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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Overview

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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Recent Reviews

Excellent service

10 out of 10
January 15, 2023
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In my organization, we use IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service to manage and deploy our microservices-based application. It allows us to easily …
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How IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Differs From Its Competitors

IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

In my organization, we use third-party services provided by IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services. The largest range of available services allowed us to improve and think about new deployments and integrations that we can leverage using the platform to integrate and extend the functionality of the …
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IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

Our company has an opensource friendly mindset and always integrates products that are compatible with opensource for better to be on industry standards. We use tools that benefit our customers, at this time we are not using any IBM tools for continuous integration. We are open to trying new tools …
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IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

We did try log services from IBM which didn't fit our use case, so we moved to custom solutions. The plug-and-play services management is very user-friendly but faces a few stability issues. It all depends on the use case and requirements, but I like the Idea of third-party integrations.
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IBM Cloud Portfolio

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers IBM Cloud Container Registry IBM Cloud Object Storage
We use IBM IKS for app layer and IBM virtual servers for different use cases(ex: global caching of our applications using redis clusters). IBM bare metal servers and object storage for …
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IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

CLIs allow users to automate repetitive tasks and execute commands quickly, resulting in increased productivity and faster completion of tasks. CLIs offer more control over the system compared to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) as they allow users to directly interact with the system's core …
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IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

I have not used these products, although it makes it easier that they are available if we want them. For instance, Third-party services often offer cost-effective solutions compared to developing in-house solutions. But on the other hand, Relying on third-party services can lead to dependence on …
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IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

In my organization, we have benefited greatly from the cluster management capabilities provided by IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. The GUI option has been particularly useful for novice users, as it has made it much easier for them to manage and deploy applications without needing a deep …
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IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

In my organization, we have taken advantage of the third-party services provided by IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. The wide range of services available, such as weather data and identity access and management, has allowed us to enrich our application with additional functionality and improve the …
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IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

We use may other IBM Cloud services such as IBM Cloud Container Registry Service, IBM Cloud Logging & Monitoring Service, IBM Cloud Objec Storage Serivice. All services are easy to use and can be provisioned on demand. Our most use cases require auto provisioning, security and scalability …
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IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

My organization has significantly benefited from the use of the CLI and API, not so much the GUI. It has made it easily especially for operations engineers to easily automate tasks via scripting existing CLI and API commands. Our CI/CD team was able of taking advantage of APIs to create build and …
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IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

Sysdig and LogDNA are the two main third-party services my team utilizes along with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. They are exclusively used for monitoring/diagnostics and logging respectively as current IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service capabilities for these features out of the box don't provide …
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IBM Kubernetes Service Pre-built Services

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services accessibility to the other party services helps on big data processing and Cloud services Automation for time management and ensuring the data security is effective. The data processing process are also managed securely through the third party services and they help …
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IBM Cloud Portfolio

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions IBM Cloud Mass Storage Servers IBM Cloud Object Storage
The above platforms from IBM community are more easy on first implementation and the setting of their features is also very simple. The data processing functionalities with the above three IBM tools helps save …
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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.
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IBM Cloud Portfolio

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By using multiple IBM Cloud products, we managed to focus on our own business applications development, while leaving the infrastructure and operations work to the cloud.
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IBM Cloud Support Resource Usage

Central Documentation and Learning Hub IBM Cloud Docs Ability to check uptime status for IBM Cloud products IBM Cloud product demos and tutorial videos
Yes, I was interested in learning more about how to use the IBM Cloud Kubernetes to deploy my machine learning application and the documentation …
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IBM Cloud Portfolio

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers IBM Cloud Container Registry IBM Cloud Databases
Using multiple products within the same cloud ecosystem can be highly beneficial. Oftentimes, these products are built off of one another so there is a high level of integration between them. For example, IBM Cloud Kubernetes…
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IBM Cloud Portfolio

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service IBM Cloud Foundry IBM Cloud Virtual Servers IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions IBM Cloud Container Registry
We have had the option to quickly investigate the containerization of our variety of cloud similitudes, including IBM blockchain administrations. The impact in …
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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 …
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Operational features

