DigitalOcean Kubernetes vs. Percona Kubernetes Operators

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Score 9.0 out of 10
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DigitalOcean's Managed Kubernetes is designed for simple and cost effective container orchestration.N/A
Percona Kubernetes Operators
Score 4.0 out of 10
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The Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster or Percona Server for MongoDB automates the creation, alteration, or deletion of members in a Percona XtraDB Cluster or Percona Server for MongoDB environment. It can be used to instantiate a new Percona XtraDB Cluster or Percona Server for MongoDB replica set, or to scale an existing environment. The Operator contains all necessary Kubernetes settings to provide a proper and consistent Percona XtraDB Cluster or Percona Server for…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsFree and open-source
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DigitalOcean KubernetesPercona Kubernetes Operators
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.
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Percona
Production ready, robust DB solution built for Kubernetes envs, we was able, for the first time, to ship production db workloads inside k8s. Be sure to check differences with "traditional" MySQL and other clustering solutions. Also be sure to match it with proper k8s storage solutions.
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Pros
DigitalOcean
  • Hosted dashboard
  • Hosted container registry
  • Horizontal auto-scaling
  • LetsEncrypt SSL termination
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Percona
  • Easy and fast deployment.
  • A reliable, fully automated, high-available db lifecycle management solution.
  • Exaustive documentation.
  • Production ready.
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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
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Percona
  • Some differences compared to "traditional" MySQL solution.
  • Had some hard times trying to use it combined with pre-existing techs like WordPress, Magento, etc.
  • The specific k8s environment features can have an impact on it, like the storage solutions offered by the cloud vendor.
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Usability
DigitalOcean
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Percona
Easy and fast deployment. A reliable, fully automated, high-available db lifecycle management solution. It requires a bit of learning time for people new to operators ecosystem.
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Support Rating
DigitalOcean
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Percona
Well documented, there was no need to contact support.
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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.
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Percona
For a long time we struggled finding a viable solution to migrate our existing db workloads inside Kubernetes. Before "operators era" proper db workloads required manual management, of course that easily raised administrative overhead. Then the future started to be brighter with the introduction of operators and the "official" Oracle's MySQL Operator, then Presslab's one, finally Percona's operator. Compared to other operators, the last one allowed us to ship production db workloads inside k8s.
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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
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Percona
  • It allowed us to use k8s on our entire infrastructure.
  • Decreased administrative overhead around our db services.
  • As it is an open source technology, it cut down our db pricings.
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