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    IBM Cloud Code Engine

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform that unifies the deployment of containers and applications including web apps, microservices, event-driven functions, or batch jobs. This serverless compute service aims to remove the burden of building, deploying, and managing workloads in Kubernetes so users can focus on writing code and not on the infrastructure that is needed to host it. With IBM Cloud Code Engine users can run any workload…N/A

    Kubernetes

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AKubernetes is an open-source container cluster manager.N/A
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    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
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    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Code Engine
    IBM Cloud Satellite is distributed cloud platform while IBM Code Engine is serverless. They both has capabilities that are non overlapping and run on IKS/K8S.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Code Engine
    Code enigine is much easier to understand.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Code Engine
    it is as good as them
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Code Engine
    Cloud engine is much easier to use, and gives a very clear interface and control. Each application can be configured differently with ease and changed without having to know anything about different subscription levels or inner workings of the system. Just change the resource …
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    Kubernetes
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
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    Features
    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Code Engine and Kubernetes
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Code Engine
    6.6
    15 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Kubernetes
    -
    Ratings
    Scalability6.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration6.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of IBM Cloud Code Engine and Kubernetes
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Code Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Kubernetes
    9.3
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
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    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.2
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Code EngineKubernetes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    It would be a good solution for running serverless applications. Because infrastructure setup and maintenance expenses can be avoided, the investment will pay for itself. The time to value is short, allowing IT to respond to business demands quickly. It aided us in customizing security as well as operating a personal project using to autoscale up and down approach. Also, because there isn't much hassle, items can be pushed into production as soon as possible. Simply push a container, create an application, and you're ready to go. But, It is less suited when you have a static machine or need to keep data in some way and do not want to utilize network storage or a database.
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    Kubernetes
    K8s should be avoided - If your application works well without being converted into microservices-based architecture & fits correctly in a VM, needs less scaling, have a fixed traffic pattern then it is better to keep away from Kubernetes. Otherwise, the operational challenges & technical expertise will add a lot to the OPEX. Also, if you're the one who thinks that containers consume fewer resources as compared to VMs then this is not true. As soon as you convert your application to a microservice-based architecture, a lot of components will add up, shooting your resource consumption even higher than VMs so, please beware. Kubernetes is a good choice - When the application needs quick scaling, is already in microservice-based architecture, has no fixed traffic pattern, most of the employees already have desired skills.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Managed Environment for partners and customers - shifting skills and speed to CSP
    • A variety of programming model support
    • Elastic scalability for cloud native development and speed
    • Flexible consumption model
    • Containerized workloads with horizontal scalability
    • Here is an example - live demo walk-thru delivered to partners and community:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBClYgpDFg
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    Kubernetes
    • Complex cluster management can be done with simple commands with strong authentication and authorization schemes
    • Exhaustive documentation and open community smoothens the learning process
    • As a user a few concepts like pod, deployment and service are sufficient to go a long way
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    Cons
    IBM
    • the pricing structure is complicated, and the servers are expensive. I really think they should offer better pricing options and support for more languages
    • sometimes the servers go down, and they take too long to respond to support tickets
    • uploading documents is slow since I have to do it one by one, making the process much longer than it should be
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    Kubernetes
    • Local development, Kubernetes does tend to be a bit complicated and unnecessary in environments where all development is done locally.
    • The need for add-ons, Helm is almost required when running Kubernetes. This brings a whole new tool to manage and learn before a developer can really start to use Kubernetes effectively.
    • Finicy configmap schemes. Kubernetes configmaps often have environment breaking hangups. The fail safes surrounding configmaps are sadly lacking.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Since this capability supports a wide variety of use cases - all on non proprietary and open technology based frameworks
    Incentivized
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    Kubernetes
    The Kubernetes is going to be highly likely renewed as the technologies that will be placed on top of it are long term as of planning. There shouldn't be any last minute changes in the adoption and I do not anticipate sudden change of the core underlying technology. It is just that the slow process of technology adoption that makes it hard to switch to something else.
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    Usability
    IBM
    Consumers can purchase individual components as well as unlocking new bundles with special features and services including the extensive data management governance capabilities of the Automation range. Kubernetes containerizing for effective service implementation and an agile, flexible multi-cloud data program help both utilization expansion and deployment to be improved by this architecture.
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    Kubernetes
    It is an eminently usable platform. However, its popularity is overshadowed by its complexity. To properly leverage the capabilities and possibilities of Kubernetes as a platform, you need to have excellent understanding of your use case, even better understanding of whether you even need Kubernetes, and if yes - be ready to invest in good engineering support for the platform itself
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    What impresses me most about IBM Cloud Code Engine is the container workload management capability and the Cloud services and dataflow monitoring functionalities. Data security and network security control via IBM Cloud Code Engine is quite excellent and very responsive data integration functions and the first deployment is not very technical.
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    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.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • [One] positive is that we have one tool to learn (and a simple one) for all kinds of deployment. We need less people to maintain the system.
    • We have saved a lot of time on trouble shooting. It's clear how it works. It's "just" kubernetes..
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    Kubernetes
    • 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.
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