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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean Kubernetes

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean's Managed Kubernetes is designed for simple and cost effective container orchestration.N/A

    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AA solution to deploy and orchestrate applications on a managed Kubernetes platform with centralized, SaaS-based management of distributed applications with a single pane of glass and rich observability. Simplified by managing deployments as one across on-prem, cloud, and edge locations.N/A
    Pricing
    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    No answer on this topic
    F5
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of DigitalOcean Kubernetes and F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Feature
    DigitalOcean Kubernetes
    -
    Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    8.2
    8 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
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    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
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    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    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
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DigitalOcean KubernetesF5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DigitalOcean
    DO Kubernetes is well-suited for: - deploying APIs - deploying workers - log collection and analysis (ie ELK stack) - deploying Helm charts and anything that can be mapped on to K8s concepts Less appropriate for anything requiring no public Internet access (ie VPC only). Less appropriate for anything requiring integration with the DO app platform via VPC, at the moment.
    Incentivized
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    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack is quite straightforward with the UI and you can expose the features you want. This simplifies the experience for non-admins
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    DigitalOcean
    • Hosted dashboard
    • Hosted container registry
    • Horizontal auto-scaling
    • LetsEncrypt SSL termination
    Incentivized
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    F5
    • Complex cloud configurations.
    • WAF and DDoS protection.
    • Automation and workflow integration.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    DigitalOcean
    • Option for internal VPC-only deployment
    • Better integration with cloud firewall
    • Better integration with DO App platform via VPC
    Incentivized
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    F5
    • It's still a little early so the app feels foreign to our ops teams
    • I would like to customize the UI so I can visually see if I'm in Prod or Dev based on background colors
    • Templates are a little awkward to create
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    Likelihood to Renew
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    once we get the hang of it and able to use it effectively, we are able to try out different application ideas without affecting existing infrastructure
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    I gave F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack this usability rating because, in my experience, the F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack product meets all the expectations
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack's support team is very responsive
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack's partner provided services are excellent
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is the most affordable and straightforward of the hosted Kubernetes options we evaluated. All features that we require are supported without an excess of complication of extraneous features. Straightforward billing is also very important for us in comparison to the Big Three cloud hosts, which have very complicated billing practices. DigitalOcean also provides a platform with very little vendor lock-in.
    Incentivized
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    F5
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    DigitalOcean
    • Excellent uptime
    • Low cost for provided value
    • Good integration with the rest of the DO platform to provide additional value
    Incentivized
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    F5
    • The WAF can be resource intensive in some cases
    Incentivized
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