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May 02, 2021

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review

CEO & MD

Gurjartech Pvt Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We give various blockchain programming interface administration answers for our customer for an intermediary casting a ballot application utilized by significant stock exchange organizations in UK and USA. Our blockchain programming interface was facilitated and oversees inside the IBM [Cloud Kubernetes Service]. The [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service] has been utilized all over the office among the organization.

Pros and Cons

Easy to access on demand
Scalable
Flexible

Need to improve [the] support system
Should make simple UI

Likelihood to Recommend

We zeroed in on consumer loyalty and working with IBM Cloud let us fulfill our client like never before. We additionally prepared our representatives in IBM Cloud for a better comprehension of cloud engineering and its utilization.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

It is not difficult to convey new applications and the documentation is, generally, simple to peruse which makes the simplicity of utilizing the CLI more helpful for all.

Usability

9

Ludicrous we have utilized the [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service], we scarcely get any personal time. The majority of the organization and asset segments redesign are we arranged so it never affected our administration.

Training Types Used

Online training

April 29, 2021

IBM Cloud Kubernetes "High Scalability & Integration"

Co-Founder

Multitechservers (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service for managing our several applications in the microservices environment. The best part of using this service is easy to scale, with No Need to Configure everything again & again. We Can launch thousands of applications in a single time with the help of Cloud Kubernetes service.

Pros and Cons

Scalable
High performance
Backup
Microservices

Pre-configured template
Easy Documentation

Likelihood to Recommend

[IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is well suited for] Large E-commerce Setup, DevOps Environment, Large Scale Infrastructure Management

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

[IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services] GUI feature helps us a lot to navigate things easily. Also with the help of this, it's easy for new users to understand the environment quickly. Also, the integration process is also helps you to understand the CI/CD Environment.

Usability

10

The Major reason for this is High Performance & Integration functions.

Training Types Used

Online training

June 04, 2021

Cloudians of IBM

KARANKUMAR AGRAWAL

Web Developer

BISAG (Government Administration, 10,001+ employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We generally have to work on particular projects [where] we have deployed IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service on the cloud. So, our organization does not use it but we suggest and implement IBM Cloud Kubernetes services to deploy our whole project. Basically, they work on geo-sensing areas.

Pros and Cons

it has good autoscaling
Large Availability
platform as a service
secret and configuration management
self healing

API rate limits
Worker pool size because you have a minimum of 1 worker node
Pod instances

Likelihood to Recommend

When you want to use [a] platform as service model then it is good because all those things are managed by cloud provider. When you need more like your own hardware and infrastructure, then it is not well [suited].

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

Before I said that our organization [has] not used this, but [we] suggested this so [clients] used it and they got much benefited from these capabilities.

Usability

10

Because it is easy to use [with a] user-friendly GUI and easy to handle through GUI. Also through Command Line Interface and this is my favorite one of the best services.

Training Types Used

Online training

May 28, 2021

Best Kubernetes Platform

Co-Ordinator

Podar Group (Education Management, 201-500 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service to orchestrate our ML/AI workloads on Linux ONE. We have been using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service for managing our various applications in the microservice world. The advantage of using this service is it's quite easy to scale, without any need of configuring everything again and again. We can quickly launch those hundreds of applications in a single instance with the help of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

Pros and Cons

Good services
Easy setup and use
Perfectly managed security and certificates
Easy integration to log analysis
Scalable
Easy access to public and private endpoint

IBM Cloud generally is slow
Pricing
Updating node and Kubernetes version becomes a hassle sometimes
Shortage of service tags

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is perfect for blockchain deployment, suited for business applications and for web apps where we want less hassle and the operational side to take care of itself.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We have not much used the internal dashboard; instead we used infrastructure as code from our development side. But no doubt IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service has the best cluster management dashboard. I have tested a bit so far and it's easy to understand and build the services for monitoring and have an overview.

Usability

10

Kubernetes is perfect. The Kubernetes API is one of my favorite tools for automating a deployment pipeline. Deployments become more reliable and faster because we no longer deal with VMs. Our deployments have become more reliable because it’s easier to test and ship containers.

