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Azure Container Instances vs. DigitalOcean Kubernetes

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Container Instances

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft'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

    DigitalOcean Kubernetes

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean's Managed Kubernetes is designed for simple and cost effective container orchestration.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Container InstancesDigitalOcean Kubernetes
    Editions & Modules
    Memory
    $0.00533
    Per GB Per Hour
    vCPU
    $0.04860
    Per vCPU
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Container InstancesDigitalOcean Kubernetes
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Container InstancesDigitalOcean Kubernetes
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Container InstancesDigitalOcean Kubernetes
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Container InstancesDigitalOcean Kubernetes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    DigitalOcean
    DO Kubernetes is well-suited for: - deploying APIs - deploying workers - log collection and analysis (ie ELK stack) - deploying Helm charts and anything that can be mapped on to K8s concepts Less appropriate for anything requiring no public Internet access (ie VPC only). Less appropriate for anything requiring integration with the DO app platform via VPC, at the moment.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
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    DigitalOcean
    • Hosted dashboard
    • Hosted container registry
    • Horizontal auto-scaling
    • LetsEncrypt SSL termination
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    Cons
    Microsoft
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    DigitalOcean
    • Option for internal VPC-only deployment
    • Better integration with cloud firewall
    • Better integration with DO App platform via VPC
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
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    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is the most affordable and straightforward of the hosted Kubernetes options we evaluated. All features that we require are supported without an excess of complication of extraneous features. Straightforward billing is also very important for us in comparison to the Big Three cloud hosts, which have very complicated billing practices. DigitalOcean also provides a platform with very little vendor lock-in.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    DigitalOcean
    • Excellent uptime
    • Low cost for provided value
    • Good integration with the rest of the DO platform to provide additional value
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