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Docker vs. IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Docker

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADocker Enterprise was sold to Mirantis in 2019; that product is now sold as Mirantis Kubernetes Engine. But Docker now offers a 2-product suite that includes Docker Desktop, which they present as a fast way to containerize applications on a desktop; and, Docker Hub, a service for finding and sharing container images with a team and the Docker community, a repository of container images with an array of…

    $5

    per month

    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

    Score7.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a managed Kubernetes offering, delivering user tools and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications that users can bind to cloud services related to IBM Watson®, IoT, DevOps and data analytics. As a certified K8s provider, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides intelligent scheduling, self-healing, horizontal scaling, service discovery and load balancing, automated rollouts and rollbacks, and secret and configuration management. The Kubernetes…N/A
    Pricing
    DockerIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    unlimited public repositories
    Pro
    $5.00
    per month per user
    Team
    $7.00
    per month per user
    Business
    $21
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DockerIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    DockerIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Considered Both Products
    Docker, Inc
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, although a bit costly is more efficient in understandability and scaling horizontally and vertically, docker on the other hand is free of cost but the container files can get really lengthy, messy and hard to read and look at. Docker can also …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    DockerIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Docker and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Feature
    Docker
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    7.5
    15 Ratings
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings7.315 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings6.415 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings7.215 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DockerIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    7.0
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)