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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

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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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Excellent service

10 out of 10
January 15, 2023
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Popular Features

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  • Container Orchestration (13)
    8.3
    83%
  • Cluster Management (13)
    7.9
    79%
  • Security and Isolation (13)
    7.5
    75%
  • Storage Management (13)
    7.5
    75%

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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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  • Setup fee optional
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  • Free/Freemium Version
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Container Management

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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.

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 8.3.

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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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am currently using it for a project. It is meant to address the ease of orchestrating the deployment of containers.
  • Good documentation.
  • Ease of installation.
  • Good UI.
  • Having better instructional videos online would be nice.
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.
  • It has led to more productive workflows.
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.
I've also worked with AWS and Google Cloud platform and I was curious about IBM Cloud's services.
10
IT
2
People who have prior experience with different cloud vendors and programmming
  • App deployment
  • monitoring
  • Scaling
  • saved money by having more automation
  • Expand into other ibm services in the cloud
  • redis
Not sure
This has allowed scaling benefits as well as reducing downtime with any one worker node.
The kubernetes web Terminal made it easy to manage the clusters and deploy containerized apps to the cluster directly from the web browser.
The implementation went pretty smoothly, but took some time for configuration.
No
Basic (free)
I just wanted to try it out
The documentation was detailed and well written.
  • 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.
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).
April 09, 2020

IBM Kubernetes Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using it for proof of concept for microservices using Kubernetes and Docker engine.
  • Simple.
  • Scalable.
  • Reliable.
  • Not available in all regions.
  • Setting up cluster takes time.
IBM Cloud Kubernetes is well suited for e-commerce fields where innovation takes place in rapid scale.
  • Quick to market.
  • Rapid innovation.
  • Auto scalable.
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.
Yes, the catalogue of services offered are ranging across all fields and it's always fascinating to use them.
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.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
  • 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!
Yes the implementation is smooth and expected to deploy within the targetted timeframe.
I don’t know
The proof of concept is quick and easy and hence decided to give 10
Basic (free)
I am using this for my personal learning and testing purpose before inducting to my client. Hence, i have chosen the basic tier.
We are using it for proof of concept for microservices using Kubernetes and Docker engine. The support that i am looking for setting up the cluster is really good for the need.
  • Central Documentation and Learning Hub
  • IBM Cloud Docs
  • Ability to check uptime status for IBM Cloud products
  • IBM Cloud product demos and tutorial videos
Understanding the configuration settings and Infra requirements
quick and helpful
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our entire department is using it to create high-availability clusters, making mobile scalability truly user-friendly and easy to develop multilingual applications.
  • 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.
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.
  • We have not yet fully utilized it to create a profit model.
  • The event scheduling feature has also proved very useful.
We are still trying to make better use of these features.
We are also using the Azure test program generation.
Generally speaking, we do not have logging with LogDNA solutions in the production environment.
AWS Lambda may be more suitable for large companies that want to continuously access similar functions at a higher number / frequency, but for small teams with limited budgets, IBM Cloud Functions is a competitive choice.
  • IBM Cloud Foundry
  • IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
There is a learning curve equipped with Kubernetes. Without training, it may be difficult to proceed in the middle of the project.
Kubernetes Pod clusters have a tendency to fail when they are first built. In most cases, the built-in Kubernetes functions will help you solve resource problems, such as storage and monitoring. You need to provide durable and reliable cloud storage, while also monitoring any network problems or failures.
Yes
Ease of use. Very intuitive. We have been looking for a product that allows us to orchestrate our docker containers in a way where it allows us to effectively scale our applications to production. It also provides us a way of monitoring all our infrastructure in a very clear concise way.
Basic (free)
I like the auto zoom function. It helps us not to worry too much about reliability, so we can focus on our core business.
A very powerful tool. Easily deploy and manage containerized applications. Fully secure and easy to automate and monitor your application, we have been using it for a year. We deployed JupyterHub once.
  • IBM Cloud Docs
  • Ability to check uptime status for IBM Cloud products
  • Access to IBM and Developer communities through Stack Overflow or GitHub
  • IBM Cloud product demos and tutorial videos
Have these resources has enabled me to locate more quickly how to operate correctly for program deployment.
Compared with other platforms, it takes too long to create a cluster. Even a free plan with only one node.
5
cloud foundoury ,Containers,Python application
3
Full-Stack DevOps Engineer, Software Engineer,DevOps Architect
  • nginx
  • fluentd
  • jenkins
  • Microservices architecture
  • Lift and shift – from servers to cloud
  • Machine learning and Kubernetes
  • software development lifecycle
Not yet. I still need to evaluate the usage price with other providers.
Not Sure
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Third-party Reviews
So far it's been great and way easier to deploy with scalability.
We are moving business critical applications to the cloud,but as with anything new we will learn and see the value.
No
  • Deploy applications
  • Quick response
  • Ease of use and scalability
  • Support document reading difficulties
  • Managed add-ons for Istio and Knative
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.
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