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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

Measured from Canonical’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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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

14 of the 60 sites closest to Canonical match.

  1. 01
    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 →
  2. 02
    Haxx haxx.se Top 10K English No trackers

    Haxx

    Compare Haxx with Canonical →
  3. 03
    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.

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  4. 04
    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 →
  5. 05
    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 →
  6. 06
    erpnext.com English No trackers

    Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext

    ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!

    Compare erpnext.com with Canonical →
  7. 07
    Neverinstall neverinstall.com English No trackers

    Enterprise cloud infrastructure | Neverinstall

    Neverinstall Private Cloud, GPU Infrastructure and Virtual Desktops for Virtual Machines, Containers, AI and desktops on infrastructure you control.

    Compare Neverinstall with Canonical →
  8. 08
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

    Compare Odoo with Canonical →
  9. 09
    VirtualBox virtualbox.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Oracle VirtualBox

    open-source x86 virtualization application

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  10. 10
    Scaleway scaleway.com English No trackers

    European Cloud & AI. | Scaleway

    Build on a secure, transparent, and fast-moving cloud & AI platform built for what’s next.

    Compare Scaleway with Canonical →
  11. 11
    MySQL mysql.com Top 1K English No trackers

    MySQL

    Open-source relational database management system

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  12. 12
    Appwrite appwrite.io English No trackers

    Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents

    Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.

    Compare Appwrite with Canonical →
  13. 13
    Hexnode hexnode.com English No trackers

    Hexnode | Enterprise Device Management & Security

    The complete platform for UEM and XDR. Securely manage mobiles, desktops, and IoT devices while defending against advanced cyber threats. Try Hexnode free.

    Compare Hexnode with Canonical →
  14. 14
    PocketBase pocketbase.io English No trackers

    PocketBase - Open Source backend in 1 file

    Open Source backend in 1 file with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard

    Compare PocketBase with Canonical →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Canonical’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Canonical uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

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 = 60
Sites searched
9,217
Vector
384-d
Query
35 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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