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Google Kubernetes Engine vs. SUSE Rancher

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Google Kubernetes Engine

68 Reviews and Ratings

SUSE Rancher

33 Reviews and Ratings

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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

    SUSE Rancher

    Score7.9 out of 10
    		N/ADeveloped by Rancher Labs and now from SUSE, Rancher is open-source software that enables organizations to deploy and manage Kubernetes at scale, on any infrastructure across the data center, cloud, branch offices, and the network edge. Rancher centrally manages Kubernetes clusters across the organization in order to ensure security and accelerate transformation. Rancher is also available hosted. Hosted Rancher is a fully managed Rancher control plane - presented as the fastest, most cost…

    $7,594.99

    per year up to 500 nodes

    Pricing
    Google Kubernetes EngineSUSE Rancher
    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
    Subscription license
    7,594.99
    per year up to 500 nodes
    Standard Subscription
    11,234.99
    per year 10 nodes
    Priority Subscription
    30,514.99
    per year 10 nodes
    Management Server Priority Subscription
    41,830.99
    per year 1 instance
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Kubernetes EngineSUSE Rancher
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    Google Kubernetes EngineSUSE Rancher
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Borislav Traykov
    DevOps Team Leader in Engineering at Cognyte (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Google Kubernetes Engine
    We had to move several products to Google Cloud, and the Google Kubernetes Engine was the option recommended to us, so we investigated it and ran with it. Back then (2019), we were not aware of Cloud Run-provisioned K8s clusters, so our other option was a completely …
    Incentivized
    SUSE
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google Kubernetes EngineSUSE Rancher
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Google Kubernetes Engine and SUSE Rancher
    Feature
    Google Kubernetes Engine
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    SUSE Rancher
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    Security and Isolation7.01 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Container Orchestration10.01 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Cluster Management10.01 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Storage Management8.01 Ratings6.76 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Discovery Tools6.01 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks10.01 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery9.01 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google Kubernetes EngineSUSE Rancher
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.8
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)