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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Managed Istio

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.N/A

    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a managed Kubernetes offering, delivering user tools and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications that users can bind to cloud services related to IBM Watson®, IoT, DevOps and data analytics. As a certified K8s provider, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides intelligent scheduling, self-healing, horizontal scaling, service discovery and load balancing, automated rollouts and rollbacks, and secret and configuration management. The Kubernetes…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    I say IKS still has a more to work, while it benefits in being an early adopter like GKE, most of these services are easier to work on when it comes to web management, something the IKS lacks and needs to improve since its release because of how well-established the management …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Managed Istio and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Managed Istio
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of IBM Cloud Managed Istio and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Managed Istio
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.520 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings7.820 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings7.819 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings7.720 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.220 Ratings
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (86 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.
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    IBM
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service also stands out in environments where the workloads vary continuously and require befitting scale. The product excels particularly in microservices structures, wherein the companies would harness the capacity for container orchestration and automated scaling. Still, it may face the challenges due to monolith applications that have not been originally developed for using container technology.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Layers transparently onto existing applications
    • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
    • Creates metrics for usage
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    IBM
    • IBM has a strong focus on serverless and Kubernetes. This shows in the platform. Deploying containers to Kubernetes was very easy.
    • Deploying a Kubernetes cluster through the GUI is very easy and quick. On top of that, IBM Cloud offers a single node cluster for Free.
    • Container Registry is a very good product for managing container images. Integration with Kubernetes was seemless.
    • Portability. To transition from Google Cloud Kubernetes to IBM Cloud Kubernetes took almost no effort. We mostly use the CLI and the standard tools such as kubectl were present.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
    • Better technical user guidance.
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    IBM
    • I constantly get this error even when everything is well configured prefect.exceptions.AuthorizationError: [{'path': ['auth_info'], 'message': 'AuthenticationError: Forbidden', 'extensions': {'code': 'UNAUTHENTICATED'}}]
    • Then sometimes the error disapear without changine anything, happened twice to me. Should there be an issue with the authentication service? Please let's improve or let users know why this may be happening.
    • Improve the UX in the browse console when removing many images at once
    • UX on the process of installing KeyCloack operator
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    We have our application running on a CentOS compartment on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. We have been utilizing the help since IBM Cloud initially dispatched. We liked the adaptability and versatility that IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service give us. Since we are tiny, the Kubernetes administration is just utilized at present inside my venture bunch.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    We actually haven't had any real problems in our clusters recently and the results we have gotten from adopting IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service have been beyond even our greatest expectations. The community has helped optimize the use of the system and make it relatively simpler to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
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    IBM
    IBM's cloud is almost infallible.
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    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    IBM's cloud has a site in my conuntry (MEXICO) so the network latency was almost 0
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    Training and usage support available
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    IBM
    The self-guided support was solid, and there are plenty of online videos to guide first time users, but I think one area of improvement is a faster way to transfer a large quantity of files from our local machine to the cloud for storage (Aspera)
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    Online Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Online training is really an important resource for using these tools. IBM's help center is rich in useful information and tips. Also, external guides and tutorials are available (e.g. on youtube), but I followed only IBM ones and I had no difficulties.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
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    IBM
    Ease of use. Very intuitive. We have been looking for a product that allows us to orchestrate our docker containers in a way where it allows us to effectively scale our applications to production. It also provides us a way of monitoring all our infrastructure in a very clear concise way.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
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    IBM
    We mainly selected [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service] because IBM fabric blockchain service is mostly compatible with it. To have all the infrastructure in a single cloud to get the best output we selected the [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service].
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    Scalability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    IBM's CKS does not offers automatic autoscaling nor vertical scaling (automatic). Other services like Google Kubernetes Engine scales up and down very well
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
    • One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
    • It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
    • It reduced the number of labor hours.
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    IBM
    • Increased development speed and agility allows to build features faster and more economically.
    • Improved resource utilization helps keep applications running very efficiently, which saves on cloud service expenses.
    • Scalability and resilience allows for scaling up or down based on demand, which keeps applications running efficiently and more economically.
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