Software · head to head
Tencent Cloud vs Nomad
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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; 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
- They diverge on capability: Tencent Cloud covers CVM - Cloud Virtual Machines, Nomad covers Container orchestration.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Tencent Cloud and Nomad actually diverge.
| Attribute | Tencent Cloud | Nomad |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | usage-based | open-source |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows, Api, Cli | Linux, Windows, Mac, Cloud |
| Founded | 2010 | 2015 |
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 Tencent Cloud
- CVM - Cloud Virtual Machines
- COS - Cloud Object Storage
- TencentDB
- SCF - Serverless Computing
- CDN
- Load Balancer
- VPC
- API Gateway
Only in Nomad
- Container orchestration
- Job scheduling
- Multi-cloud support
- Auto-scaling
- Service discovery
- Rolling deployments
- Monitoring integration
- High availability
Both cover
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Cloud deployment
- Linux support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Tencent Cloud
- Gaming platformsnot Nomad
- Social medianot Nomad
- Video streamingnot Nomad
- Asia-Pacific deploymentnot Nomad
- Mobile applicationsnot Nomad
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
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Tencent Cloud
Free- Free TrialFree
- Free trial credits
- CVM instances
- Cloud storage
- Pay-as-You-GoFree
- Flexible pricing
- No long-term contracts
- Global infrastructure
Nomad
Free- Open SourceFree
- Workload orchestration
- Multi-cloud
- Flexible scheduling
Which should you pick?
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.
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.
Questions people ask
- Is Tencent Cloud or Nomad better?
- Neither clearly leads. Tencent Cloud starts at Free and Nomad at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Tencent Cloud or Nomad?
- Tencent Cloud starts at Free and Nomad at Free.
- Does Tencent Cloud or Nomad run on more platforms?
- Tencent Cloud runs on Linux, Windows, Api, Cli. Nomad runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, Cloud.
- Can I use Tencent Cloud for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Tencent Cloud best used for?
- Tencent Cloud is most often used for gaming platforms, social media, video streaming, asia-pacific deployment. Of those, gaming platforms and social media are not what Nomad is typically brought in for.
- What can Tencent Cloud do that Nomad cannot?
- Tencent Cloud covers CVM - Cloud Virtual Machines, COS - Cloud Object Storage, TencentDB, SCF - Serverless Computing. Nomad covers Container orchestration, Job scheduling, Multi-cloud support, Auto-scaling. Both handle Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud deployment.