SUSE Rancher Prime
One open platform to manage Kubernetes and AI infrastructure across data center, cloud and edge. Built on Rancher, with SUSE support and security.
The Rancher you trust, ready to power production and AI
SUSE Rancher Prime turns open source Rancher into an enterprise platform for hybrid environments. Build, run, secure and scale Kubernetes and AI workloads from one console. No more upgrading for every CVE. Backported fixes, audit-ready evidence and 24/7 SUSE support come standard.
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Consistent multi-cluster management
The manager of managers. Provision and manage any CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution across core, cloud and edge from a single console.
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AI Agent Crew, not chatbots
AI operations you approve. The AI Agent Crew helps your team troubleshoot, automate and operate clusters. Nothing runs until a human approves it.
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Open infrastructure for AI and VMs
Run containers and GPU workloads on hardware you already have and add SUSE Virtualization to manage VMs from the same console.
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Secure and audit-ready
Get backported security fixes, signed artifacts with SBOMs and hardened images with SLSA Level 3 provenance, all backed by SUSE.
Start with Rancher Community. Upgrade in place when customers and production depend on it.
Rancher
Community edition
- Completely open source
- Multi-cluster Kubernetes management
- Community support
SUSE Rancher Prime
The SUSE enterprise platform
- Patch without upgrading
- 24/7 SLA-backed support
- AI Agent Crew (Liz)
SUSE Rancher Suite
Complete enterprise package
- SUSE Application Collection
- SUSE Security platform
- SUSE Virtualization and SUSE Storage
SUSE recognized as Leader by Gartner®
SUSE named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ in container
management.
Comprehensive full-stack capabilities
Add virtualization, storage, security and observability to SUSE Rancher Prime and manage them all from the same console. Every component is open source and supported by SUSE.
SUSE Virtualization
Explore Rancher Virtualisation, SUSE's hyperconverged infrastructure solution, to streamline your virtual machine and Kubernetes workloads. Discover cost-effective HCI systems for a modern cloud-native environment.
SUSE Storage
Delivers a powerful cloud-native distributed storage platform for Kubernetes that can run anywhere. Easy, fast and reliable.
SUSE Security
SUSE Security is the only 100% open source, Zero Trust container security platform. Continuously scan throughout the container lifecycle. Remove security roadblocks. Bake in security policies at the start to maximize developer agility.
SUSE Observability
Master complexity with agentic AI and time-traveling topology. OpenTelemetry-native and Rancher-integrated, choose self-managed or SUSE-hosted for instant, autonomous clarity across your entire estate.
SUSE Application Collection
Accelerate application development and delivery with SUSE® Application Collection. It provides curated, trusted, compliant, and up-to-date applications for Kubernetes or as single containers.
SUSE Rancher Developer Access
Curated, trusted, compliant, and up-to-date applications for Kubernetes from SUSE Application Collection, right from Rancher Desktop.
FAQ
What is SUSE Rancher Prime?
SUSE Rancher Prime is an open platform for managing Kubernetes and AI infrastructure from one console, across data center, cloud, edge and air-gapped sites. It's built on the same open source foundation as Rancher (Community edition), with 24/7 SLA-backed SUSE support, backported security fixes, a trusted software supply chain and an AI agent crew (Liz) that helps your team run the platform.
What Kubernetes distributions does SUSE Rancher Prime support?
SUSE Rancher Prime manages any CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution. That includes SUSE's own RKE2 and K3s, managed services like Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and clusters you import from other distributions. RKE2 is built for security-focused and regulated environments, and K3s is a lightweight distribution for the edge. Both offer long-term support of up to 5 years. Running on AWS? See SUSE Rancher for AWS.
What are the key benefits of SUSE Rancher Prime?
SUSE Rancher Prime gives you centralized management: one console to run Kubernetes across your whole estate, with SUSE accountable for it. You get 24/7 SLA-backed support, backported security fixes so a CVE doesn't force an upgrade, and signed artifacts and SBOMs that give auditors evidence on demand. The AI agent crew (Liz) takes on routine operations, and nothing runs until a person approves it. It's 100% open source, so there's no lock-in.
Can SUSE Rancher Prime manage Kubernetes across hybrid cloud environments?
Yes. SUSE Rancher Prime manages clusters in your data center, across public clouds, at the edge and in fully air-gapped sites from one console. Access, security policies and upgrades stay consistent everywhere. It can be self-hosted, so your data and operations stay under your control, which matters for regulated and sovereign environments.
How does SUSE Rancher Prime differ from open source Rancher?
Both share the same open source foundation. The difference is who stands behind it. With Rancher (Community edition), your team owns support, patching, provenance and image maintenance. SUSE Rancher Prime puts SUSE behind all four and adds capabilities like the AI agent crew (Liz) for AI-assisted operations and troubleshooting. Moving is an in-place upgrade with no re-platforming, and SUSE Rancher Prime Launch Pad can give you a step-by-step plan.