Comparison

CRI-O vs Nomad

On the evidence we track, CRI-O 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.

CRI-O full profile →Nomad full profile →

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★CRI-O56

Nomad46

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CRI-OLeader	Nomad
Vioscale score	56 / 100low · 48%	46 / 100low · 44%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Security
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.4	-
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	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	61	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,654	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	43	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-

Score

Vioscale score

CRI-O56 / 100low · 48%

Nomad46 / 100low · 44%

Pricing

Free tier

CRI-O–

Nomad✗

Model

CRI-Ocommercial

Nomadcommercial

Price level

CRI-Ofree

Nomadunknown

Transparent

CRI-O–

Nomad✗

Security

Iso27001

CRI-O–

Nomad✓

Scorecard

CRI-O8.4

Nomad–

Soc2

CRI-O–

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

Nomad–

Reliability

Status page

CRI-O✓

Nomad✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

CRI-O61

Nomad–

Github stars

CRI-O5,654

Nomad–

Activity

Commits last 30d

CRI-O43

Nomad–

Release

History

CRI-O20 items

Nomad–

License

Spdx

CRI-OApache-2.0

Nomad–

Language

Primary

CRI-OGo

Nomad–

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	Nomad
Core
Orchestration scope	Kubernetes	Custom scheduler
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	-
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

NomadCustom scheduler

Deployment

Hosting

CRI-OSelf-hosted only

Nomad-

Standards

OCI / CRI compliant

CRI-O✓

Nomad-

CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant

CRI-O✓

Nomad-

Security

Rootless operation

CRI-O-

Nomad-

Architecture

Daemonless architecture

CRI-O-

Nomad-

Platform

Windows containers

CRI-O-

Nomad-

ARM architecture support

CRI-O-

Nomad-

Workloads

GPU scheduling

CRI-O-

Nomad-

Stateful workloads

CRI-O-

Nomad-

Networking

Built-in networking / CNI

CRI-O✗

Nomad-

Ops

Vendor-managed control plane

CRI-O-

Nomad-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

CRI-O-

Nomad-

GUI dashboard

CRI-O-

Nomad-

What each one is

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

CRI-O

Leader

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

Independently observed

Nomad

HashiCorp Nomad is a workload scheduling and orchestration platform for deploying and managing applications across infrastructure.

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

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Nomad

Subscription

Pay-as-you-go, flexible multi-year, and enterprise self-managed options available

Pay-as-You-GoPay-as-you-go with $500 credit
FlexContact sales
Enterprise Self ManagedContact sales

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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	Nomad
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

CRI-O✗

Nomad✓

Linux

CRI-O✓

Nomad✗

CLI

CRI-O✗

Nomad✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CRI-O✗

Nomad✓

Self-hosted

CRI-O✓

Nomad✓

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