balenaEngine vs CRI-O
| balenaEngine | CRI-O | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux | Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Image building | Yes | No |
| Image format | docker | both |
| Runtime interface | docker | cri-o |
| Supported host OS | Linux | Linux; Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Raspbian, Ubuntu, openSUSE and Flatcar Container Linux |
| Kubernetes CRI | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Container Engines. On Inferse, balenaEngine scores higher on our published basis.