Canonical competitors and alternatives
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 10 companies most like Canonical: SUSE, Red Hat, Astra Linux, Nutanix, Google, Microsoft, Basis, VMware, ZStack and ITG Corporation.
- Canonical itself has 268 open roles on Alion.
- Of them, Google is hiring the most, with 2,453 open roles.
- Nutanix has raised the most venture funding on record: $198.6M.
Canonical and its competitors compared
Open roles are the postings Alion lists today; their change is shown only for career sites that state posting dates. Funding is the venture money on record. A dash means Alion holds no figure.
| Company | Open roles | Change | Raised | Last round | Employees | Headquarters | Main technologies | Hiring in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canonical
This company
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268 | +2%since Oct 12, 2026 | – | – | 1001-5000 | London, United Kingdom | Ubuntu, Linux, Python | United Kingdom, Taiwan, China +2 more |
SUSE
In common: Operating Systems, Virtualization & Containers, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Python, C++, PostgreSQL |
21 | – | – | – | 1001-5000 | Nuremberg, Germany | Kubernetes, Linux, Rancher | United States, Japan, India +9 more |
Red Hat
In common: Operating Systems, Virtualization & Containers · Python, Go, Rust |
122 | – | $48.8M | Venture round $28.8M2021 | 5000+ | Raleigh, United States | Red Hat, Kubernetes, Linux | United States, Japan, Singapore +23 more |
Astra Linux
In common: Operating Systems, Virtualization & Containers · Python, SQL, C++ |
33 | – | – | – | 1001-5000 | Moscow, Russia | Linux, Astra Linux, Python | Russia |
Nutanix
In common: Virtualization & Containers, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Python, Go, Rust |
103 | – | $198.6M | Venture round $125M2018 | 5000+ | San Jose, United States | Linux, Kubernetes, Python | United States, India, Canada +14 more |
Google
In common: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Operating Systems · Python, Go, Rust |
2,453 | – | $25M | Series A $25M1999 | 5000+ | Mountain View, United States | GCP, Python, C++ | United States, India, Singapore +46 more |
Microsoft
In common: Operating Systems, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Python, Go, Rust |
2,176 | – | – | – | 5000+ | Redmond, United States | Azure, Python, C# | United States, India, Japan +57 more |
Basis
In common: Virtualization & Containers, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Python, Go, SQL |
25 | – | – | – | 201-500 | Moscow, Russia | Linux, Python, Kubernetes | Russia |
VMware
In common: Virtualization & Containers, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Python, SQL, C++ |
2 | – | – | – | 5000+ | Palo Alto, United States | VMWare, Linux, Windows | India |
ZStack
In common: Virtualization & Containers, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Python, Go, Rust |
81 | – | – | Venture round2026 | 1001-5000 | Shanghai, China | Linux, Python, Java | China |
ITG Corporation
In common: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Virtualization & Containers · Python, Rust, SQL |
16 | – | – | – | 501-1000 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | VMWare, Kubernetes, Terraform | Russia, Uzbekistan |
How the list is made
The list comes from Alion's similar-companies engine, the same one AI agents query through the Alion MCP server. A company ranks higher when it shares more of Canonical's industry segments and is less spread over others, when its job postings name the same technologies, when it is headquartered in the same country and when its size is close. The list is rebuilt every week.
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Alion, "Canonical competitors and alternatives: 10 similar companies compared on hiring and funding", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/canonical/competitors