⚡ Containers and Virtualization

Containerization and virtualization are technologies used to isolate computing environments from one another for more efficient and secure use of physical hardware resources.

The software implementing these technologies includes containers that share the host operating system kernel, full virtual machines with their own guest operating systems, and orchestration platforms for automating deployment, scaling, and cluster management.

According to our statistics, containers and virtualization tools are detected on 3.1% of all websites.
99.4% of these sites use only one containers and virtualization tool, 0.6% use two.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Please note that usage of these technologies cannot be reliably detected, as they typically leave no client-side traces.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading containers and virtualization tools in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Kubernetes, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 95.9% share.
It is followed by OpenStack with 2.4% and Docker with 2%.

Kubernetes 95.9%
OpenStack 2.4%
Docker 2%
Amazon ECS 0.2%
LXC 0.09%
OpenShift 0.02%
VMware 0.001%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of tools that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Docker is #2 in the United States ^(-1)

✨ Best Containers and Virtualization Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 7 containers and virtualization tools we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Kubernetes San Francisco, California, United States An open-source container orchestration system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications across clusters of machines. FreeOpen source	95.9%
2	OpenStack San Francisco, California, United States An open-source cloud platform that manages compute, storage, and networking resources for building public and private cloud infrastructure. FreeOpen source	2.4%
3	Docker San Francisco, California, United States An open-source platform that enables developers to package, distribute, and run applications in lightweight, portable containers that include all required dependencies. Free$11+/user/month	2%
4	Amazon ECS Seattle, Washington, United States A fully managed container orchestration service that enables users to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on AWS. Free tier$0.03238+/hour	0.2%
5	LXC Armonk, New York, United States A low-level Linux container runtime that provides operating-system-level virtualization through tools, templates, APIs, and language bindings for creating and managing system containers. FreeOpen source	0.09%
6	OpenShift Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A containerization platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale. $$$	0.02%
7	VMware Palo Alto, United States An enterprise-grade virtualization and cloud computing platform that separates operating systems and applications from physical hardware to create pools of shared compute, storage, and networking resources. $$$	0.001%

👉 See Also

Containerization

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 4,046,631 websites.
We currently track the presence of 7 containers and virtualization tools across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on November 12, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.