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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) vs. Linux Containers LXC

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon EKS
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Amazon 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
LXC
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through its API and simple tools, it lets Linux users create and manage system or application containers. LXC is free software sponsored by Canonical Ltd, most of the code is released under the terms of the GNU LGPLv2.1+ license, some Android compatibility bits are released under a standard 2-clause BSD license and some binaries and templates are released under the GNU GPLv2 license.N/A
Pricing
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)Linux Containers LXC
Editions & Modules
Amazon EKS Cluster
$.10
per hour of each cluster created
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon EKSLXC
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)Linux Containers LXC
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
8.9
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Linux Containers LXC
-
Ratings
Security and Isolation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cluster Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Discovery Tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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Red Hat OpenShift
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)Linux Containers LXC
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)Linux Containers LXC
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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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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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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Usability
Amazon AWS
Cluster maintanence is reduced, easier to deploy resources, great observability insights
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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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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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