Nirmata vs Rafay
On the evidence we track, Nirmata leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for kubernetes management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Nirmata
LeaderPlatform that provides centralized visibility, policy enforcement, and automated remediation across Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud resources. Built on top of the open-source Kyverno policy engine, it uses AI agents to detect misconfigurations and automatically generate fixes for compliance and security standards.
Rafay
A comprehensive platform that enables organizations to expose GPU infrastructure and Kubernetes workloads as managed, self-service cloud services with built-in multi-tenant governance, automation, and visibility across hybrid and air-gapped environments.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Nirmata
LeaderFrom $1,800/month. 15-day free trial. All plans include 20 clusters or 250 nodes; additional resources billed on consumption.
- Essentials$1,800/month, includes 20 clusters or 250 nodes
- Centralized Reporting
- Kyverno Engine Health
- Shift-Left Enforcement
- AI Platform Assistant
- Advanced$4,500/month, includes 20 clusters or 250 nodes
- Everything in Essentials
- Centralized Policy Sets
- Automated Violation Assignment
- Self-Service Exceptions
- Compliance Automation
- +1 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Advanced
- Remediation Service Agent
- GitHub / GitLab integration
- Auto identity management (SCIM)
- Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) AI
- +1 more
- Enterprise Kyverno$1,250/month for managed Kyverno distribution
- 0-CVE images
- 18 month patch support
- Long term version compatibility
Rafay
Platform fee plus per-node/per-GPU usage fee with volume discounts. Enterprise Support (24x7x365) available at 20% of subscription cost.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- AWS
- Terraform
Nirmata
Leader- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Argo
- Flux
- Amazon EKS
- Azure AKS
- Google GKE
- Rancher
- OpenShift
- Okta
- Dockerfile
Rafay
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- PagerDuty
- Jira
- ServiceNow
- Datadog
- Elasticsearch
- Loki
- Crossplane
- GitHub Actions
- AWS EKS
- Microsoft Azure AKS
- Google Cloud GKE
- Oracle Cloud OKE
- Argo CD
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Oracle Cloud
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.