Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs. DigitalOcean Kubernetes

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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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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• 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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• Hosted dashboard
• Hosted container registry
• Horizontal auto-scaling
• LetsEncrypt SSL termination

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• 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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• Option for internal VPC-only deployment
• Better integration with cloud firewall
• Better integration with DO App platform via VPC

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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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Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.

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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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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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• 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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• Excellent uptime
• Low cost for provided value
• Good integration with the rest of the DO platform to provide additional value

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