Training Types Used

Online training

May 13, 2021

Best Kubernetes Serviced in IBM Cloud

IT consultant

AcuteAyes (Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is been used for a client to build web apps and business applications and also to have resilience, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling services. It is also used for matrices to view logs and monitor service health checks, security, and the consistency of applications. Providing the consultancy to different financial clients who are outsourcing the services and designing the workloads for their applications and operational task.

IBM Kubernetes services are very good in terms of reliability and consistent operation with reducing management. It is easy to distribute the clusters and manage the services easily. IBM services make the task quite easy to do it all in one place.

Pros and Cons

Reliable managed kube service to operate.
Easy to deploy and manage.
Less code
Best on the operational side by less work.
Security
Great customer service

Adding more service logs
Matrices graph

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited in business applications and for the web apps where you want less hassle and the operational side takes care by itself.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

No doubt IBM Kubernetes has the best cluster management transparent dashboard I have come across so far and it is easy to understand and build the services to monitor and have a unified overview—a holistic view you can say.

Usability

8

I found it quite easy with optimized services.

Training Types Used

Online training

July 20, 2021

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review

DevSecOps Engineer

Curl (Computer Software, 201-500 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service for running multiple microservices applications with dev, UAT, and Prod environments. The best thing about IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is that we don't have to manage the underline infrastructure. It's easy to scale, manage and monitor the applications by using the predefined functions. Billings are also very straightforward.

Pros and Cons

Easy to scale
Easy to monitor
Cost effective
Highly available

Lack of community support

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is best suited for running the microservices applications.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

Yes, We have integrated the API services in the CICD pipeline for continuous delivery.

Usability

9

It's very good for all tiers of microservices. It's good with integration with CICD pipelines as well.

Training Types Used

Online training

June 25, 2021

My Experience With IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

IT Expert

JFK Electricals (Consumer Electronics, 11-50 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is being used by our IT department. We have a business applications and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service was very helpful when we were migrating the app from being in-house to the cloud. The platform is also very helpful when it comes to scaling the application. Scaling is not only easy but also affordable.

Pros and Cons

It is affordable compared to competitors
Scaling is easy
It is reliable
Good user interface
Quick deployment

Not suitable for newbies
Documentation is not the best

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is suitable for a business that is either running application(s) on-premise and wish to migrate to the cloud for better management and easy scaling. The platform makes the whole process easy and affordable.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

The GUI is easy to use and understand and the CLI is smooth and effective when it comes to executing commands.

Usability

9

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service can be used in many platforms, it is easy to use but requires a bit of practice/exposure, it is cost effective and most importantly, integration is easy.

Training Types Used

Online training

April 13, 2021

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Review

Data scientist

NYU IT (Education Management, 501-1000 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am currently using it for a project. It is meant to address the ease of orchestrating the deployment of containers.

Pros and Cons

Good documentation.
Ease of installation.
Good UI.

Having better instructional videos online would be nice.

Likelihood to Recommend

A well-suited case is when we want to evaluate a new potential cloud service. It is less appropriate for situations where businesses already have one.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

It is easy to deploy new applications and the documentation is, for the most part, easy to read which makes the ease of using the CLI more convenient for all.

Support Rating

8

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).

May 17, 2021

Best Kubernetes Tool in town

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Computer Networking Company, 1-10 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is utilized by our startup to host our application. It allows us to scale up easily our applications and is cost-effective.

Pros and Cons

Easy and fast deployment
Reliability
Cost effective

Expensive
Bad Logging
Not available in all regions

Likelihood to Recommend

The best scenario for Kubernetes is for a blockchain platform. Other than that, you can easily host your application using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

The GUI is easy to use and is extremely simple. We have used the CLI feature though we need not require the API or may require it in future cases. The CLI is also smooth and is able to execute most of the commands.

Usability

10

IBM Cloud Kubernetes can be used on multiple platforms, cost-effective, easy integration, and can be easily scaled based on our requirements.

Training Types Used

Online training

May 14, 2021

Good container orchestration platform from IBM

Verified User

Manager in Engineering

Consumer Electronics Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is being used by a department. We run different backend microservices in it to serve our consumers. It is adopted to ease the management of containers in the cloud. Since it's a managed service, we don't need to spend much effort from an operation perspective.

