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MicroK8s vs Nomad: catalog facts
MicroK8s	Nomad
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free to download and run from HashiCorp's install page.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
Add-ons turn common cluster components on with one command Clusters of three or more nodes gain high availability automatically	Schedules containers and plain binaries alongside each other Runs on premises or across clouds
Installation is tied to snap, which is awkward on distributions that do not ship it Add-on versions track Canonical's choices rather than upstream release timing	Aimed at clusters, which is more than a single machine needs Source-available license rather than open source
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BUSL-1.1
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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