Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Score 8.2 out of 10
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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
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
AKS is more powerful than Azure App Service for containers, but it is also very complex. It is great for running large container-based applications and microservices, but you need some Kubernetes knowledge to manage it. When compared to EKS, both AKS & Azure App Service are …
Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Straight from the beginning, the Github connections are simpler, the permissions and access for users is simpler. Certificate renewal doesn't need to be a worry. There is an option of node-auto provisioning.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) makes you do all of the above with less …
Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Integration with other standard azure services make Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) case strong. As we use most of the azure services it is easy to integrate. It is difficult to use EKS as the user interface is not intuitive and difficult to integrate. The services need to be …
Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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 …
Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Worked with very similar in-house-built Kubernetes/container management system. We are leveraging AKS as it's more robust and stable being in the technical space for quite some time. Also, it has got a vast number of management and security features which makes it more …
Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
The ability to create new instances (i.e. elastic provisioning) is probably the fastest with Azure Kubernetes Service compared to the alternatives that I have looked at. From a pricing perspective, Microsoft always seems to find a way to be more competitive in this area, and …
Chose Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
[Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)] is largely similar to EKS. I use both products fairly interchangeably and the decision comes down to which ecosystem you are part of and the which locations are important to you.
Features
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
7.1
3 Ratings
13% below category average
Security and Isolation8.73 Ratings
Container Orchestration8.03 Ratings
Cluster Management6.23 Ratings
Storage Management6.53 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization7.63 Ratings
Discovery Tools6.43 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks4.53 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery7.73 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
AKS works very well for running containerized applications that require high availability and scalability. This includes systems like our HRIS platform and customer-facing web applications. AKS is a good choice when applications are broken into multiple services that need independent scaling and deployment. It provides the flexibility needed to manage these architectures effectively. But for single, low-traffic applications or simple internal tools, AKS can be overkill. For scenarios like that Azure App Service would be better.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • AKS makes it easier to replicate data to multiple regions
  • Azure portal make it easier to manage the resources of the organization
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Steep learning curve
  • Expected charges are unclear until you see real production usage
  • Operations teams need to learn an entirely new skill set
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Usability
Microsoft
It is not as straight forward and user friendly as in AWS or GCP. It needs a lot of monitoring and checking if any failed services have been deallocated or not. It feels like the managed service only actually manages the UI and not much beyond it. I works so you can't complain but it can be tonnes better.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • The ability to scale has reduced the need for headcount in IT
  • The authentication process has kept us compliant with regulatory bodies
  • The ability to replicate environments is great.
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