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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service vs. Red Hat OpenShift

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Red Hat OpenShift

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AOpenShift is Red Hat's Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. OpenShift is an application platform in the cloud where application developers and teams can build, test, deploy, and run their applications.

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    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRed Hat OpenShift
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRed Hat OpenShift
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRed Hat OpenShift
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    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
    IBM Cloud is simple to use and has no custom requirements to start, Other products are not cost-efficient compared to IBM IKS.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Well, as we were in a state to compulsory implement this service, but then it is very suited for deployment of a service that has higher fault tolerance. And maintaining the lifecycle of custom made resources. And the ability to integrate other services also
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is far more distributed around the world. Also it has lower costs.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Just started using K8s service, haven't evaluated other products yet.
    Incentivized
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Red Hat OpenShift is best in the standardization of container orchestration tech and developer tooling. High security by inbuilt security features.
    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
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRed Hat OpenShift
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Red Hat OpenShift
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    7.5
    15 Ratings
    Red Hat OpenShift
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation7.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management6.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery7.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Red Hat OpenShift
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat OpenShift
    8.2
    192 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.4164 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.2182 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings7.9151 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.3170 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.3157 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.5166 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.4159 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings7.5165 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings8.3169 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRed Hat OpenShift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (80 ratings)
    9.3
    (206 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (128 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    5.3
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)