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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    K3s Lightweight Kubernetes

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AK3s 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

    SAP Leonardo IoT

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AWith SAP Leonardo Internet of Things (IoT) you can understand usage patterns and drive action from insight with customer-facing, digital IoT platform services and sensor data embedded in business processes.

    $1.11

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    K3s Lightweight KubernetesSAP Leonardo IoT
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    $1.11
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    Time Series & Event Store
    $11.00
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    Business Services
    $122.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    K3s Lightweight KubernetesSAP Leonardo IoT
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    K3s Lightweight KubernetesSAP Leonardo IoT
    Internet of Things
    Comparison of Internet of Things features of K3s Lightweight Kubernetes and SAP Leonardo IoT
    Feature
    K3s Lightweight Kubernetes
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SAP Leonardo IoT
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    19% above category average
    IoT Device Management8.01 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Device Security8.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    IoT Data Management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    IoT Analytics00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    IoT Integration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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    K3s Lightweight KubernetesSAP Leonardo IoT
    Small Businesses
    AWS IoT Core
    Score10 out of 10
    AWS IoT Core
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
    AWS IoT Core
    Score10 out of 10
    AWS IoT Core
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    K3s Lightweight KubernetesSAP Leonardo IoT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    K3s Lightweight KubernetesSAP Leonardo IoT
    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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    SAP
    In my opinion SAP Leonardo IoT lets us access emerging technologies such as machine learning, big data, internet of things (IoT) and blockchain. It is often associated with SAP Cloud Platform services but it’s not limited to this, as it includes predictive features in S/4HANA (on-premise or in the cloud).
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    Pros
    SUSE
    • Virtual clusters
    • IoT devices
    • Local development
    • Raspberry Pi
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    SAP
    • It addresses the need for specific, real-time data that is output by the machines. This is very handy if you need data fast.
    • It is able to be integrated with many different platforms, which is really good for customization.
    • It's easy to implement in your current landscape, which provides less stress for your organization.
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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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    SAP
    • Large Amount of Data Management.
    • Cloud interpretation not clearly identified.
    • Integration with other data center like Microsoft azure.
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    Support Rating
    SUSE
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP always equals excellent support. This is not an exception. We've used the SAP help portal to find an answer or to contact SAP Support.
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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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    SAP
    Although with Hyperledger Fabric you can integrate some IoT devices, SAP IoT has a way better and more standardized GUI that really helps with efficiency. It is really hard with Hyperledger Fabric to navigate through a Linux terminal if you've never used bash. However, with SAP IoT the portal is pretty easy to navigate and understand. All the user has to do is know the higher-level design behind their IoT devices so that they can correctly implement them.
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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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    SAP
    • It manages data and in return it provide the summarized data of total investment.
    • It is data hub of all assets that being being utilized with the organization.
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