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    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

    Portainer

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/APortainer is a centralized container management platform for containerized apps and IoT device management. It helps accelerate container adoption and reduce time-to-value on Kubernetes, Docker, and Swarm with a management portal, allowing users to deliver and manage containerized applications from the data center to the edge. Portainer helps - Reduce the operational complexity associated with multi-cluster management Bridge the skills gap and facilitate feature…

    $0

    Pricing
    Google Kubernetes EnginePortainer
    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
    Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free
    $0
    Home & Student
    $149
    per year
    Starter
    $995
    per year
    Professional
    $2995
    per year
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales for Pricing
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Kubernetes EnginePortainer
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Google Kubernetes EnginePortainer
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Portainer
    Chose Portainer
    Had already more experience using Portainer and it was covering all immediate needs where scalability was not a concern. Definitely easier to use and to get started for anyone.
    Incentivized
    Chose Portainer
    Portainer takes the cup in terms of usability and features. It is also more useful for smaller deployments, whereas Kubernetes in our opinion and experience, could probably be more suited to certain other use cases. Portainer is also a fresh feel among all the preexisting …
    Incentivized
    Chose Portainer
    Portainer is a user-friendly container management platform focused on Docker, providing a simplified graphical interface. Kubernetes (K8s) is a robust container orchestration platform that automates deployment and scaling, suitable for complex container environments. Docker is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Portainer
    Portainer is much easier to use and it's deployment is faster than other solutions which you can run locally or on-prem in a datacenter.
    Also Portainer is compatible with many different kinds of environments, where other solutions can only be used on some of the well-known cloud …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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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 EnginePortainer
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Google Kubernetes Engine and Portainer
    Feature
    Google Kubernetes Engine
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    Portainer
    8.5
    91 Ratings
    Security and Isolation7.01 Ratings8.787 Ratings
    Container Orchestration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management10.01 Ratings8.775 Ratings
    Storage Management8.01 Ratings8.778 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings7.881 Ratings
    Discovery Tools6.01 Ratings9.069 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings8.287 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google Kubernetes EnginePortainer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (91 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)