Okteto provides a platform that enables developers to build, test, and deploy cloud-native applications using Kubernetes. The company addresses the challenges of local development environments by allowing seamless integration and scaling in the cloud, enhancing productivity and collaboration for software teams.
Funding
$18.1M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Developing, testing, and deploying cloud-native applications on Kubernetes often involves complex configurations, long build times, and inconsistencies between development and production environments. Managing local development environments can be time-consuming and doesn't always accurately reflect the cloud environment. This complexity slows down development cycles and increases infrastructure costs.
Solution
Okteto provides a platform that automates Kubernetes development environments, enabling developers to build, test, and deploy cloud-native applications more efficiently. The platform offers pre-configured, ephemeral environments on demand, eliminating manual setup and configuration. Okteto streamlines the development workflow by providing features like instant code synchronization, automated preview environments, and a unified management interface. By automating environment provisioning, reducing build times, and accelerating testing, Okteto helps teams iterate rapidly and deploy faster, while also optimizing resource usage and reducing infrastructure costs.
Target Audience
Okteto is designed for platform engineering teams and developers building cloud-native applications on Kubernetes, particularly those seeking to improve developer productivity, streamline workflows, and reduce infrastructure costs.
Features
- Ephemeral, cloud-based development environments that are ready in minutes
- Instant code synchronization, allowing developers to see changes live in their cloud environment
- Automated preview environments for every pull request, facilitating collaboration and feedback
- Unified management interface for managing environments, applications, workflows, and roles
- Okteto Manifest for defining and configuring development environments declaratively
- Okteto Catalog for creating a collection of ready-to-use development environments
- Resource Manager for adjusting CPU and memory limits based on real usage
- Automated Garbage Collection for scaling down idle environments and removing unused resources
- Support for SaaS, Self-Hosted, and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment models
- Integration with existing testing frameworks for running unit, integration, and end-to-end tests inside dev environments