Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs OpenShift

Likelihood to Recommend

Azure Kubernetes service works well, installs easily, is robust and is constantly updated. It uses a great environment when you're running a bunch of servers handling user traffic. The monitoring is quite nice too. Except for the monitoring tools for the database. Azure Kubernetes service still doesn't support autoscaling of nodes. It takes time to fully set up. But once you get going it’s fine.

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Mounika Chirasani

Software Engineer

JDA SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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As with any solution, it depends on how and why you want to deploy it. OpenShift is excellent for medium to large deployments, but I would caution against smaller deployments unless you're planning on ramping up to a larger deployment in short order. It just doesn't make financial sense to deploy it in a small configuration.

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Engineer in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

OpenShift

Ease of building user interfaces

Scalability

Platform management overhead

Workflow engine capability

Platform access control

Services-enabled integration

Development environment creation

Development environment replication

Issue monitoring and notification

Issue recovery

Upgrades and platform fixes

Pros

To scale the microservices very easily.
Easy to set up in CI/CD pipeline.
It has a good pricing option as well in Azure. Basic works fine.
Accelerates containerized application development for the developers.

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Mounika Chirasani

Software Engineer

JDA SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Pre built cartridges, giving a huge range of software ready to go. Reduces the amount of time required to get up and running.
Integration with GIT was an advantage, cloning the repo and making changes was straight forward.
Speed, creating an environment in minutes, ready to deploy.

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Professional in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Database services monitoring is weak.
It doesn't possess a good monitoring solution.
Response times in cloud applications could be faster.

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Mounika Chirasani

Software Engineer

JDA SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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I would like to see a public cloud using OpenShift and Docker integration. I am not aware if this is already available now.
I would like to see a tool that can help with extracting log files from the remote server like it being available on a Samba shared folder. And other applications that want to scan for keywords in the application log can check if there have been any errors or exceptions thrown by the application.

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Sonam Samdupkhangsar

Senior (Consultant) Software Engineer

Intermountain HealthcareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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OpenShift 10.0

Based on 4 answers

Leverage OpenShift Online constantly at both the free and paid tiers. While AWS is convenient, it often brings more administration than I want to deal with for a quick application (i.e. Drupal or Wordpress blog). OpenShift also simplifies the DNS registration and ability to share application environments with team members

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Isaac Christoffersen

Architect, Infrastructure Services

VizuriInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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OpenShift 8.5

Based on 2 answers

It is easy to understand. Gives our team freedom to focus on the quality of our coding and not worry too much about build and deployment which honestly can be a headache for some of us. Also, customer support is fast and responsive so we don't have to wait for weeks for issues to get fixed.

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Consultant in Engineering

Information Technology and Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Support Rating

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 9.0

Based on 1 answer

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

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Mounika Chirasani

Software Engineer

JDA SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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OpenShift 9.0

Based on 6 answers

First of all OpenShift Help Portal is a great place to get assistance in case of any OpenShift platform related technical questions. When it comes to paid support subscription friendly support agents can find the right answer for you in a matter of minutes which is super efficient way of solving any critical issues.

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Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

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EC2 seems really cheap until you realize how many hours there are in a year, so it is expensive for something that runs 24/7. And scaling is a challenge (and even more expensive) to set up for.Bluehost has very reasonable prices, but it feels so cluttered whenever I login to cPanel. Thank goodness they have an SSH option also, but I remember having to send a picture ID or something and pay extra for the privilege

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Peter Ivie

Full Stack Developer

GeneSys FoundationInternet, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Accelerates the development of a developer.
To scale the microservices very easily.
easy to set up in CI/CD.

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Mounika Chirasani

Software Engineer

JDA SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Cost - OpenShift is extremely inexpensive. I use a free account for Dev and QA. For production, I am planning on using a low cost paid subscription.
Time - You can get your application up and running in minutes so if you find that the service is not for you, you don't have much to lose.

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Keith D. Moore

Software Consultant/Architect

Viverae, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

OpenShift Editions & Modules

Edition

Azure On Demand	$0.171¹
1-Year Reserved Instance	$0.114¹
3-Year Reserved Instance	$0.076¹

Per Hour

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

OpenShift

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

OpenShift

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

OpenShift

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

OpenShift

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

OpenShift

Likelihood to Recommend