Good decision with GKE
May 15, 2020

Good decision with GKE

Lukasz Stadnik | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Kubernetes Engine

GKE provides a seamless installation method across a whole organization. It is a fair starting point with Kubernetes technologies. Managed Kubernetes allows deploying application test pipelines for software companies with a reasonable overall price. Moreover, the number of POP helps setup quite reliable installation in a regional way.
  • Deployment method (single, zonal, regional).
  • Lifecycle management (stable, regular, rapid).
  • Integrated GCE services (loadbalancers).
  • Multi-regional deployment (better reliability).
  • GPU node availability.
  • Integrated market place.
  • Compared to other big K8s providers it has the best price/performance factors.
  • Upgrade process from stable to regular versions
  • Old stable releases: 1.15/1.16 should be in a stable branch.
In comparison to functionality with EKS and AKS, it has a better upgrade path and the price is lower. Not sure why flannel is the primary overlay network provider but network policies are supported as well.
Very good Kubernetes distribution with a reasonable total price. Integration with storage and load balancer for ingress and services speed up every process deployment.

Do you think Google Kubernetes Engine delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Kubernetes Engine's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Kubernetes Engine live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Kubernetes Engine go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Kubernetes Engine again?

Yes

At the moment, the best-managed cluster on the market. Quick deployment with quite specific project requirements. The mesh ingress (istio) allowed the building of a quite complicated upgrade process for applications.