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Docker vs OpenStack: What are the differences?

What is Docker? Enterprise Container Platform for High-Velocity Innovation. The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere.

What is OpenStack? Open source software for building private and public clouds. OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.

Docker and OpenStack are primarily classified as "Virtual Machine Platforms & Containers" and "Open Source Cloud" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by Docker are:

  • Integrated developer tools
  • open, portable images
  • shareable, reusable apps

On the other hand, OpenStack provides the following key features:

  • Compute
  • Storage
  • Networking

"Rapid integration and build up" is the primary reason why developers consider Docker over the competitors, whereas "Private cloud" was stated as the key factor in picking OpenStack.

Docker is an open source tool with 53.8K GitHub stars and 15.5K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Docker's open source repository on GitHub.

Lyft, StackShare, and Shopify are some of the popular companies that use Docker, whereas OpenStack is used by PayPal, HubSpot, and Wikipedia. Docker has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3471 company stacks & 3322 developers stacks; compared to OpenStack, which is listed in 66 company stacks and 50 developer stacks.

Decisions about Docker and OpenStack
Florian Sager
IT DevOp at Agitos GmbH · | 2 upvotes · 377.7K views
Chose
LXDLXD
over
DockerDocker

lxd/lxc and Docker aren't congruent so this comparison needs a more detailed look; but in short I can say: the lxd-integrated administration of storage including zfs with its snapshot capabilities as well as the system container (multi-process) approach of lxc vs. the limited single-process container approach of Docker is the main reason I chose lxd over Docker.

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Pros of Docker
Pros of OpenStack
  • 824
    Rapid integration and build up
  • 692
    Isolation
  • 521
    Open source
  • 505
    Testa­bil­i­ty and re­pro­ducibil­i­ty
  • 460
    Lightweight
  • 218
    Standardization
  • 185
    Scalable
  • 106
    Upgrading / down­grad­ing / ap­pli­ca­tion versions
  • 88
    Security
  • 85
    Private paas environments
  • 34
    Portability
  • 26
    Limit resource usage
  • 17
    Game changer
  • 16
    I love the way docker has changed virtualization
  • 14
    Fast
  • 12
    Concurrency
  • 8
    Docker's Compose tools
  • 6
    Easy setup
  • 6
    Fast and Portable
  • 5
    Because its fun
  • 4
    Makes shipping to production very simple
  • 3
    Highly useful
  • 3
    It's dope
  • 2
    Its cool
  • 2
    MacOS support FAKE
  • 2
    Simplicity, isolation, resource effective
  • 2
    Open source and highly configurable
  • 2
    Does a nice job hogging memory
  • 2
    Package the environment with the application
  • 2
    Very easy to setup integrate and build
  • 2
    HIgh Throughput
  • 2
    Docker hub for the FTW
  • 2
    Super
  • 0
    Asdfd
  • 56
    Private cloud
  • 37
    Avoid vendor lock-in
  • 22
    Flexible in use
  • 6
    Industry leader
  • 4
    Supported by many companies in top500
  • 4
    Robust architecture

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Cons of Docker
Cons of OpenStack
  • 8
    New versions == broken features
  • 6
    Unreliable networking
  • 6
    Documentation not always in sync
  • 4
    Moves quickly
  • 3
    Not Secure
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    What is Docker?

    The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere

    What is OpenStack?

    OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.

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