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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is designed to make deploying and managing containerized applications easy. It offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. It allows development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.N/A

    Kubernetes

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AKubernetes is an open-source container cluster manager.N/A
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Kubernetes
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Kubernetes
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Kubernetes
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    Integration with other standard azure services make Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) case strong. As we use most of the azure services it is easy to integrate. It is difficult to use EKS as the user interface is not intuitive and difficult to integrate. The services need to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    Due to cost efficiency. And using AZURE cloud for other services as well. Azure Kubernetes Service is more suitable to configure CI/CD pipelines. With a facility of automated or One click deployment and integration of the application. As compared with other Kubernetes Services …
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    The ability to create new instances (i.e. elastic provisioning) is probably the fastest with Azure Kubernetes Service compared to the alternatives that I have looked at. From a pricing perspective, Microsoft always seems to find a way to be more competitive in this area, and …
    Incentivized
    Kubernetes
    Chose Kubernetes
    I didn't have too much experience or exposure to OpenShift but I do remember that in certain areas our organization found Kubernetes to be more useful and met our needs in comparison to OpenShift. Although I can't compare, I think it's easier to customize Kubernetes because of …
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    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Kubernetes
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Kubernetes
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    Kubernetes
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    Security and Isolation8.01 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Cluster Management2.01 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Storage Management3.01 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Discovery Tools4.01 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks1.01 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery7.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Kubernetes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.5
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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