Pros and Cons

Support different regions and zones
Easy for provisioning
Easy to scale

Monitoring has room for improvement.
Cluster identity with random IDs are difficult to memorize.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is well suited to run microservices workload that requires high availability, scaling, with good performance. Combined with other IBM Cloud services (e.g. API Connect), it's very easy to set up a working environment in a short while. Comparing with other cloud providers, IBM seems to have fewer locations. If your service wants to be deployed closer to the end-users, it's worth checking out the available locations.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We mostly use Kube CLI to interact with Kubernetes. IBM CLI is only used for granting access to the cluster. The GUI is nice to monitor the workload in the cluster. However, since we try to automate monitoring and alerting, we don't use the GUI that often.

Usability

9

It provides both GUI and CLI support. It's easy to provision, use, and operate.

Training Types Used

Online training

August 18, 2021

Kubernetes review

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Migrating legacy apps to the native cloud. It provides a simple way to progressively remove code from monolithic ones while providing all cloud benefits like autoscaling or data integrity. IBM Cloud makes it very easy with great documentation and support.

Pros and Cons

Quick learning curve.
Fast deploypment.
Great documentation.
Excellent customer support.

Generation time.
Fixing issues.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited if you need top-tier and responsive support. Not suited for low complexity apps where setting it can take a high percentage of the project.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

CLI is easy to learn and makes it easy to automate deployment scenartios. GUI is nice but load times and responsiveness can be improved.

Usability

8

Documentation and support is the best in the industry, but sometimes the development work is impacted by cloud bugs.

Training Types Used

Online training

April 21, 2021

IBM Cloud Kubernetes - Great choice for both small and large businesses!

Verified User

Engineer in Other

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We host our application running on a CentOS container on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. We have been using the service since IBM Cloud originally launched. We appreciated the flexibility and scalability that IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provide us. Since we are quite small, the Kubernetes service is only used currently within my project group.

Pros and Cons

Great flexibility
Worker node management
Awesome support

Difficult to master fast
Sometimes buggy
Container gets reset from time to time

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is best for apps that need to scale and developers who want to deploy their software fast and easily. In our opinion, it is also good for cutting the cost. However, it cannot provide bare metal server performance like traditional servers, nor does it provide full native support in system and SSH.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

The CLI and API have been developed rapidly and we find it annoying to change logics in our deploying script all the time. IBM Cloud Kubernetes provides good documentation and it is relatively easy to pick up updates and new APIs as well as digging out which one is deprecated. Overall, we think it adds a little bit of hassle in cluster management due to this fact.

May 21, 2021

My Experience with IBM

Verified User

Professional in Engineering

Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am working in a Information Technology and service based company. We focused on customer satisfaction and working with IBM cloud let us satisfy our customer more than ever. We also trained our employees in IBM Cloud for the better understanding of cloud architecture and its use.

Pros and Cons

Availability
Persistence
Reliability
Assurance
On-time incident management

Include K3s
Increase ICR availability

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited to get on hands training.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

Yes GUI also used by us. Sometimes we prefer GUI for better understanding.

Usability

9

I gave 9 out of 10. Because some functions needs to be improved.

Training Types Used

Online training
in-person training

February 09, 2021

IKS best goes with IBM blockchain platform

Hasnaeen Ferdous

Software Infrastructure Engineer (Blockchain Consultant)

NuArca (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We provide multiple blockchain api service solution to our client for a proxy voting application used by major stock transfer company in usa. Our blockchain api were hosted and manages inside the IBM [Cloud Kubernetes Service]. The [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service] has been used by all across the department among the company.

Pros and Cons

Well Managed node and dashboard
Easy to access public and private endpoint
Easy to upgrade and downgrade node pool anytime it's been needed
Well Managed security and certificates

Service dashboard can be loaded with more goto information
Disk, persistent volume etc should be also easy to access from service dashboard
Updating node and kubernetes version is pretty hassle some

Likelihood to Recommend

It's well-suited for internal service connectivity inside the IBM cloud. If you are using other IBM products then [IBM Cloud Kubernetes] is very suitable to use. For example using IBM blockchain service [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service] is very helpful. Services that associated with internal IBM cloud components are easy to access and use.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We hardly use internal dashboard rather we used infrastructure as code from our development side.

