SimpleOrch is the on-premises container orchestration platform designed natively for Windows environments. Auto-scaling, CI/CD pipelines, and SSL management — without Kubernetes complexity or Azure lock-in.
You've invested heavily in Microsoft infrastructure. But getting modern container orchestration working on Windows is either painful, expensive, or forces you into the cloud.
Legacy tools like NSSM, unsupported scripts, and constant friction just to get Windows nodes running. It works — barely — and it's a nightmare to support.
Azure Kubernetes Service simplifies Windows nodes but locks you into Azure billing. Azure Local requires new hardware investments that don't justify the cost.
Docker Compose is great for dev environments but lacks auto-scaling, auto-recovery, and the orchestration features production workloads actually need.
New HCI infrastructure requirements mean spending hundreds of thousands just to enable modern orchestration on infrastructure you've already paid for.
SimpleOrch wraps Docker Swarm with native orchestration capabilities purpose-built for Windows and mixed environments — on your hardware, fully on-prem.
Automatically scale containers up and down based on real-time CPU and memory metrics. Auto-recovery restarts failed containers and redistributes workloads across healthy nodes without manual intervention.
Push a new image to your container registry and SimpleOrch automatically triggers a rolling deployment across your cluster. No manual steps, no downtime. Your pipeline works the way it should.
An integrated NGINX ingress container handles SSL termination automatically. Certificates are managed at the orchestration layer so your containers don't need to deal with HTTPS directly.
Run Windows Server nodes alongside Linux nodes in the same cluster. Mixed environments are first-class citizens, not an afterthought bolted on with unsupported tooling.
No new infrastructure required. SimpleOrch runs on the servers you already own. The control plane deploys as a single Docker Compose stack on a Linux management server.
Manage nodes, deployments, scaling policies, SSL certificates, and licenses from a clean web dashboard. No CLI expertise required for day-to-day operations.
Spin up a Linux server, download your docker-compose.yml from the SimpleOrch portal, and run docker compose up. Your entire management layer is running in minutes.
The control plane generates a unique installation ID on first run. Register it in your SimpleOrch portal account and paste your license token into the dashboard. No phone-home required after activation.
Deploy the lightweight SimpleOrch agent container on each worker node. Nodes register automatically with the control plane over mutual TLS. Windows Server and Linux nodes are supported side by side.
Configure your container registry webhook, define your scaling policies, and push your first deployment. SimpleOrch handles rolling updates, auto-scaling, failover, and SSL from this point forward.
See how SimpleOrch stacks up against the alternatives for Windows-heavy on-premises environments.
| Capability | Kubernetes | SimpleOrch | Portainer | Azure KS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Node Support | Partial | ✓ | Partial | ✓ |
| Auto-Scaling | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| On-Premises Deployment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| No Azure Dependency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Built-In SSL Management | Plugin | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| CI/CD Registry Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Runs On Existing Hardware | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Simple Setup for Windows Shops | ✗ | ✓ | Partial | Partial |
| Free Tier (4 nodes) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Start free with up to four nodes. Upgrade when you need support or your cluster grows beyond four nodes. All paid plans billed annually.
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