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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Rubrik

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Rubrik is cloud data management and enterprise backup software provided by Palo Alto-based Rubrik, Inc. It is a software platform that provides backup, instant recovery, archival, search, analytics, compliance, and copy data management in one secure fabric across data centers and clouds.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRubrik
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRubrik
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRubrik
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    99 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    93 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    99 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    88 Answers
    Features
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRubrik
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Rubrik
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Rubrik
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management7.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Rubrik
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    -
    Ratings
    Rubrik
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.8136 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.8125 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.1125 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.0134 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.4131 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.9129 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings6.7137 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings8.9141 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.1130 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings9.9142 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.8142 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.9132 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRubrik
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (86 ratings)
    8.6
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    8.3
    (26 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (6 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (8 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceRubrik
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik is still a relatively new product when compared to other solutions which tackle total data protection. The feature set is quite broad but still needs some refinements. Most of the User Interface is quite straightforward and easy, but some areas are a bit lacking in a description of what the option is used for, or the option is missing. While making the user experience easy, many tunables aren’t present and require a Support Tunnel to be open for a Support person to make a change in the customer’s environment. Seems the first question Support always asks is if you can open a tunnel for them to remote in. Then you’re not able to monitor exactly what they’re doing.
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    Pros
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    • It just works right out of the box. No customizations were needed to start using.
    • It protects several types of databases such as IBM DB2 that are not protected by competing products.
    • The Rubrik Support team is very knowledgeable and responsive to our issues.
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    Cons
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    • Automated test restores. I would love to setup automated and random test restores on a regular basis where Rubrik's system will restore a random file or directory to a test SharePoint folder, send a full report, and provide a path to the folder for review and confirmation.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    The support has been incredible. Any time we have had a question, it has always been answered within 24hrs. Also, the team is always will to hop on a Zoom call to help walk us through the dashboard and troubleshoot any issues we are having. Also, having the peace of mind that our data is protected should anything happen in our system.
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    Usability
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    The support is top notch both tech and sales team, the tools are simple
    to use and yet still is feature rich. Security is top of the list, the
    product is sold and reliable, easy to configure and intuitive to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    IBM's cloud is almost infallible.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik's brik is designed with redundancy in mind, ensuring that if one node experiences issues, others can continue to provide backup and recovery services.
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    Performance
    IBM
    IBM's cloud has a site in my conuntry (MEXICO) so the network latency was almost 0
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Yes. Even on VPN and poor occasional poor internet speeds we've had no issues.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik support has been pretty good. There have been a few issues with new releases we have experienced and are still considering if we want to make the jump to version nine. There are a few things we are concerned about which are giving us pause. That being said, support is working hard to answer our questions.
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    Very easy to take in and pass on.
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    Online Training
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    Easy to follow and very thorough. Trainer was knowledgeable and helpful answering any questions and providing detailed answers where possible. It's also nice to gain another badge :) There is also the Rubrik University online tutorials to refer back to and keep updated with new innovations. I would say the exam was very hard.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    From experience the implementation was smooth and easy, like a simple plug and play format but would need coordination from your network team to be able to see the entire IT infrastructure.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    Having all our backups under one umbrella made product management easier, with not need to manage myltip contracts.
    The additional analysis of the data after the fact gave insights into our user data, without the need for an addition product, or the impact on live data sets.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    We are fine with the 1 year or 3 year support options that Rubrik has had. The support for the on-prem hardware has been great too. We've had them for quite a while (4+ years) and no end of support yet.
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    Scalability
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik allows multi-site deployment and cloud integration. But we are currently only using Rubrik in one location with Archives in Cloud
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Rubrik, Inc
    • Rubrik has eliminated all our other backup tools that we were trying to accomplish what they offer.
    • Rubrik has made management of backups a non-issue.
    • Recovery of systems and files takes seconds or minutes.
    • We have a better strategy against ransomware.
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