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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is a comprehensive service that offers fully managed OpenShift clusters, on IBM Cloud platform. It is directly integrated into the same Kubernetes service that maintains 25 billion on-demand forecasts daily at The Weather Company.N/A
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    IBM
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    1. The pricing is better than the other competitors. 2. We are already using other services being offered by IBM, so it makes better sense to utilize the IBM cloud red hat open shift. 3. Support is also valuable. 4. security is good. 5. constant updates on clusters. 6. cloud …
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    Chose Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is best when it comes to security capabilities and hybrid scenarios. With Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud we could provision new environments very quickly and in cost effective way. Customers could also use the cloud credits that they might have …
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    Chose Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Red hat Openshift had a better user interface by far. Amazon EKS's was so basic it was essentially useless. We had to use a separate tool called lens to get basic stuff done. Lens was buggy and didn't work as well though, even for basic functionality like updating a K8s secret.
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    Chose Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    For our particular use case, Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud was very cost-competitive. We already had RHEL, OpenShift, and Ansible skills that translated to the service. From a feature and function perspective, most solutions have a parity but being open source and less chance …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    For one of our banking clients, I have explored and played around the Kubernetes platform on IBM Cloud. In the process to deploy the application, I had to create the deployment artifacts, which was quite cumbersome. But then for one of the automotive clients I was asked to …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    7.4
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Security and Isolation8.75 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.05 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.05 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Storage Management7.85 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization7.85 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.25 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks7.05 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.25 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging7.55 Ratings6.77 Ratings
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    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    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)Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    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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    IBM
    RedHat OpenShift is not only suited for IBM Cloud but can run in ANY cloud. We installed in Azure Cloud, for example. It can also run on Linux servers or a Power 9 machine. It is built for multi-cloud or on-prem environments. IBM support provides such excellent guidance in the installation and configuration that no other product on the market can beat it.
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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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    IBM
    • Multiclick provisioning of resources makes it super easy to manage pods and deployments. We don't have to maintain code for the same
    • In built security features and customizability ensures that organization wide standards are integrated well into the containers
    • Automated backups, scale ups and fail recovery makes sure of minimal down time
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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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    IBM
    • I wish it had better compatibility with docker file syntax. We had issues when it couldn't build standard docker files
    • Wish it had better documentation
    • Wish they offered fully supported client libraries for the Openshift API rather than dumping it on a 3rd party
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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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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    IBM
    I think response time for IBM Cloud support should be improved.
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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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    IBM
    We evaluated a number of potential solutions and ultimately chose Red Hat OpenShift because it was compatible with our existing technology. Time and costs savings have been realized throughout the company since we implemented Red Hat OpenShift, and the IT department has been freed up to focus on activities that are more valuable.
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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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    IBM
    • Our customer satisfaction and NPS score has had positive outcomes based on new architecture
    • We are focused on business outcomes vs running the service and maintenance
    • OpenShift on IBM Cloud has had a direct, positive impact on TCO, ROI, and payback period
    • Our staff is more focused on higher-level business activities, i.e. acquiring & customer retention
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