For a large organisation like us, it is crucial to make sure that the system is up and running without interruptions. We were aware of the fact that IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service could provide great redundancy and SLA by deploying a single zone cluster with multiple workers as well as a multi zone …
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Popular Features

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  • Container Orchestration (14)
    8.2
    82%
  • Cluster Management (14)
    7.7
    77%
  • Security and Isolation (14)
    7.5
    75%
  • Storage Management (14)
    7.5
    75%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Errol Brandt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Errol Brandt
Chief Innovation Officer
Knowledge Orchestrator (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Verified User
Consultant in Other
Consumer Services Company, 501-1000 employees
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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…

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Features

Container Management

Features commonly found in Container Management software.

7.5
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Product Details

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 TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported Countrieshttps://console.bluemix.net/docs/containers/cs_regions.html#regions-and-zones
Supported LanguagesA 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

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)0%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)50%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)50%
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Reviews and Ratings

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January 14, 2022

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
Incentivized
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.
Return on Investment
  • Reduce the human cost for managing Kubernetes.
  • Cheaper than setting up in our own data centers.
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.
IBM Cloud Portfolio
  • IBM Cloud Functions
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • IBM Cloud Databases
  • IBM Db2 on Cloud
  • IBM Lift
  • IBM Watson IoT
By using multiple IBM Cloud products, we managed to focus on our own business applications development, while leaving the infrastructure and operations work to the cloud.
Usability
9
It provides both GUI and CLI support. It's easy to provision, use, and operate.
Likelihood to Renew
8
Since we already use different IBM Cloud services, we don't want to move the Kubernetes service to another provider. That will increase the complexity.
Users and Roles
30
We have two teams using IBM Kubernetes: backend team and ops team. Backend team work on the microservices for our consumer services, and they are deployed into IBM Kubernetes clusters. Ops team is managing the Kubernetes clusters, providing the necessary administration and maintenance.
Support Headcount Required
5
We have SRE team providing the support. It requires different skills like infrastructure automation, capacity planning, monitoring, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, etc.
Business Processes Supported
  • container orchestration
  • job scheduling
  • autoscaling
Innovative Uses
  • We have looked into multi-region clusters for better availability and performance
Future Planned Uses
  • Move more on-prem services into Kubernetes
  • Use Kubernetes to run ad-hoc jobs
Future Integration Plans
  • No
Training Types Used
  • Online training
Online Training
8
Good examples to understand Kubernetes and very detailed step-by-step documentation to follow.
January 08, 2022

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Review

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Return on Investment
  • It has led to more productive workflows.
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.
Alternatives Considered
I've also worked with AWS and Google Cloud platform and I was curious about IBM Cloud's services.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
10
IT
Support Headcount Required
2
People who have prior experience with different cloud vendors and programmming
Business Processes Supported
  • App deployment
  • monitoring
  • Scaling
Innovative Uses
  • saved money by having more automation
Future Planned Uses
  • Expand into other ibm services in the cloud
Future Integration Plans
  • redis
Not sure
Operational features
This has allowed scaling benefits as well as reducing downtime with any one worker node.
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides managed add-ons to aid in running and managing your Kubernetes environments. Which of these add-ons have you leveraged?
The kubernetes web Terminal made it easy to manage the clusters and deploy containerized apps to the cluster directly from the web browser.
Implementation Insights
The implementation went pretty smoothly, but took some time for configuration.
Using IBM Professional Services for Implementation
No
Level of IBM Cloud Support
Basic (free)
I just wanted to try it out
Examples of Exceptional Support
The documentation was detailed and well written.
IBM Cloud Support Resource Usage
  • Central Documentation and Learning Hub
  • IBM Cloud Docs
  • Ability to check uptime status for IBM Cloud products
  • IBM Cloud product demos and tutorial videos
Yes, I was interested in learning more about how to use the IBM Cloud Kubernetes to deploy my machine learning application and the documentation made the process much easier.
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).
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