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24 alternatives to Onyx

Distributed computation for the cloud

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Onyx launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1G1
   Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing▲266

   2012 · gridspot.com · its alternatives →

2. 2FA
   FaunaDB, a strongly consistent, globally distributed cloud database▲131

   2017 · fauna.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Datomic▲73

   Distributed immutable transactional database for the cloud

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4BA
   Binary, a cloud development environment on the iPad▲78

   2013 · thebinaryapp.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tutum▲86

   Docker containers as a cloud service

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6AM
   A minimalistic cloud provider▲61

   2016 · datamantle.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   ORC – Onion Routed Cloud▲96

   2017 · orc.network · its alternatives →

8. 8AI
   AWS Infrastructure for Stanford Course in Parallel Programming▲48

   2014 · elliottslaughter.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Servant▲94

   A simple cloud database for everyone

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Proof▲62

    Lightweight design collaboration in the cloud

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The 4th Office▲73

    An agile workspace in the cloud

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12OA
    Overlaycloud – A New Type of Cloud Computing Platform▲9

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

13. 13DC
    Distributed Cloud Compilation API▲19

    2015 · mimirhq.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sense▲67

    Cloud platform for data science and big data analytics

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15AI
    Alauda.io – Container as a Service Cloud▲17

    2016 · alauda.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Eureka - Beta▲9

    An on-demand compute cluster for researchers

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Bosh▲5

    An open source tool for distributed systems

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Mobingi▲7

    A fully automated cloud platform

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19DC
    Decentralized Cloud Storage, X Cloud (Beta)▲7

    2018 · internxt.com · its alternatives →

20. 20CA
    Cloudsnap, an integration platform for developers▲18

    2012 · cloudsnap.com · its alternatives →

21. 21GO
    Greta, our script for decentralized data distribution▲14

    2016 · greta.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    ROOK▲9

    Open, Cloud Native, and Universal Distributed Storage

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23MD
    Martinet – Distributed Task Queue for Node.js▲28

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AA
    “API Abstraction” for Cloud Storage, Social, Payment and Messaging▲11

    2016 · cloudrail.github.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →