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K3s Lightweight Kubernetes vs. Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
K3s Lightweight Kubernetes
Score 9.1 out of 10
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K3s is a lightweight, certified Kubernetes distribution built for IoT & Edge computing, developed by Rancher Labs, which is now supported by SUSE since the 2020 acquisition. K3s is available free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.N/A
Azure IoT Edge
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Azure IoT Edge is a fully managed service built on Azure IoT Hub. Users can deploy cloud workloads—artificial intelligence, Azure and third-party services, or business logic—to run on Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices via standard containers. The vendor states that by moving certain workloads to the edge of the network, devices spend less time communicating with the cloud, react more quickly to local changes, and operate reliably even in extended offline periods.N/A
Pricing
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K3s Lightweight KubernetesAzure IoT Edge
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
K3s Lightweight KubernetesMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
K3s Lightweight Kubernetes
8.0
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
9.2
3 Ratings
15% above category average
IoT Device Management8.01 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Device Security8.01 Ratings9.93 Ratings
IoT Data Management00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
IoT Analytics00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
IoT Integration00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Best Alternatives
K3s Lightweight KubernetesMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Small Businesses
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Enterprises
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
AWS IoT Core
AWS IoT Core
Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
K3s Lightweight KubernetesMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
K3s Lightweight KubernetesMicrosoft Azure IoT Edge
Likelihood to Recommend
SUSE
K3s Lightweight Kubernetes is well suited for local development. K3s Lightweight Kubernetes is not well suited when you need backward support. In the case that you want to test an application that is still using deprecated APIs or CRDs which are supported on popular managed Cloud Kubernetes Distributions, because K3s Lightweight Kubernetes is trying to be a lightweight application and dropping early support for APIs/CRDs marked for deprication K3s Lightweight Kubernetes will not be a good solution. If you are trying to test Kubernetes etc, functionality, K3s Lightweight Kubernetes is not a good case since it's using Dqlite or SQLite.
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Microsoft
Deployment of mission critical business support solutions particularly those that support virtual learning and video conferencing environments. This is because they help organisations such as the university to effectively transition to a digitally compliant organisation.
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Pros
SUSE
  • Virtual clusters
  • IoT devices
  • Local development
  • Raspberry Pi
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Microsoft
  • It works even if there is no internet at client location. It will record all the generated data and only send them to cloud storage when there is internet connection.
  • It allows you to bring cloud functionality down to Edge location in the form of docker container.
  • It also supports two way communication from device to cloud and vice-versa.
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Cons
SUSE
  • Option to deploy a self managed k3s in the cloud
  • Support to deploy it with kubeadm
  • Integration with prometheus & grafana
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Microsoft
  • Microsoft Azure IoT Edge must support more Azure services for Edge computing.
  • Like stream analytics integration with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. Other services also should be integrated with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge for alerts and notifications.
  • Buffering issue needs to be resolved.
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Alternatives Considered
SUSE
We have mostly used kind, minikube, and Docker Desktop Kubernetes for local development. Only kind has lower resource requirements, but K3s Lightweight Kubernetes seems to be even lighter. It is a big benefit to be able to deploy a K3s Lightweight Kubernetes cluster in seconds locally in our workstation, there is no cost, and it makes it easy to redeploy from scratch no matter how many times we want. The removal of deprecated APIs or CRDs also makes it more secure since it reduces unnecessarily exposed attack vectors.
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Microsoft
In terms of creating a smart digital workplace, in terms of being granular in enterprise security, provides a modernised experience, high quality data analysis at the edge of computing, while providing efficient mobility and workplace services.
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Return on Investment
SUSE
  • Engineers have been able to run more microservices locally with K3s Lightweight Kubernetes instead of Minikube, which is more resources hungry
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Microsoft
  • ROI was high, as we were able to impress our clients with POC of Microsoft Azure IoT Edge with our IoT based ERP product.
  • We were able to perform our POC for almost free, as there no charges for Azure IoT Edge, only minimal charges for storage.
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