Usability

9

Over the period we have used the [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service], we hardly get any down time. Most of the network and resource components upgrade are we planned so it never impacted our service.

Training Types Used

in-person training
no training

February 05, 2021

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is used by specific departments of the organization who supports microservices based workload that needs to be deployed on highly available and highly secure native Kubernetes Cluster without bothering to manage the cluster. It solves a range of issues needed related to development and deployment of applications in Kubernetes environment like availability, scalability, security, and management of cluster.

Pros and Cons

Management of Cluster
Available in different sizes
Availability
Scalability
Security

Free Kubernetes Cluster provides 2 vCPUs 4GB RAM . I suggest to increase this quota and duration of free trial so that more PoC and demos can be done on IBM cloud. The more the developer community is comfortable with IBM Cloud Portal interface, the more popular it will become which in turn will bring more business.

Likelihood to Recommend

- Microservices based applications built using domain driven design
- Scalable web applications
- Provision to extend application capabilities with IBM Watson APIs
- Ideal for payment platforms which is inherently built using microservices architecture

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

GUI offers a good alternative to command line interface so that the novice users can bring themselves up to speed. Also, the Continuous integration features simplifies the development task by allowing [you] to deploy the application directly from the IDEs saving a lot of developers time and effort.

Usability

9

Ease of use

Easy scalability

High availability

Training Types Used

Online training

June 17, 2020

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services let us bootstrap and learn blockchain quickly.

VP Engineering

Triple Point Liquidity (Financial Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We elected to use IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service because of the excellent support for blockchain (hyperledger). The fact that we could containerized master nodes and move the chain outside of IBM cloud services when that time arrived. As well, the presence and availability of IBM consulting services enabled us to feel confident that we would never the stuck at sea.

Pros and Cons

Blockchain Abilities
Brand Trust
Impressive GUI/appearance

AWS-Parity

Likelihood to Recommend

The tutorials, especially around blockchain, have been good quality. We found the certificate services vague and unclear, as well as a simple way to firewall or whitelist traffic (we seem to need to 'manually' build a node to be the firewall). When services are present and running's he feel perfect and stable, and the interface use them is not awful, like AWS.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We have had a good time learning and modifying cluster services with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. I think it would be easier if we stuck to IBM's purely-native cluster service GUI and metaphors — in fact, I know it would be. In our case, we have a client demand to be multi-cloud, so IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service was a first stop for POC, since one of the cloud environments the client expects is IBM.

June 08, 2020

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review

PhD Candidate

University of Bologna (Research, 5001-10,000 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service for research purposes. It is used by the whole Cloud services research team. It allows us to scale up easily our applications and to set up autoscale mechanisms when a condition is verified. We use IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service because it is really cost-effective and permits a precise billing based on the used resources.

Pros and Cons

Cost effective
Horizontal Scaling
Microservice Approach
Containerization

Overkill for simple applications
Learning curve slow
Not all software are native compatible

Likelihood to Recommend

The Microservice approach offered by IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is well suited for applications that can be easily split into several parts that work independently one from each other. It is not easy to split correctly the software in multiple parts, but with Kubernetes, you can manage in real-time the deployment of your application, so some services can be deployed on the same physical machine.
It is not appropriate for really monolithic applications that require a lot of data in memory that is shared with multiple threads (e.g. AI applications).

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

In our experience, we typically use IBM Cloud Kubernetes from CLI. It is really powerful and permits us to manage the entire cluster with simple APIs. CLI tools can be installed also on dumb terminals so that no powerful and GUI furnished nodes are required for managing the Cluster. Sometimes we use also the web GUI, really intuitive and complete, but less flexible than CLI.

Usability

9

The GUI and the CLI permit total control on your cluster. Moreover, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service tries to overcome the lack of an ssh shell by providing a virtual ssh shell on every container.

Training Types Used

Online training

April 08, 2020

Try using the container service of IBM Cloud Kubernetes

Channel operations manager

Buzzoranges (Computer Games, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our entire department is using it to create high-availability clusters, making mobile scalability truly user-friendly and easy to develop multilingual applications.

