	46 / 100medium · 73%	56 / 100medium · 64%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.7
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopenshift%2Forigin&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	983
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	8,680
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	25
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon EKS46 / 100medium · 73%

Red Hat OpenShift56 / 100medium · 64%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Model

Amazon EKSfreemium

Red Hat OpenShiftcommercial

Price level

Amazon EKSlow

Red Hat OpenShiftlow

Transparent

Amazon EKS✗

Red Hat OpenShift✗

Integrations

Count

Amazon EKS11

Red Hat OpenShift–

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Fedramp

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift–

Gdpr

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Hipaa

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift–

Pci

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift–

Scorecard

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShift5.7

Vulnerabilities

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShiftCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopenshift%2Forigin&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShift983

Github stars

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShift8,680

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShift100

Release

Cadence days

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShift25

History

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShift20 items

License

Spdx

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShiftApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Amazon EKS–

Red Hat OpenShiftGo

Market

Availability

Amazon EKSAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Red Hat OpenShiftAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container orchestration tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Container Orchestration Tools
Capability	Amazon EKS	Red Hat OpenShift
Core
Orchestration scope	Kubernetes	Kubernetes
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Standards
OCI / CRI compliant	-	-
CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant	-	-
Security
Rootless operation	-	-
Architecture
Daemonless architecture	-	-
Platform
Windows containers	-	-
ARM architecture support	-	-
Workloads
GPU scheduling	-	-
Stateful workloads	-	-
Networking
Built-in networking / CNI	-	-
Ops
Vendor-managed control plane	✓	✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-
UX
GUI dashboard	✓	✓

Core

Orchestration scope

Amazon EKSKubernetes

Red Hat OpenShiftKubernetes

Deployment

Hosting

Amazon EKSCloud + self-hosted

Red Hat OpenShiftCloud + self-hosted

Standards

OCI / CRI compliant

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Security

Rootless operation

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Architecture

Daemonless architecture

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Platform

Windows containers

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

ARM architecture support

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Workloads

GPU scheduling

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Stateful workloads

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Networking

Built-in networking / CNI

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

Ops

Vendor-managed control plane

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Amazon EKS-

Red Hat OpenShift-

GUI dashboard

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon EKS

A fully managed Kubernetes platform that automates cluster and infrastructure management, allowing teams to build and run production-grade containerized workloads with AWS's operational reliability and security. Supports unified workload management across cloud, on-premises, and edge locations.

Independently observed

Red Hat OpenShift

Leader

An enterprise container application platform built on Kubernetes that enables organizations to build, deploy, and manage modern applications with a consistent experience across self-managed and managed cloud services.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon EKS

from $0.10/moUsage-based

From $0.10 per cluster per hour. No minimum fees or upfront commitments. Additional charges for compute resources (EC2, EBS, IP addresses, cross-AZ traffic).

Standard Kubernetes version support$0.10 per cluster per hour (standard support for 14 months after release)
Extended Kubernetes version support$0.60 per cluster per hour (extended support for 12 months after standard support ends)

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Red Hat OpenShift

Leader

Free tier

Free Developer Sandbox available; enterprise deployment via self-managed or managed cloud services

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon EKS	Red Hat OpenShift
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

CLI

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Self-hosted

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

On-premise

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✗

Hybrid

Amazon EKS✓

Red Hat OpenShift✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon EKS

11 total

Cast AI
Tailscale
1Password
Okta
Trend Micro
Orca Security
Vanta
Arctic Wolf
Asana
LucidLink
Brave Search API

Independently observed

Red Hat OpenShift

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.