Workload Orchestration Made Easy

A simple and flexible workload orchestrator to deploy and manage containers and non-containerized applications across on-prem and clouds at scale.

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Why Nomad?

Simple and Lightweight

Single binary that integrates into existing infrastructure. Easy to operate on-prem or in the cloud with minimal overhead.

Flexible Workload Support

Orchestrate applications of any type - not just containers. First class support for Docker, Windows, Java, VMs, and more.

Modernize Legacy Applications without Rewrite

Bring orchestration benefits to existing services. Achieve zero downtime deployments, improved resilience, higher resource utilization, and more without containerization.

Easy Federation at Scale

Single command for multi-region, multi-cloud federation. Deploy applications globally to any region using Nomad as a single unified control plane.

Deploy and Scale with Ease

Deploy to bare metal with the same ease as in cloud environments. Scale globally without complexity. Read the 2 Million Container Challenge.

Native Integrations with Terraform, Consul, and Vault

Nomad integrates seamlessly with Terraform, Consul and Vault for provisioning, service networking, and secrets management.

Nomad vs. Kubernetes

Choose an orchestrator based on how it fits into your project. Find out Nomad’s unique strengths relative to Kubernetes.

Alternative to Kubernetes

Deploy and scale containers without complexity

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Supplement to Kubernetes

Implement a multi-orchestrator pattern

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Trusted by startups and the world’s largest organizations

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After migrating to Nomad, our deployment is at least twice as fast as Kubernetes.
Tracey Jaquith
Software Architect, Internet Archive
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We deployed a dynamic task scheduling system with Nomad. It helped us improve the availability of distributed services across more than 200 edge cities worldwide.
Thomas Lefebvre
Tech Lead, SRE, Cloudflare
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We’ve really streamlined our data operations with Nomad and freed up our time to work on more high-impact tasks. Once we launch new microservices, they just work.
Carlos Domingues
IT Infrastructure Lead, Navi Capital
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Kubernetes is the 800-pound gorilla of container orchestration, coming with a price tag. So we looked into alternatives - and fell in love with Nomad.
Matthias Endler
Backend Engineer, Trivago
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We have people who are first-time system administrators deploying applications. There is a guy on our team who worked in IT help desk for 8 years - just today he upgraded an entire cluster himself.
Rob Cameron
Technical Director of Infrastructure, Roblox
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Our customers’ jobs are changing constantly. It’s challenging to dynamically predict demand, what types of jobs, and the resource requirements. We found that Nomad excelled in this area.
Rob Zuber
CTO, CircleCI
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I know many teams doing incredible work with Kubernetes but I also have heard horror stories about what happens when it doesn't go well. We attribute our systems' stability to the simplicity and elegance of Nomad.
Michael Aldridge
Staff Systems Engineer, BetterHelp
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Nomad gives us a unified control plane, enabling hardware and driver rollouts using vendor's drivers - be it a centrifuge, incubator, or mass spectrometer.
Dhasharath Shrivathsa
CEO, Radix
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Nomad has proven itself to be highly scalable, and we’re excited to scale our business alongside it.
John Spencer
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Bowery
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Use Cases

Simple Container Orchestration

Deploy, manage, and scale enterprise containers in production with ease.

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Non Containerized Application Orchestration

Modernize non-containerized applications without rewrite.

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Automated Service Networking with Consul

Service discovery and service mesh with HashiCorp Consul to ensure secure service-to-service communication.

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Nomad Open Source addresses the technical complexity of managing a mixed type of workloads in production at scale by providing a simple and flexible workload orchestrator across distributed infrastructure and clouds.

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Workload Orchestration Made Easy

Why Nomad?

Simple and Lightweight

Flexible Workload Support

Modernize Legacy Applications without Rewrite

Easy Federation at Scale

Deploy and Scale with Ease

Native Integrations with Terraform, Consul, and Vault

Nomad vs. Kubernetes

Alternative to Kubernetes

Supplement to Kubernetes

Trusted by startups and the world’s largest organizations

After migrating to Nomad, our deployment is at least twice as fast as Kubernetes.

Tracey Jaquith

We deployed a dynamic task scheduling system with Nomad. It helped us improve the availability of distributed services across more than 200 edge cities worldwide.

Thomas Lefebvre

We’ve really streamlined our data operations with Nomad and freed up our time to work on more high-impact tasks. Once we launch new microservices, they just work.

Carlos Domingues

Kubernetes is the 800-pound gorilla of container orchestration, coming with a price tag. So we looked into alternatives - and fell in love with Nomad.

Matthias Endler

We have people who are first-time system administrators deploying applications. There is a guy on our team who worked in IT help desk for 8 years - just today he upgraded an entire cluster himself.

Rob Cameron

Our customers’ jobs are changing constantly. It’s challenging to dynamically predict demand, what types of jobs, and the resource requirements. We found that Nomad excelled in this area.

Rob Zuber

I know many teams doing incredible work with Kubernetes but I also have heard horror stories about what happens when it doesn't go well. We attribute our systems' stability to the simplicity and elegance of Nomad.

Michael Aldridge

Nomad gives us a unified control plane, enabling hardware and driver rollouts using vendor's drivers - be it a centrifuge, incubator, or mass spectrometer.

Dhasharath Shrivathsa

Nomad has proven itself to be highly scalable, and we’re excited to scale our business alongside it.

John Spencer

Are you using Nomad in production?

Use Cases

Simple Container Orchestration

Non Containerized Application Orchestration

Automated Service Networking with Consul

Learn the latest Nomad skills

Getting Started

Deploy and Manage Nomad Jobs

Nomad Ecosystem

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