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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Kubernetes Engine

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Kubernetes Engine supplies containerized application management powered by Kubernetes which includes Google Cloud services including load balancing, automatic scaling and upgrade, and other Google Cloud services.

    $0.04

    vCPU-hr Autopilot Mode

    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
    Google Kubernetes EngineIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Editions & Modules
    Autopilot Mode - 3 year commitment price (USD)
    $0
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 1 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.0000438
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Regular Price
    $0.0000548
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Spot Price
    $0.0000548
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Spot Price
    $0.0014767
    GKE Autopilot Pod Memory Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 3 year commitment price (USD)
    $0
    GKE Autopilot Pod Memory Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 1 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.0039380
    GKE Autopilot Pod Memory Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Regular Price
    $0.0049225
    GKE Autopilot Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Spot Price
    $0.0133
    GKE Autopilot vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 3 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.02
    GKE Autopilot vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 1 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.0356000
    GKE Autopilot vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Regular Price
    $0.0445
    vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Standard Mode
    $0.10
    per hour
    Cluster Management
    $0.10
    per cluster per hour
    Cluster Management
    $74.40 monthly credit
    per month per hour
    Standard Mode - Free Version
    Free
    per hour
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Kubernetes EngineIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google Kubernetes EngineIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Kubernetes was original formed by Google. We had a lot of compute in Google Cloud Platform and used to use their managed Kubernetes service Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and it performed quite well. I think both products are solid, but I lean toward GKE. However, I would opt …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    We already used other products of IBM Cloud, so we did some research to compare Kubernetes providers. We came to the conclusion that the IBM Kubernetes service is the best after the Google Kubernetes Engine.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    OpenShift is AMAZING and the integration with IBM cloud is unique. OpenShift is more powerful than IBM Kubernetes for production workloads.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    I say IKS still has a more to work, while it benefits in being an early adopter like GKE, most of these services are easier to work on when it comes to web management, something the IKS lacks and needs to improve since its release because of how well-established the management …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    IBM works well with handling large scale legacy applications. In view of the same, I trust IBM innovation and knowledge around handling enterprise applications well.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    I only started using it because of the always free tier and you probably should consider enhancing the always free tier of Kubernetes (such as enabling load balancer or increasing worker node specs) to attract customers just to land on IBM cloud as their intention to play/learn …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    We did not select IBM Cloud Kubernetes over the others. Our objectives are to support each cloud vendor and be professional with our expertise and advice. IBM Cloud is a major enterprise vendor that we must support for our business.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    It's User friendly and simple to create CI CD jobs
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    The GUI is better. The platform is designed to create a good user experience and easily deploy simple applications. You do not need prior knowledge of Kubernetes!
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    We are already using Bluemix for other deployments, so it was easy to incorporate Cloud Kubernetes service into our app. Cloud Foundry does not have the CPU options that we needed.
    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
    Google Kubernetes EngineIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Google Kubernetes Engine and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Feature
    Google Kubernetes Engine
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    7.5
    15 Ratings
    Security and Isolation7.01 Ratings7.315 Ratings
    Container Orchestration10.01 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Cluster Management10.01 Ratings6.415 Ratings
    Storage Management8.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Discovery Tools6.01 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks10.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery9.01 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings7.315 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google Kubernetes EngineIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)