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Attribute Ratings
- Kubernetes is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
85%
5 Ratings
8.8
Kubernetes
88%
16 Ratings
Support Rating
9.0
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
90%
2 Ratings
Kubernetes
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
At one instance, there was a fire in our data center and the backup power had some issues because of which the whole DC went down. I believe with AKS and the replication it's easier to handle such a situation. Also, the scenario would have been pretty transparent to the end-users.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Entertainment Company, 1001-5000 employeesKubernetes
Kubernetes is ideally when container orchestration is required, allowing to scale an application up or down depending on the workload of the application/service.Portability of the Helm chart definition makes it possible to change the hosting platform easily without rewriting the whole application stack or depending on another configuration management tool (e.g. Ansible).
IT Project Manager and Software Integrator
Pictet & CieFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Pros
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Highly repeatable process
- Minimizes the amount of software to install
- Easily scale resources to meet demand

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesKubernetes
- Makes sure that the workload remains UP & running by maintaining the desired state.
- Gives a lot of flexibility in choosing the networking, storage, monitoring, etc solutions of your choice.
- The biggest advantage is to upgrade the application with a new version without any downtime.
- Portability of the code is possible up to a great extent.
Technical CARE Specialist
NokiaTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Need to update cluster manually
- Policies cannot be updated for existing components
- if any change in policy every has to create cluster

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employeesKubernetes
- We had several problems with its NFS, which is responsible for syncing the code across the cluster
- On several instances the pods go into UNKNOWN state in which case restarting the entire node is the only solution
- As a user of the existing setup given to me, I wasn't able to allocate only some CPU cores on a single host. It was either all or zero making cluster utilization sub-optimal
Web & Network Performance
LinkedInInternet, 5001-10,000 employees
Pricing Details
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Kubernetes
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Support Rating
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.
Software Engineer
JDA SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Kubernetes
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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 literally every other field they play in.
Director, eCommerce Analytics and Digital Marketing
Franklin SportsSporting Goods, 201-500 employees
Kubernetes
Most of the required features for any orchestration tool or framework, which is provided by Kubernetes. After understanding all modules and features of the K8S, it is the best fit for us as compared with others out there.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesReturn on Investment
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Positive impact in moving applications to cloud from the in-hose data center to save cost
- Sometimes got affected with some bugs on the AKS infrastructure but hasn't caused a big kios as our production footprint in AKS is not yet high

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Entertainment Company, 1001-5000 employeesKubernetes
- Because of microservices, Kubernetes makes it easy to find the cost of each application easily.
- Like every new technology, initially, it took more resources to educate ourselves but over a period of time, I believe it's going to be worth it.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Entertainment Company, 1001-5000 employees