Item: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Services help us in tasks such as managing and deploying containerized services and microservices-based applications efficiently, it also has an orchestration layer for workloads and automation to easily scale and maintain the deployed applications. The IBM product addresses the principal necessity helping us to focus on developing the applications without worrying about the virtualization layer.

Pros and Cons

Automate and scaling workloads
IBM product integrations
DRP and HA

Close platform for own customizations
Not all Kubernets versions are supported

Return on Investment

Improved efficiency and scalability for workloads
Reduction of the operational costs

IBM Kubernetes Simplified Cluster Management

In my organization, We have benefited from these capabilities provided by IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, starting with the GUI that is easy to interact with and predictable for new users' interactions, it helps to reduce the training times and create new deployments without needing deep understanding of Kubernetes deployments, definitely efficient and effective.

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 services provided by IBM Cloud Kubernetes.

Alternatives Considered

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.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is well suited for the following scenarios: Microservices-based applications deployments, Automating and scaling new workloads, Disaster Recovery, and High availability
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service may be less suited for the following scenarios: customization tasks for the deployed environments in the control plane, and running multi-cloud hybrid environments that need more integrated solutions.

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