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Nomad vs Tencent Cloud
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Nomad nomad 1.7.0 and later is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 with IBM Corporation as licensor, not an OSI open source licence; Tencent Cloud standard SA5 2-core instance in Beijing is priced at 1567 CNY per year while an 8-core Standard S6 in Shanghai runs 5719 CNY per year
- They diverge on capability: Nomad covers Container orchestration, Tencent Cloud covers CVM - Cloud Virtual Machines.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Nomad and Tencent Cloud actually diverge.
| Attribute | Nomad | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | open-source | usage-based |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows, Mac, Cloud | Linux, Windows, Api, Cli |
| Founded | 2015 | 2010 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Nomad
- Container orchestration
- Job scheduling
- Multi-cloud support
- Auto-scaling
- Service discovery
- Rolling deployments
- Monitoring integration
- High availability
Only in Tencent Cloud
- CVM - Cloud Virtual Machines
- COS - Cloud Object Storage
- TencentDB
- SCF - Serverless Computing
- CDN
- Load Balancer
- VPC
- API Gateway
Both cover
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Cloud deployment
- Linux support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Nomad
- Scheduling containers, binaries, Java and VM workloads on the same clusternot Tencent Cloud
- Running an orchestrator with a single binary and no external dependenciesnot Tencent Cloud
- Batch and edge workload scheduling across multiple datacentresnot Tencent Cloud
Tencent Cloud
- Gaming platformsnot Nomad
- Social medianot Nomad
- Video streamingnot Nomad
- Asia-Pacific deploymentnot Nomad
- Mobile applicationsnot Nomad
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Nomad
- Nomad 1.7.0 and later is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 with IBM Corporation as licensor, not an OSI open source licence
- The Additional Use Grant forbids offering Nomad to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis in a paid product that competes with IBM's paid versions
- Each version converts to MPL 2.0 only four years after that version is published
- Resource quotas, Sentinel policies and audit logging sit in a Governance and Policy add-on module that is separate from the Enterprise base platform package
- Multi-region deployments, multiple Vault namespaces and Nomad Autopilot advanced server management require Nomad Enterprise
Tencent Cloud
- Standard SA5 2-core instance in Beijing is priced at 1567 CNY per year while an 8-core Standard S6 in Shanghai runs 5719 CNY per year
Pricing, plan by plan
Nomad
Free- Open SourceFree
- Workload orchestration
- Multi-cloud
- Flexible scheduling
Tencent Cloud
Free- Free TrialFree
- Free trial credits
- CVM instances
- Cloud storage
- Pay-as-You-GoFree
- Flexible pricing
- No long-term contracts
- Global infrastructure
Which should you pick?
Choose Nomad if
- You need container orchestration.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Linux, Windows, Mac, Cloud.
- You also want job scheduling.
Choose Tencent Cloud if
- You need cvm - cloud virtual machines.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Linux, Windows, Api, Cli.
- You also want cos - cloud object storage.
Questions people ask
- Is Nomad or Tencent Cloud better?
- Neither clearly leads. Nomad starts at Free and Tencent Cloud at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Nomad or Tencent Cloud?
- Nomad starts at Free and Tencent Cloud at Free.
- Does Nomad or Tencent Cloud run on more platforms?
- Nomad runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, Cloud. Tencent Cloud runs on Linux, Windows, Api, Cli.
- Can I use Nomad for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Nomad best used for?
- Nomad is most often used for scheduling containers, binaries, java and vm workloads on the same cluster, running an orchestrator with a single binary and no external dependencies, batch and edge workload scheduling across multiple datacentres. Of those, scheduling containers, binaries, java and vm workloads on the same cluster and running an orchestrator with a single binary and no external dependencies are not what Tencent Cloud is typically brought in for.
- What can Nomad do that Tencent Cloud cannot?
- Nomad covers Container orchestration, Job scheduling, Multi-cloud support, Auto-scaling. Tencent Cloud covers CVM - Cloud Virtual Machines, COS - Cloud Object Storage, TencentDB, SCF - Serverless Computing. Both handle Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloud deployment.
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