# Rancher

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/rancher
- **Category:** Container Orchestration Tools
- **Homepage:** https://www.rancher.com
- **Also known as:** rancher
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T14:19:25.551Z

## Vioscale score

**46.1 / 100**, confidence 21% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 0.047 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 50 | 0.175 | 8.8 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 45.8 | 0.07 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 83.2 | 0.029 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 0.094 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 60.3 | 0.105 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 0.058 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 5 | 0.129 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.152 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-05, [verify at source](https://www.rancher.com). Independently observed._

Quote-based

> Free trial available on AWS; enterprise pricing by quote

## About

Rancher is an enterprise platform for managing Kubernetes environments across datacenters, cloud, and edge, providing unified orchestration of cloud-native infrastructure including OS, storage, VMs, and containers.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid, On-premise, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Container Orchestration Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Orchestration scope | Kubernetes |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | 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 | ✓ |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Go | [link](https://github.com/rancher/rancher) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/rancher/rancher) | 2026-08-01 | 95% (high) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 81 | [link](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 25,807 | [link](https://github.com/rancher/rancher) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://www.rancher.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | [link](https://www.rancher.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | no | [link](https://www.rancher.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://www.rancher.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://www.rancher.com) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://www.rancher.com/privacy) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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