Container management is a collection of tools and practices used to automate and simplify the creation, deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications. They let you easily add, replace, and reorganize containers at a scale.

Container management software is essential when working with large numbers of containers. 

See below to learn all about the global container management market:

The container management market is a segment of the global container-as-a-service (CaaS) market, which valued at an estimated at $1.6 billion in 2020 . The CaaS market is set to follow a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31.7% over the analysis period from 2020 to 2027, reaching $11.2 billion by the end of it.

The container management and orchestration segment is projected to reach a value of $3.4 billion by 2027 at a CAGR of 31%. 

Regionally, the global container management market is segmented as follows:

By industry , the IT and telecommunications industries are expected to drive demand in the container management and orchestration market.

As more teams in organizations use containerized applications and systems, running images on their local machines, the need for a centralized way to manage the new resource has been steadily growing. However, beyond the development and testing phases, more specialized tools are needed.

Numerous image-building and run-time tools have made containers more accessible at a larger scale. 

“It becomes quickly apparent that additional tools are required to manage the containers effectively. This is where container management tools come into play,” says Joel Thimsen, an architect and cloud strategist, in a post at Perficient.

“It’s quickly becoming the standard platform for developing cloud-native apps, whether within existing data centers, on private cloud, or public cloud. This fact alone, thanks to the portability that abstracts away differences in the underlying platform, is driving significant adoption of Kubernetes.”

Container management is a piece of software that can be used to create, secure, and manage containerized applications.

They also come in the form of a ready-to-use platform that aggregates numerous container management tools, such as storage orchestration, load balancing, service discovery, and rollout automation.

Container management services and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) computing overlap, as containers tend to be an integral part of most PaaS offerings. PaaS models are often made for software developers, offering them an environment to design, develop, and run applications without being concerned with infrastructure maintenance.

While modern PaaS offerings include Kubernetes into their platform for additional services and tools, container management software alone is an automation tool for DevOps and software engineering teams utilizing containerization.

Container management software is commonly used for:

One of containers’ primary advantages over virtual machines (VMs) is speed. Left unchecked, containers can underperform and run at speeds below average. Container management software can be used to optimize processing and data flow for container speed.

Container management tools can be used to minimize the amount of data stored within individual containers to reduce its size. By moving the data to a software repository, containers don’t have to load as much data whenever they operate.

The networking and communication between containers put them at a high risk of unauthorized access. Container management software is able to block outside port access into the container network, allowing internal traffic to flow uninterrupted. 

Containers take up space even when they’re not in use. Most container management solutions include a disposable containers feature, where a set number of containers would disappear after completing a task.

The more processes a single container executes, the slower it runs. Container management tools enable you to increase your overall number of active containers while reducing the operation per container to one.

Common benefits companies experience from the effective use of container management solutions include:

“Container management solutions optimize the process of creating containers, increase efficiency, and streamline container delivery while eliminating complex interdependent system architectures,” says Sean Wilcox in a post at Rafay.

“The biggest advantage of container management solutions is that they help you increase efficiency and enable scale. … Similarly, scaling becomes a lot easier. You can request additional processing or storage on a need basis and scale down as necessary for maximum resource utilization.”

See how container management tools and solutions are used by organizations that run containers in a large number for applications and operations:

New Relic is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform in the observability and monitoring space. Based in San Francisco, New Relic’s primary clients are software engineers seeking to analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize their software stacks.

Looking to transform its business model from a host-based to a consumption-based pricing model, New Relic was looking to migrate to the cloud. Moving its over 20,000 servers and refactors to Amazon Web Services (AWS), it used Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) in refactoring the platform on the cloud.

“Consuming AWS lets us focus on our core competencies, enabling us to release better products faster and more frequently,” says Andrew Harnett , senior director of managed services, New Relic.

Working with AWS, New Relic was able to move its thousands of servers within eight months, cut down on operational time by 10%, and achieved the FedRAMP certification.

Kapten is a ride-sharing service that aims to incentive drivers to invest in hybrid and electric cars. Founded in France, Kapten branched out to numerous European cities, including London, Paris, Lisbon, and Porto, with millions of customers and 50,000 drivers. 

Expected to achieve a global growth rate of 20%, Kapten was looking to migrate its container-based microservices architecture to a scalable cloud platform.

Migrating its assets to the Google Cloud, Kapten worked with the Google Premier Partner Sfeir for technological solutions. With access to hundreds of services, Kapten opted to use Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for its customized container management.

“Competition in the ride-hailing market is strong, so it’s important that we offer customers the best possible user experience, while innovating and reducing time to market. From a technology perspective, that means we need to deploy extremely fast, while minimizing the risk of disruption,” says Gilles Rasigade , CTO, Kapten.

“Using Google Kubernetes Engine, it’s really easy to scale up and add extra nodes on a cluster. Because you can dynamically adjust the number of nodes and pods, it’s much more efficient. For the same price, we’re able to sustain twice the volume we could previously.”

Using GKE, Kapten was able to deploy containers 25 times per day, automate and optimize container processing, and improve customer service by improving response time.

Epiphany S.R.L. is a developer of technology solutions for the financial and banking industries. Epiphany’s primary platform provides the framework for apps and microservices for modern banking systems.

Building its banking platform, Epiphany, and IBM Business Partner, needed a cost-effective cloud solution and architecture to speed up the development and deployment of apps and microservices.

As a startup with around 20 employees, Epiphany worked with IBM, utilizing the IBM Cloud and the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service to develop and deploy its customized solutions.

“With IBM Cloud, it’s easy to put together an architecture,” says Paolo Spadafora , founder and CEO, Epiphany S.R.L. 

“Compared to other solutions, IBM Public Cloud is much simpler to use, to move across all the features, and also more intuitive.”

Working with IBM, Epiphany was able to reduce its startup costs with automatic monitoring and deployment of app containers, maintain a framework for digital transformation, and support business growth.

Some of the leading providers of container management services in the market include:

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