# Canonical

- **Answer**: 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.
- **Highlights**:
  - 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.
- **As of**: 2026-11-13
- **Cite**: Alion, "Canonical competitors and alternatives: 10 similar companies compared on hiring and funding", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/canonical/competitors
- **Indexable**: yes
- **Method**: Ranked by Alion's similar-companies engine (the MCP tool similar_companies): shared industry segments and the overlap of the two segment sets, technologies named in both companies' job postings, the same headquarters country, a size band near it. Open roles are the visible postings on Alion today; their change is shown only for boards that state posting dates.
- **License**: CC BY-SA 4.0

## Company

- **Id**: 17888
- **Name**: Canonical
- **Domain**: canonical.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/canonical>

## Target

- **Name**: Canonical
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/canonical>
- **Domain**: canonical.com
- **Open roles**: 268
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Technologies**: Ubuntu, Linux, Python
- **Hiring countries**: GB, TW, CN

### Open roles change

- **Since**: 2026-10-12
- **From**: 262
- **To**: 268
- **Pct**: 2

### Headquarters

- **City**: London
- **Country**: GB

## Competitors

- [SUSE](https://alion.io/company/suse) — Domain: suse.com; Open roles: 21; Size band: 1001-5000
- [Red Hat](https://alion.io/company/red-hat-developer) — Domain: redhat.com; Open roles: 122; Size band: 5000+
- [Astra Linux](https://alion.io/company/astra-linux) — Domain: astralinux.ru; Open roles: 33; Size band: 1001-5000
- [Nutanix](https://alion.io/company/twitter-handle) — Domain: nutanix.com; Open roles: 103; Size band: 5000+
- [Google](https://alion.io/company/google) — Domain: google.com; Open roles: 2453; Size band: 5000+
- [Microsoft](https://alion.io/company/microsoft) — Domain: microsoft.com; Open roles: 2176; Size band: 5000+
- [Basis](https://alion.io/company/basistech) — Domain: basistech.ru; Open roles: 25; Size band: 201-500
- [VMware](https://alion.io/company/vmware) — Domain: vmware.com; Open roles: 2; Size band: 5000+
- [ZStack](https://alion.io/company/zstack) — Domain: zstack.io; Open roles: 81; Size band: 1001-5000
- [ITG Corporation](https://alion.io/company/itg-corporation) — Domain: itg.ru; Open roles: 16; Size band: 501-1000

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