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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) vs. Google Cloud Run

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon EKS

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed container service to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the cloud or on-premises, available on AWS or on-premise through Amazon EKS Anywhere.

    $0.10

    per month

    Google Cloud Run

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Run enables users to build and deploy scalable containerized apps written in any language (including Go, Python, Java, Node.js, .NET, and Ruby) on a fully managed platform. Cloud Run can be paired with other container ecosystem tools, including Google's Cloud Build, Cloud Code, Artifact Registry, and Docker. And it features out-of-the-box integration with Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, and Error Reporting to ensure the health of an application.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
    Editions & Modules
    Amazon EKS Cluster
    $.10
    per hour of each cluster created
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Google Cloud Run
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Google Cloud Run
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Security and Isolation9.01 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings7.616 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.01 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Storage Management9.01 Ratings2.71 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Discovery Tools8.01 Ratings7.313 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks9.01 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery10.01 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging10.01 Ratings8.017 Ratings
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    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
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    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon EKSGoogle Cloud Run
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It is well suited when you want to have a Kubernetes cluster in AWS Cloud and want to avoid all the management overhead of maintaining your own cluster in terms of the control plane. EKS seems to be lacking in features when compared with AKS and GKE. Backups, service mesh, and monitoring have a lot of room for improvements.
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    Google
    Microservices and RestFul API application as it is fast and reliant. Seamless integration with event triggers such as pubsub or event arc, so you can easily integrate that with usecases with file uploads, database changes, etc. Basically great with short-lived tasks, if however, you have long-running processses, Cloud Run might not be idle for this. For example if you have a long running data processing task, other solutions such as kubeflow pipelines or dataflow are more suited for this kind of tasks. Cloud Run is also stateless, so if you need memory, you will have to connect an external database.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Upgrade the kubernetes clusters to the latest version with a single click
    • Auto scaling policies to automatically scale the nodes
    • Detailed logs and events on the cluster within the EKS clusters portal, cloudwatch logs and metrics
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    Google
    • Auto scaling is the best one
    • provide direct VPC connectivity and rigid network
    • Cloud SQL and Pub/Sub services
    • Handling latency issues
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • AWSIAM integration with Kubernetes RBAC could be better.
    • Enabling some add-ons like service mesh, and monitoring will be nice instead of having to install them yourself after the creation of the cluster.
    • EKS bootstrap time could be faster ...
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    Google
    • The UI can be made simpler. Currently the UI is bloated and it takes time to find out what you want
    • More integrations with container registry providers (ECR, dockerhub)
    • Better permissions UX. Currently GCP requires service accounts to be used with cloud products, the experience adding/removing permissions is difficult to navigate
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    We definitely need to renew it because we dont own our own infrastructure and storage and we are happy with Cloud Run features
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    Cluster maintanence is reduced, easier to deploy resources, great observability insights
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    Google
    The UI/console is great... the documentation is top-notch for developers, but the CLI itself when you have to script around it is very complex and easy to forget some options... the downside of a generic command line client.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Not seen any major issues when we run applications its good
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Initially we felt slow but slowly it picked up and easy to manage
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I was involved in the initial implementation setup, Its easy with the given documentaiton we can do ourself. Not that critical
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    It feels like AWS is behind the EKS race, the only advantage I'm able to see right now is the support of IPv6, however, trying to promote AWS alternatives that are different from the market and more like a vendor locking solutions like ECS/Fargate have kept AWS behind and focusing on the wrong things. EKS needs to really improve its integration with the Kubernetes ecosystem and have an enterprise solution for monitoring, backups, and service mesh.
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    Google
    AWS Lambda supports code zip package, enabling lower cold start time. Also, AWS Lambda pricing is much simpler, easier to understand.
    Other than that, the 2 products are very similar, including the Docker image support: the image must be built based on proprietary base image.
    Obviously, if your other services are running in GCP, then Google Cloud Run is your only choice for tight integration, & private networking.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Not part of purchase.
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It has good auto scale feature and reliable also
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    Professional Services
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    We have very good support when needed
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Good performance of platform without hiccups
    • Less number of people required to manage cluster
    • Easier to deploy new microservices
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    Google
    • Built in support for auto scaling helps reduce operational overhead
    • Any application performance issues can be addressed quickly by allocating more resources while a proper fix can be planned and rolled out later
    • Using Google Cloud Run enables development of microservices which provides granular control for scaling critical services in the platform
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