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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

    Google Cloud Run

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Run enables users to build and deploy scalable containerized apps written in any language (including Go, Python, Java, Node.js, .NET, and Ruby) on a fully managed platform. Cloud Run can be paired with other container ecosystem tools, including Google's Cloud Build, Cloud Code, Artifact Registry, and Docker. And it features out-of-the-box integration with Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, and Error Reporting to ensure the health of an application.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Google Cloud Run
    Editions & Modules
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Google Cloud Run
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Google Cloud Run
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    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)Google Cloud Run
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Google Cloud Run
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Google Cloud Run
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Security and Isolation8.75 Ratings8.117 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.05 Ratings7.616 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.05 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Storage Management7.85 Ratings2.71 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization7.95 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.25 Ratings7.313 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks7.05 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.15 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging7.55 Ratings8.017 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Google Cloud Run
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    8.5
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.0
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    Performance
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    8.0
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    8.0
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    Product Scalability
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    8.0
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    Professional Services
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Google Cloud Run
    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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    Google
    Microservices and RestFul API application as it is fast and reliant. Seamless integration with event triggers such as pubsub or event arc, so you can easily integrate that with usecases with file uploads, database changes, etc. Basically great with short-lived tasks, if however, you have long-running processses, Cloud Run might not be idle for this. For example if you have a long running data processing task, other solutions such as kubeflow pipelines or dataflow are more suited for this kind of tasks. Cloud Run is also stateless, so if you need memory, you will have to connect an external database.
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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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    Google
    • Auto scaling is the best one
    • provide direct VPC connectivity and rigid network
    • Cloud SQL and Pub/Sub services
    • Handling latency issues
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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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    Google
    • The UI can be made simpler. Currently the UI is bloated and it takes time to find out what you want
    • More integrations with container registry providers (ECR, dockerhub)
    • Better permissions UX. Currently GCP requires service accounts to be used with cloud products, the experience adding/removing permissions is difficult to navigate
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    We definitely need to renew it because we dont own our own infrastructure and storage and we are happy with Cloud Run features
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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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    Google
    The UI/console is great... the documentation is top-notch for developers, but the CLI itself when you have to script around it is very complex and easy to forget some options... the downside of a generic command line client.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Not seen any major issues when we run applications its good
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Initially we felt slow but slowly it picked up and easy to manage
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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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I was involved in the initial implementation setup, Its easy with the given documentaiton we can do ourself. Not that critical
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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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    Google
    AWS Lambda supports code zip package, enabling lower cold start time. Also, AWS Lambda pricing is much simpler, easier to understand.
    Other than that, the 2 products are very similar, including the Docker image support: the image must be built based on proprietary base image.
    Obviously, if your other services are running in GCP, then Google Cloud Run is your only choice for tight integration, & private networking.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Not part of purchase.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It has good auto scale feature and reliable also
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    We have very good support when needed
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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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    Google
    • Built in support for auto scaling helps reduce operational overhead
    • Any application performance issues can be addressed quickly by allocating more resources while a proper fix can be planned and rolled out later
    • Using Google Cloud Run enables development of microservices which provides granular control for scaling critical services in the platform
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