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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

    Docker

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ADocker Enterprise was sold to Mirantis in 2019; that product is now sold as Mirantis Kubernetes Engine. But Docker now offers a 2-product suite that includes Docker Desktop, which they present as a fast way to containerize applications on a desktop; and, Docker Hub, a service for finding and sharing container images with a team and the Docker community, a repository of container images with an array of…

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    Pricing
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    unlimited public repositories
    Pro
    $5.00
    per month per user
    Team
    $7.00
    per month per user
    Business
    $21
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Docker, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Docker
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Docker
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    Small Businesses
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
    JFrog Artifactory
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Docker
    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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    Docker, Inc
    You are going to be able to find the most resources and examples using Docker whenever you are working with a container orchestration software like Kubernetes. There will always some entropy when you run in a container, a containerized application will never be as purely performant as an app running directly on the OS. However, in most scenarios this loss will be negligible to the time saved in deployment, monitoring, etc.
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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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    Docker, Inc
    • Packaging of application to limit the space occupied
    • Ease of running the application
    • Provide multiple ways to handle the application issues and integration of different components like pipeline, ansible, terraform etc
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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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    Docker, Inc
    • Docker hub image retention policy can be relaxed
    • Docker hub policies can be more developer friendly
    • Docker CLI help section can be improved
    • Image and container storage (local) management can be optimized
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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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    Docker, Inc
    I have been using Docker for more than 3 years and it really simplifies the modern application development and deployment. I like the ability of Docker to improve efficiency, portability and scalability for developers and operations teams. Another reason for giving this rating is because Docker integrates CI/CD pipelines very well
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Docker, Inc
    Haven't seen any outages, fatal/unrecoverable errors in my usage so far. Enough said.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Docker, Inc
    Docker Desktop. The CPU high usage is a known issue. Needs fixing. Otherwise, it is great overall. Would not use anything else still.
    Incentivized
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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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    Docker, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Docker, Inc
    The reason why we are still using Docker right now is due to that is the best among its peers and suits our needs the best. However, the trend we foresee for the future might indicate Amazon lambda could potentially fit our needs to code enviornmentless in the near future.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Docker, Inc
    It is the only tool in our toolset that has not [had] any issues so far. That is really a mark of reliability, and it's a testimony to how well the product is made, and a tool that does its job well is a tool well worth having. It is the base tool that I would say any organisation must have if they do scalable deployment.
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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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    Docker, Inc
    • Reduces the number of virtual machine which impacted our quarterly billing
    • Using docker with proxy we run multiple application on same port on same host.
    • impact on billing is we have to provide docker training to the people who are working on it.
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