We compared Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu Mission Control based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Users praise Kubernetes for its scalability, resource management, and ecosystem support. VMware Tanzu Mission Control stands out for its multi-cloud deployment and robust automation. Kubernetes users appreciate its efficiency, while VMware users value its security measures. Both offer reasonable pricing and excellent customer service, with room for improvement in resource management and platform enhancements.
Features: Kubernetes is valued for its scalability, resource management, load balancing, and monitoring capabilities. VMware Tanzu Mission Control, on the other hand, is praised for its management capabilities, multi-cloud deployment, user interface, security measures, and automation functionality.
Pricing and ROI: The setup costs for Kubernetes are manageable, allowing for easy deployment and configuration. The pricing is considered reasonable and transparent. In contrast, VMware Tanzu Mission Control has minimal and straightforward setup costs, with hassle-free and transparent licensing. It offers flexibility for various deployment scenarios., Kubernetes offers benefits such as streamlined operations, enhanced scalability, and decreased downtime, resulting in improved resource utilization, cost savings, and faster development. VMware Tanzu Mission Control enables effective VMware ecosystem management, improved efficiency, and streamlined operations.
Room for Improvement: Kubernetes could benefit from enhancements in resource allocation and management capabilities, simpler setup process, comprehensive documentation, and troubleshooting tools. On the other hand, VMware Tanzu Mission Control needs improvements in user interface, performance, documentation, training materials, and customization options.
Deployment and customer support: Comparing the user reviews, it appears that the duration required for establishing a new tech solution, like Kubernetes, is variable. However, for VMware Tanzu Mission Control, there is more consistency among users, with deployment and setup phases typically taking one week each., Kubernetes has received exceptional customer service feedback from users, highlighting prompt and knowledgeable support. VMware Tanzu Mission Control's customer service is also praised for its excellence, responsiveness, and efficient issue resolution.
The summary above is based on 47 interviews we conducted recently with Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu Mission Control users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The cluster is very stable with outward scalability and good performance."
"This solution provides a comprehensive way to scale up our ports and containers, without having to use multiple products."
"Kubernetes is a leading container orchestration solution, known for its simplicity and ease of use. Being open-source, it benefits from large community support, including enterprise support. Many companies offer their own version of Kubernetes, making it widely adopted and supported in the industry."
"Scalability is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of Kubernetes are the integration with Docker and there is plenty of documentation available. We work with Docker as a container, and it is more integrated with Docker than VMware Tanzu."
"The performance is good."
"The best thing about Kubernetes is orchestration. It is very good. We will not see much downtime unless there are some human errors. We do not see much downtime or issues with the container or automation."
"I like that it has really boosted cloud-native development and stood the test of time. The underlying architecture allows one to scale as per the business KPIs much faster."
"VMware Tanzu Mission Control has many valuable features, such as ease of use and customization."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is the management functionality of the cluster life cycle. Additionally, the solution integrates well with other vendors, such as Velero for backups and Sonobuoy for compliance. Additionally, it works well in multi-cluster environments."
"The multi-tenancy with the VCD is great."
"Defining security metrics has proven beneficial for customers in maintaining a safe environment."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Tanzu Mission Control has quite a set of rich features when compared to OpenShift."
"The most important thing about the solution is its flexibility."
"The most popular feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is its graphical user interface for describing network policies on the Service Mesh, which is highly integrable with other tools commonly used in supply chains such as security."
"Kubernetes should improve its consistency across different types of deployments. My customers tell me that they get much better performance when Kubernetes is deployed on VM versus PaaS services from Azure."
"The setup process could be improved as it's quite complex, especially for newbies."
"The support could be faster at resolving issues."
"It would be great if Kubernetes could handle a level of data backup."
"Lacks some scalability and more user-friendly operability."
"I'm a beginner, and I recently started working with Kubernetes. As of now, I don't see any bugs. However, it would be better if it could be deployed without coding."
"We would to have additional features related to security within the API, instead of needing to install add-ons."
"The security of the solution is in its infancy and needs a lot of work."
"The network control and security policies must be improved."
"The disaster recovery feature could be improved to provide better tracking of issues. I would also like to see the introduction of a dashboard view, for even further integration of all the areas that Mission Control looks at."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with other solutions such as HPE."
"Tanzu provides better manageability as compared to OCP, but when it comes to tagging it with other products, it's a bit rigid. If I have to bring in any new product or something out of the box from a different vendor, working with Tanzu becomes a little difficult. For example, if I want to use the F5 services, I have to add one more layer of Avi, but I don't want to do that. If I have a list of the products that I want to use, such as for firewall services, with Tanzu, I will have to go through another layer, which creates complexity."
"The infrastructure is quite challenging."
"Having a unified dashboard to manage all infrastructure, whether it involves additional IT infrastructure or modern apps, would be highly advantageous"
"Another area of improvement is pricing."
"We want to see a new feature that helps build more security architecture like Zero Trust Security or shifting left in Kubernetes."
Kubernetes is ranked 4th in Container Management with 70 reviews while VMware Tanzu Mission Control is ranked 3rd in Container Management with 12 reviews. Kubernetes is rated 8.6, while VMware Tanzu Mission Control is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Kubernetes writes "Container orchestrator that deploys our machine learning solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Tanzu Mission Control writes "Gives a single pane to manage multiple Kubernetes environments and has competitive pricing". Kubernetes is most compared with Amazon EKS, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, whereas VMware Tanzu Mission Control is most compared with Rancher Labs, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Amazon EKS and Docker. See our Kubernetes vs. VMware Tanzu Mission Control report.
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