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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft'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

    Cloud 66

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    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Cloud 66 is designed to make it easy for developers to configure and deploy software to any server. The products are designed to act like in-house DevOps team that takes care of uptime, scaling, and security, as one's own team would. Combine the convenience of PaaS with the flexibility and control of IaaS, for Rails, Node, and containerized (Kubernetes) infrastructure. Full flexibility. Build and configure your servers the way you…

    $3.99

    per service per month

    Pricing
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Cloud 66
    Editions & Modules
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    Cloud 66 Skycap
    $3.99
    per service per month
    Cloud 66 Maestro
    $14.99
    per server per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Cloud 66
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Cloud 66
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Cloud 66
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Cloud 66
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Cloud 66
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    Ratings
    Security and Isolation8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
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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 Kubernetes Service (AKS)Cloud 66
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Cloud 66
    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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    Cloud 66
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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
    Incentivized
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    Cloud 66
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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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    Cloud 66
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    As already said, the UI/CLI and even terraform are perfectly fine, but certain details could be documented better. For instance, if I want to secure the whole Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with my own managed keys, then it is very complex and hard to get there. Not really a single source that gives you the whole picture. Besides that, it is still good to use, in most cases intuitive but details mentioned as above can be tricky.
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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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    Cloud 66
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Amazon EKS stacked up very well and had better performance in some areas. However, Azure Kubernetes Service was a better fit given our Azure environment.
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    Cloud 66
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • We had to spend more time on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) than on AWS and GCP to get our kubernetes cluster up and running
    • The resources on nodes need to be left out unused, so effectively it is wasting money there
    • It definitely made us spend more time into maintaining kubernetes
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    Cloud 66
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