Comparison

CRI-O vs HashiCorp Nomad

No clear leader: CRI-O (55.5) and HashiCorp Nomad (55.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

CRI-O full profile →HashiCorp Nomad full profile →

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CRI-O56

HashiCorp Nomad55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CRI-O	HashiCorp Nomad
Vioscale score	56 / 100low · 48%	55 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.4	7.5
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 13 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcri-o%2Fcri-o&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fnomad%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	61	1,972
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,654	16,835
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	43	66
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go

Score

Vioscale score

CRI-O56 / 100low · 48%

HashiCorp Nomad55 / 100medium · 59%

Pricing

Free tier

CRI-O–

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Model

CRI-Ocommercial

HashiCorp Nomadcommercial

Price level

CRI-Ofree

HashiCorp Nomadfree

Integrations

Count

CRI-O–

HashiCorp Nomad6

Security

Disclosure policy

CRI-O–

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Iso27001

CRI-O–

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Scorecard

CRI-O8.4

HashiCorp Nomad7.5

Soc2

CRI-O–

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Vulnerabilities

CRI-OCount: 13 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcri-o%2Fcri-o&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

HashiCorp NomadCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fnomad%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

CRI-O✓

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

CRI-O61

HashiCorp Nomad1,972

Github stars

CRI-O5,654

HashiCorp Nomad16,835

Activity

Commits last 30d

CRI-O43

HashiCorp Nomad66

Release

History

CRI-O20 items

HashiCorp Nomad20 items

License

Spdx

CRI-OApache-2.0

HashiCorp Nomad–

Language

Primary

CRI-OGo

HashiCorp NomadGo

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Container Orchestration Tools
Capability	CRI-O	HashiCorp Nomad
Core
Orchestration scope	Kubernetes	Custom scheduler
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	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

CRI-OKubernetes

HashiCorp NomadCustom scheduler

Deployment

Hosting

CRI-OSelf-hosted only

HashiCorp NomadCloud + self-hosted

Standards

OCI / CRI compliant

CRI-O✓

HashiCorp Nomad-

CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant

CRI-O✓

HashiCorp Nomad-

Security

Rootless operation

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

Architecture

Daemonless architecture

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

Platform

Windows containers

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

ARM architecture support

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

Workloads

GPU scheduling

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

Stateful workloads

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

Networking

Built-in networking / CNI

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad-

Ops

Vendor-managed control plane

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad✗

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

GUI dashboard

CRI-O-

HashiCorp Nomad-

What each one is

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

CRI-O

A runtime implementation that enables Kubernetes to execute and manage containers, supporting OCI-compliant container images from any registry.

Independently observed

HashiCorp Nomad

A simple and flexible scheduler and orchestrator to deploy and manage containers and non-containerized applications across on-prem and clouds at scale

Independently observed

Pricing

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

CRI-O

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

HashiCorp Nomad

Open source

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	CRI-O	HashiCorp Nomad
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

macOS

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Windows

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Linux

CRI-O✓

HashiCorp Nomad✓

CLI

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Self-hosted

CRI-O✓

HashiCorp Nomad✓

On-premise

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Hybrid

CRI-O✗

HashiCorp Nomad✓

Integrations

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

CRI-O

Not documented yet.

HashiCorp Nomad

6 total

Consul
Vault
Docker
Podman
QEMU
Java

Independently observed

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