Pros and Cons

You can add features easily, growing as you need.
Options for dedicated servers or VMs gives us a lot of flexibility from a provisioning standpoint.
Quick deployment.
Powerful tool!

Old operation guide.
For beginner developers, it takes longer to learn costs.
Too expensive.

Likelihood to Recommend

1. Deploy a simple Python application with Kubernetes.

2. Build a smart WeChat robot with IBM Watson Assistant with Cloud Function.

3. Deploy a simple React application with Kubernetes.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We are still trying to make better use of these features.

Support Rating

7

Compared with other platforms, it takes too long to create a cluster. Even a free plan with only one node.

Usability

7

Kubernetes is absolutely fantastic. The Kubernetes API is a great tool when it comes to automating a deployment pipeline. Deployments are not only more reliable, but also much faster, because we’re no longer dealing with VMs. Our builds and deployments have become more reliable because it’s easier to test and ship containers.

April 09, 2020

IBM Kubernetes Review

Venkata Rao Vuppala

Lead Engineer

TCS (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it for proof of concept for microservices using Kubernetes and Docker engine.

Pros and Cons

Simple.
Scalable.
Reliable.

Not available in all regions.
Setting up cluster takes time.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes is well suited for e-commerce fields where innovation takes place in rapid scale.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

It's always good to have GUI for quick learning but when it comes to management, CLI always takes precedence. It is good that IBM Kubernetes offers both options.

Support Rating

10

quick and helpful

October 09, 2019

IBM Cloud Kubernetes is an excellent container management system

Enterprise Architect

Hanley (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are an IT consulting company specializing in cloud architecture, security, hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. We recently starting working with IBM Cloud. We used IBM Cloud Kubernetes to train ourselves in preparation to advise our customers.

We deployed several test environments from our Google Cloud Kubernetes system to IBM Cloud Kubernetes for practice. This proceeded without incident or technical problems. I wrote an article on my personal website that detailed my experiences with IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Kubernetes.

Pros and Cons

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.

IBM Kubernetes worked as I expected it to. The area that I would like improvement is either the simplification of the Kubernetes commands or a better management layer built on top. It takes considerable effort to train administrators to manage Kubernetes. However, I feel that adding a management layer should be an option so that the core IBM Kubernetes offering stays industry compatible.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes is well suited to anything serverless to start. As more companies integrate the cloud into their core datacenter services, IBM Cloud Kubernetes makes for a wonderful deployment platform. As monolith applications are broken into individual services, containerization offers great appeal. The ability to deploy, update and scale thru automation has enormous potential.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We understand the IBM Cloud Kubernetes GUI and CLI well. However, as I previously wrote, Kubernetes is still too complex of a platform. This means that we need to invest resources into training admins to manage Kubernetes. This has a cost burden today that will improve as Kubernetes matures and availability of admins and developers improves.

December 14, 2019

Kubernetes: your go to container service on IBM

Blockchain Development Lead & Project Lead

Blockchain Technology Malaysia (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We had used Kubernetes service for building hyper ledger fabric applications. Kubernetes comes in handy in integration with hyper ledger for building various blockchain use cases. We use Kubernetes within our blockchain team for building products for our clients.

Pros and Cons

Simple
Easy to integrate
Robust
Efficient

On a lower note, it's a bit expensive.

Likelihood to Recommend

Its of great value when you are implementing your corporate or private block chain use cases. Its quite simple to setup, deploy and run fabric using IBM Blockchain platform.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

Cluster management is simpler than we expected. We benefited from this feature as we overcome the overhead of running multiple clusters of dockers and having network issues. Now the entire process is very much simplified.

December 06, 2019

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Detailed Review

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Writer Corporation (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are developing a blockchain application for a healthcare-related product. We are using the IBM blockchain platform with the Kubernetes cluster to deploy our network as well as to expose our node application

Pros and Cons

Security is the key feature which our client expects to maintain across the application.
Built-in IP address provision so that we do not need to get an external IP.
External service connection ease.
Built-in volume management to store our keys.

IP addresses are expensive as compared.
Logging is not up to the mark.
Not highly available in all countries, we need to use other region clusters.
Downtime on many occasions.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is perfectly suited for a blockchain platform which is built locally as there are not many good choices available in the market.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

Yes, we have used the DevOps tools for continuous integration. It has helped us to use developers from different regions and deploy the code on the integration DevOps tool and also we could manage separate dev and production environments.

