Deis and Kubernetes are solving different problems. Deis is a PaaS that provides a developer self-service capability a la Heroku. Kubernetes is a declarative

Deis and Kubernetes are solving different problems. Deis is a PaaS that provides a developer self-service capability a la Heroku. Kubernetes is a declarative container manager that provides lower-level orchestration features. Both are complimentary. For example, Red Hat is using Kubernetes to deliver their OpenShift v3 PaaS. We've explored a similar integration with Kubernetes but are currently more focused on integrating with Mesos a next step.