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Canonical

Who runs Canonical, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest enterprise Linux and open source support alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
SUSE

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Canonical

Canonical canonical.com

Drive innovation with trusted enterprise open source from Canonical — simple, cost-effective, and supported.

Wikidata: London-based software company, developer of Ubuntu

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Canonical tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

6 of the 17 alternatives below have fewer, 9 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Canonical

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Canonical, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than CanonicalNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    SUSE suse.com English 2 trackers

    Open Source Software Solutions for Enterprise Servers & Cloud | SUSE

    Modernize your infrastructure with SUSE Linux Enterprise servers, cloud technology for IaaS, and SUSE's software-defined storage.

    Compare SUSE with Canonical →
  2. 02
    Mirantis mirantis.com English 1 tracker

    Build AI Infrastructure Your Way, Anywhere | Mirantis

    The simple and frictionless way to manage AI workload clusters across clouds, on-prem, hybrid and edge

    Compare Mirantis with Canonical →
  3. 03
    Red Hat redhat.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterprise

    Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.

    Compare Red Hat with Canonical →
  4. 04
    VMware vmware.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    VMware by Broadcom - Cloud Computing for the Enterprise

    Optimize cloud infrastructure with VMware for app platforms, private cloud, edge, networking, and security.

    Compare VMware with Canonical →
  5. 05
    Rancher rancher.com English 2 trackers

    Enterprise Kubernetes Management Platform & Software | Rancher

    Rancher, the open-source multi-cluster orchestration platform, lets operations teams deploy, manage and secure enterprise Kubernetes. Request a demo!

    Compare Rancher with Canonical →
  6. 06
    Proxmox proxmox.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Proxmox - Powerful open-source server solutions

    Proxmox develops powerful and efficient open-source server solutions like the Proxmox VE platform, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Mail Gateway.

    Compare Proxmox with Canonical →
  7. 07
    Nutanix nutanix.com English 2 trackers

    One Platform to Run Apps, Data, and AI Anywhere | Nutanix

    We offer a unified platform that seamlessly integrates infrastructure and management to enable smooth operations of data and apps across clouds.

    Compare Nutanix with Canonical →
  8. 08
    Haxx haxx.se Top 10K English No trackers

    Haxx

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  9. 09
    Oracle Corporation oracle.com Top 1K

    American multinational computer corporation

    Compare Oracle Corporation with Canonical →
  10. 10
    IBM ibm.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    IBM

    For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow.

    Compare IBM with Canonical →
  11. 11
    NetApp netapp.com

    company

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  12. 12
    HAProxy Technologies haproxy.com English 2 trackers

    HAProxy Technologies | Powering the World's Busiest Applications

    Simplify, scale, and secure modern applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment. HAProxy Technologies is the company behind HAProxy.

    Compare HAProxy Technologies with Canonical →
  13. 13
    Cloud cloud.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Cloud Software Group home

    Cloud Software Group is a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software solutions encompassing virtualization, integration, data management, automation, business intelligence, collaboration, networking and security.

    Compare Cloud with Canonical →
  14. 14
    MariaDB mariadb.com English 2 trackers

    MariaDB Enterprise Open Source Database | MariaDB

    MariaDB provides enterprise open source database and database services to support scalability, mission-critical deployments, and more.

    Compare MariaDB with Canonical →
  15. 15
    SAP sap.com Top 10K

    German software producer

    Compare SAP with Canonical →
  16. 16
    Azul azul.com English 2 trackers

    Azul | The Java Platform for the Modern Cloud Enterprise

    With Azul you'll achieve new levels of Java performance with even higher security & stability. See why Java-based businesses trust Azul to get more from Java.

    Compare Azul with Canonical →
  17. 17
    Percona percona.com English 2 trackers

    Open Source Database Software, Support and Services - Percona

    Enterprise-class open source database software, support and services for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and MariaDB.

    Compare Percona with Canonical →
  18. 18
    OpenText opentext.com English No trackers

    OpenText | Secure Information Management for AI

    OpenText helps organizations securely manage and connect data across the enterprise, transforming data into trusted, AI-ready information.

    Compare OpenText with Canonical →
  19. 19
    Pine64 pine64.org English No trackers

    PINE64

    PINE64 is a large, vibrant and diverse community and creates software, documentation and projects. Founded in 2015, it is known for affordable devices that promote user freedom.

    Compare Pine64 with Canonical →
  20. 20
    Manjaro manjaro.org No trackers

    Manjaro – The Linux for People and Organizations

    This page provides an overview of Manjaro Linux, an open source operating system designed for ease of use. Learn about its features, installation, and support options. Get the most out of Manjaro Linux with the latest news, downloads, and tips from our helpful community.

    Compare Manjaro with Canonical →

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Canonical adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 7 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
91 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Canonical’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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