December 02, 2019

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services serves as an accelerator for innovation using micro-services

Manager Business Transformation Services practice/ Cloud architect

SLTN Inter Access (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a systems integrator, we use IBM Cloud Kubernetes for our customers for deploying micro-services in Kubernetes as a backend for several apps. Kubernetes is easily configurable, deployable and scaleable. We can innovate and deploy new functionality in days combined with an Agile way of working. So IBM Cloud Kubernetes gives us the certainty of a managed container service and we can fully concentrate on the micro-services and the data.

Pros and Cons

Managed cluster
Easy configuration
Ideal for micro-services architecture.
Cheap compared to old VM's.

Offers good support.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Kubernetes is well suited when your company is working on microservices architecture and uses Agile as a working process.

Using Kubernetes you need to know some basics about deployment and the dependencies with other functionalities.

Also, it is required to split your application into microservices to you can have the full benefit of the container platform

When well implemented you can do maintenance during operation hours, so you can work on the back-end while running the application.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is designed to simplify cluster management. It offers a GUI for novice users, in addition to a CLI and API options to integrate with continuous integration tools. Our organisation got the full benefit of this, using juniors and seniors in the project.

March 22, 2020

Smooth, friendly alternative to Google Cloud

Dillen Meijboom

Owner/Developer

Excol (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Before, we hosted our entire cluster in GKE (Google Cloud). This was not user-friendly at all and after another random increase in the price (for us almost 70 euro per month), we wanted to switch to another cloud provider. We're in the middle of migrating our entire cluster to IBM Cloud and so far we're really happy with it!

Pros and Cons

Personal touch with their Slack channel.
Very affordable and nice billing overview.

Docs could be improved

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is very easy to use, with a nice and smooth control panel, command-line interface, and several built-in features.

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

We use the CLI and looking to integrate their API as well

January 29, 2020

The best alternative to build your Blockchain Platform on Hyperledger Fabric.

Aitor Mier Pons

Blockchain Architect

Airplane Solutions (Airlines/Aviation, 11-50 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service to implement a solution with the IBM Blockchain Platform. Our product is around Blockchain, but nobody can use the Kubernetes Service. I'm the only one who can manage it. The only problem I have is its capacity. Now, I'm checking out how to upgrade each machine instead of adding more.

Pros and Cons

Easy to use
Not very expensive

More documentation
Capacity to upgrade easily

Likelihood to Recommend

I only checked on this within my department, but IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service works well with the IBM Blockchain Platform, seems to be up all the time, and the multizone works very well, without latency (at least on Frankfurt).

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

I'm using the GUI for novice users. It's fine for now. In a few weeks, I will use the CLI and API options for sure. But starting up is quicker with the GUI.

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (66): 79%
7.9
Likelihood to Renew (16): 82%
8.2
Usability (16): 84%
8.4
Availability (2): 91%
9.1
Performance (2): 91%
9.1
Support Rating (5): 77%
7.7
Online Training (15): 75%
7.5
Implementation Rating (6): 76%
7.6
Product Scalability (1): 10%
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What is IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a managed Kubernetes offering to deliver powerful tools, an intuitive user experience 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 service also has advanced capabilities around simplified cluster management, container security and isolation policies, the ability for users to design their own cluster, and integrated operational tools for consistency in deployment. Visit the vendor's Docs pages for pricing and support information.

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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Competitors

Google Kubernetes Engine
Azure Kubernetes Service
Amazon EKS

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Pricing

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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Customer Size Distribution

Consumers	0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	0%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)	50%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)	50%

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Technical Details

Deployment Types	SaaS
Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No
Supported Countries	https://console.bluemix.net/docs/containers/cs_regions.html#regions-and-zones
Supported Languages	A managed Kubernetes offering to deliver powerful tools, an intuitive user experience and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications that you 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 service also has advanced capabilities around simplified cluster management, container security and isolation policies, the ability to design your own cluster, and integrated operational tools for consistency in deployment. Visit our Docs pages for pricing and support information.