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Move beyond Red-Hat OpenShift.

OpenShift adds layers of complexity to Kubernetes. Qovery removes them - and adds AI.

The shift

From legacy platform management
to agentic Kubernetes.

Qovery removes the operational weight introduced by OpenShift while keeping your clusters standard, portable, and fully owned by your team.

The Red-Hat OpenShift approach

Per-core licensing inflation

Costs scale with CPU cores, not value delivered. As workloads grow, so does the bill - unpredictably.

Proprietary operators & upgrades

OpenShift-specific operators, build pipelines, and upgrade paths create operational overhead your team has to maintain.

Red Hat-certified infrastructure required

You're locked into Red Hat-certified infrastructure and opinionated setups, limiting cloud flexibility.

No AI or agent capabilities

OpenShift has no MCP Server, no AI Skill, no agentic workflows. It was designed before AI agents existed.

The Qovery approach

Predictable per-cluster pricing

Costs scale with your infrastructure footprint, not CPU cores. No license inflation surprises.

Zero proprietary lock-in

Standard Kubernetes resources. Your clusters remain vanilla EKS, GKE, or AKS - unchanged if you leave.

Automated Day-2 operations

Lifecycle management, cost control, and environment cleanup run on autopilot. No specialized expertise needed.

AI agents manage your infra

MCP Server, AI Skill, and CLI agents let humans and AI deploy, optimize, and debug together.

Detailed comparison

How they stack up.

A side-by-side look at what each platform delivers - including the AI capabilities that define modern infrastructure.

Qovery

Red-Hat OpenShift

AI & agent support

MCP Server, AI Skill, CLI agents, agentic workflows.

No AI capabilities.

Core approach

Enterprise Control Plane on your existing K8s (EKS, AKS, GKE).

Full platform stack: a complete Kubernetes distribution and ecosystem.

Infrastructure

Cloud-agnostic; uses your managed or self-managed clusters.

Requires Red Hat-certified infrastructure and opinionated setups.

Migration effort

Minimal: plugs into existing apps without rebuilding the stack.

High: requires platform migration and app re-onboarding.

Developer experience

Modern, self-service UX with automated guardrails.

Heavyweight workflows coupled to OpenShift-specific tooling.

Day-2 operations

Automated lifecycle, cost control, and environment cleanup.

Powerful but complex; requires specialized OpenShift expertise.

Vendor lock-in

Low: Kubernetes-first; easy to move between clouds.

High: tight coupling to the Red Hat commercial model.

Security & compliance

Centralized RBAC and environment templates across any K8s.

Tied to Red Hat-specific security tools and processes.

Total cost (ROI)

High ROI; leverages existing K8s investments.

Higher TCO due to licensing and specialized ops staff.

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No lock-in

Qovery adapts to your stack,
not the other way around.

While OpenShift forces you into their proprietary ecosystem, Qovery enhances the tools you already use.

No proprietary wrappers

We deploy standard Kubernetes resources. If you leave Qovery, your clusters are still standard EKS/GKE/AKS. No "OpenShift-isms" to unlearn.

BYO-Everything

Bring your own Helm charts, Dockerfiles, CI/CD, log tools - Qovery adapts to your tech stack, not the other way around.

Full API/CLI access

Everything you can do in the UI, you can do via CLI, Terraform Provider, or MCP Server for AI agents.

“

The core promise of Qovery for me is to be able to delegate the "tinkering." I tell it what I want to do, and it gets done automatically. We have all the flexibility of Kubernetes while keeping it simple. It's a 100% gain.

Jean-Baptiste

Infrastructure Lead @Alan

Built for what's next

OpenShift was built for the enterprise Kubernetes of 2015.
Qovery is built for 2026.

Your AI agents need a platform that speaks their language. Qovery's MCP Server, AI Skill, and agentic workflows let humans and agents deploy, optimize, and secure together - from a single conversation.

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