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Azure Container Instances vs. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Container Instances
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Container Instances allows developers to focus on building apps without managing virtual machines or having to learn new tools—it's just the application, in a container, running in the cloud.
$0.01
Per GB Per Hour
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is designed to make deploying and managing containerized applications easy. It offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. It allows development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.N/A
Pricing
Azure Container InstancesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Editions & Modules
Memory
$0.00533
Per GB Per Hour
vCPU
$0.04860
Per vCPU
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Container InstancesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Azure Container InstancesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Features
Azure Container InstancesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Container Instances
-
Ratings
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
5.6
1 Ratings
35% below category average
Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cluster Management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Storage Management00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Discovery Tools00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Container InstancesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Container InstancesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
At one instance, there was a fire in our data center and the backup power had some issues because of which the whole DC went down. I believe with AKS and the replication it's easier to handle such a situation. Also, the scenario would have been pretty transparent to the end-users.
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Anonymous
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Pros
Microsoft
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Microsoft
  • Scales quickly when the user base increases randomly
  • Downgrades very fast if a bunch of users hop off the system
  • Great dev UX for IT
Scott Kennedy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Kennedy
Director, eCommerce Analytics and Digital Marketing
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Cons
Microsoft
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Microsoft
  • Steep learning curve
  • Expected charges are unclear until you see real production usage
  • Operations teams need to learn an entirely new skill set
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
Microsoft
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Microsoft
Barring certain missing features such as operator management , open cluster management, it does gives lot of options to host containerized applications. The GUI may be improved and can give user more insights to the cluster rather than using command line tools. The integration with standard azure monitoring tools is a big plus to use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.
Mounika Chirasani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mounika Chirasani
Software Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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Microsoft
Due to cost efficiency. And using AZURE cloud for other services as well. Azure Kubernetes Service is more suitable to configure CI/CD pipelines. With a facility of automated or One click deployment and integration of the application. As compared with other Kubernetes Services like Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service and Google Kubernetes Service, Azure Kubernetes is most cost-efficient with the same facilities and with an advantage to configure easily, manage easily, as it is one click manageable with Microsoft applications. It provides high Microsoft security to containers and secures applications from any kind of harm.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • Positive impact in moving applications to cloud from the in-hose data center to save cost
  • Sometimes got affected with some bugs on the AKS infrastructure but hasn't caused a big kios as our production footprint in AKS is not yet high
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Anonymous
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