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Mirantis

Zero-Lock-In Cloud Native Platform

Founded 2011Campbell, CA800+ employees

Mirantis provides enterprise Kubernetes through Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), formerly Docker Enterprise. It also produces Lens, the most popular Kubernetes IDE with over 1 million users. Mirantis focuses on organizations requiring on-premises or air-gapped container infrastructure with Docker-compatible runtimes.

Analyst Findings

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Lens IDE is the most popular Kubernetes management tool with 1M+ users

Confirmed. Lens (Kubernetes IDE) has over 1 million active users and is the most widely used graphical Kubernetes management tool. The open-source Lens Desktop is free; Lens Business requires subscription. This is a genuine differentiator — Mirantis acquired a tool that has significant independent adoption separate from MKE.

Marcus Williams
Reviewed 2026-01-18
Caveat

MKE is a drop-in replacement for Docker Enterprise with no workload changes

For pure Docker Swarm workloads, migration to MKE is generally smooth. For Docker Enterprise Kubernetes workloads, there...

Feature Specifications

GAGenerally AvailableBetaPublic BetaRoadmapOn Roadmap

Kubernetes

MKE (Mirantis Kubernetes Engine)

Enterprise Kubernetes with Docker compatibility

GA
MCR (Mirantis Container Runtime)

Replaces Docker Engine Enterprise

GA
Lens IDE

Most popular K8s IDE — 1M+ users, open core

GA
Swarm Mode (legacy)

Docker Swarm still supported in MKE

GA
Helm Support
GA
Multi-cluster Management (Lens)
GA

Security

FIPS 140-2
GA
RBAC
GA
Image Signing & Trust
GA
Network Policy Enforcement
GA

Deployment

On-premises (bare metal / VM)
GA
Air-gapped
GA
Any Cloud (self-managed)
GA
MKE on AWS / Azure

Self-managed on cloud VMs

GA

Developer Experience

Lens Desktop (local K8s UI)
GA
Lens Extension API
GA

Observability

Built-in Monitoring (Prometheus)
GA
Centralized Logging
GA

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Deployment Options

On-premises (bare metal or VM)
Self-managed on AWS / Azure / GCP

Runs on cloud VMs, not a managed service

Air-gapped

Strong air-gap support — key differentiator

Colocation
FedRAMP

Not FedRAMP authorized

Compliance & Certifications

SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA
GDPR
FedRAMP
FIPS 140-2

Integrations

Cloud

AWS (self-managed)Microsoft Azure (self-managed)Google Cloud (self-managed)

Hypervisor

VMware vSphere

Automation

Terraform

CI/CD

Jenkins

Developer Tools

Lens IDE

Observability

Prometheus