## Software Vendors

Distribute your software to complex customer-managed K8s environments

Modernize your software for K8s and cloud

Expand your market and sell to new customers

Focus on product innovation, not installation tools

## YOU'LL BE IN GOOD COMPANY WITH REPLICATED

## Replicated solves multiple problems for Software Vendors.

- Deliver to customers who lack Kubernetes clusters (and skills)
  
- Distribute a complete package of a pre-defined K8s cluster along with your app

- Slow and painful POCs in diverse customer environments
  
- Install faster in on-prem, cloud, and even air gap locations

- The endless burden on your field engineers and developers
  
- Quickly troubleshoot issues before install and in production

## How does Replicated work?

Key features for software vendors:

## Installation

One-line install commands for your application into an existing or new (embedded) K8s cluster that you've defined to fit your app

## Pre-flight checks

Out-of-the-box and custom checks of the application and environment to ensure install success

## Streamlined support

Aggregated support log bundles and expert K8s help whenever you need it to resolve tricky issues faster

## Why should you choose Replicated?

You'll be in good company. Replicated has helped hundreds of software companies sell more, install faster, and reduce support burden and costs.

> “We partnered with Replicated to accelerate our delivery of a cloud native architecture for our products. Replicated gives us tools that hide some of the complexities of configuring, deploying and running Kubernetes. This helps simplify our customers’ experience with our product.”  
> Abby Kearns  
> CTO

## Learn more

[**Testing Releases in Customer-representative Environments**](https://www.replicated.com/blog/testing-releases-in-customer-environments)  
Automatically test your new releases on truly customer-representative environments—same cloud provider, same Kubernetes distribution and version, and even the same entitlements and configuration.

[**Helm alone is not enough (for commercial software distribution)**](https://www.replicated.com/blog/helm-is-not-enough-for-commercial-software-distribution)  
We love Helm! But, using just Helm for commercial software distribution can only take you so far. Luckily, Replicated's new features perfectly complement Helm to supercharge your deployments.

[**Step-by-Step Guide: Troubleshooting a Failed Deployment Using the Compatibility Matrix**](https://www.replicated.com/blog/step-by-step-guide-troubleshooting-a-failed-deployment-using-the-compatibility-matrix)  
Our own internal support team utilizes the Compatibility Matrix to re-create unique customer environments. Evans Mungai, Sr. Customer Reliability Engineer, walks through this process.