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What is IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
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…
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- Container Orchestration (14)8.282%
- Cluster Management (14)7.777%
- Security and Isolation (14)7.575%
- Storage Management (14)7.575%
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What is IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
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
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.
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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| 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. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Google Kubernetes Engine, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
Reviewers rate Container Orchestration highest, with a score of 8.2.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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% |
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March 27, 2024
Review IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Many solutions and vendors are offering the service to deploy a solution for based Kubernetes cloud, but we have selected IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service for the optimization, high availability, DRP process, reduced downtimes, support, documentation, and the easy way to deploy Kubernetes for new users that can be trained easily.
September 05, 2023
Cost effective and easy to provision and manage
- Red Hat OpenShift and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
IBM Cloud is simple to use and has no custom requirements to start, Other products are not cost-efficient compared to IBM IKS.
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Google Kubernetes Engine, Kubernetes and Alibaba Cloud Container Service
February 09, 2023
Plays nicer with others than AWS Fargate and ECS, however has many many moving parts
AWS Fargate, EKS, ECS, Docker Containers
February 08, 2023
IBM Kubernetes is good
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
IBM Kubernetes Service and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) are two popular managed Kubernetes offerings that allow organizations to deploy, manage and scale their containerized applications.
Advantages of IBM Kubernetes Service
Advantages of IBM Kubernetes Service
- Integration with IBM Cloud: IBM Kubernetes Service integrates well with other IBM Cloud services, providing a seamless experience for customers already using IBM Cloud
- Advanced Networking: IBM Kubernetes Service provides advanced networking capabilities, including network segmentation, service meshes, and network policy enforcement
- Managed Cluster Updates: IBM Kubernetes Service offers automatic updates to the Kubernetes control plane and worker nodes, which reduces maintenance overhead.
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a scalable solution, but compared to AWS and Mirantis it is not auto-scaling, and The technical support from IBM is kind of poor.
January 09, 2023
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review for Microservices Use Case
Our almost all use-cases are being addressed by IKS and integrations on IBM Cloud. So have not necessarily explored other vendors with similar depth.
December 24, 2022
Smooth scaling Infrastruture.
December 05, 2022
IBM Kubernetes - the perfect container service
- IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Well, as we were in a state to compulsory implement this service, but then it is very suited for deployment of a service that has higher fault tolerance. And maintaining the lifecycle of custom made resources. And the ability to integrate other services also
November 29, 2022
Perfect Cloud Container Management Product and very Functional Cloud Services Automation Solution.
The IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is quite flexible platform with profitable Cloud functions performance and the data security through IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is nice. To manage container easily and process huge amount of data at the same time, the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is amazing ad the platform deployment is very easy after training.
January 08, 2022
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Review
I've also worked with AWS and Google Cloud platform and I was curious about IBM Cloud's services.
December 07, 2021
Scaling applications and creating new businesses
- Docker
The agility of Kubernetes allows it to be deployed quickly with short iterations. Operability makes it work well over time, not just at [the] deployment phase and the application itself is able to expose a health check in order for the infrastructure it is running on to query its state at all times.
December 06, 2021
It enabled an immutable infrastructure and now we can ship our features faster than before
All of the container management systems we evaluated are popular and each has its unique features and benefits. Kubernetes is the solution we found with containerization, agile development, and continuous delivery which would shorten the time it took to get a project up and running and into our infrastructure.
December 05, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Review
- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
It's very fast, easy to navigate, and has more features and compatibility while using the GUI. Pricing is less compared to IBM.
December 01, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is the basis for our flawless end-to-end developer experience
- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
With the scalability, the management, the coordination, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service really empowers the whole IT team and gives the company more time back than we had before. It is a system that has the capability to manage where workloads are being distributed out and [do] all sorts of housekeeping work needed to have a robust infrastructure.
November 25, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides a fully managed version of powerful orchestration software
Kubernetes was original formed by Google. We had a lot of compute in Google Cloud Platform and used to use their managed Kubernetes service Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and it performed quite well. I think both products are solid, but I lean toward GKE. However, I would opt for using whichever service is in the ecosystem of the other products I use due to the increased integration.
November 21, 2021
Please make free tier Kubernetes service the most usable/serviceable across cloud vendors
I only started using it because of the always free tier and you probably should consider enhancing the always free tier of Kubernetes (such as enabling load balancer or increasing worker node specs) to attract customers just to land on IBM cloud as their intention to play/learn about Kubernetes, consequently customers may start using other services on IBM cloud if not.
June 25, 2021
My Experience With IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Score 8 out of 10
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When compared to AWS, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service offers more features and also comes at a reasonable cost.
May 17, 2021
Best Kubernetes Tool in town
Docker is the other alternative we considered. But I suppose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service does the job pretty well for us.
May 02, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review
Directing administrations, similar to API entryways, constrained you to do everything automatically through config records. I would have favored a GUI for minor design changes. I think the planned maxim was that you could push configs from versional sources, while as yet having a touch of GUI for 'things you'd neglect'. It's a decent thought [...] and perhaps functions admirably when IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is your primary instrument of decision for all things. For a multi-cloud individual, it was only a lopsidedness that additional some dissatisfaction.
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
EC2 is more expensive than IBM Cloud Kubernetes, and that's the main reason we chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
February 09, 2021
IKS best goes with IBM blockchain platform
- Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), MySQL, Hyperledger Fabric, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Ubuntu Linux and IBM Cloud Certificate Manager
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].
Routing services, like API gateways, forced you to do everything programmatically through config files. I would have preferred a GUI for minor configuration changes. I think the intended idiom was that you could push configs from versional sources, while still having a bit of GUI for 'things you'd forget'. It's a nice idea, and maybe works well when IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is your main tool of choice for all things. For a multi-cloud person, it was just an asymmetry that added some frustration.
June 08, 2020
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review
I used also Kubernetes on-premise installation. It permits you to install a custom Kubernetes cluster in your physical machines. The advantages are clearly the complete access to the machines via ssh and the possibility of customization. In the cons, the costs are really high for maintaining an entire infrastructure by yourself. For our purposes, in the end, we chose IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, totally managed by IBM.
April 09, 2020
IBM Kubernetes Review
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Google Kubernetes Engine
IBM works well with handling large scale legacy applications. In view of the same, I trust IBM innovation and knowledge around handling enterprise applications well.