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As of August 2025, the mindshare of Amazon EKS in the Container Management category stands at 11.5%, down from 14.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon EKS11.5%
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform20.0%
VMware Tanzu Platform12.5%
Other56.0%
Container Management

PeerResearch reports based on Amazon EKS reviews

TypeTitleDate
CategoryContainer ManagementAug 28, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersAug 28, 2025Download
ComparisonAmazon EKS vs Red Hat OpenShift Container PlatformAug 28, 2025Download
ComparisonAmazon EKS vs VMware Tanzu PlatformAug 28, 2025Download
ComparisonAmazon EKS vs KubernetesAug 28, 2025Download
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Review data by company size

By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
By visitors reading reviews
Company SizeCount
Small Business164
Midsize Enterprise137
Large Enterprise615
By visitors reading reviews

Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Retailer
4%
University
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Educational Organization
3%
Transportation Company
3%
Media Company
2%
Performing Arts
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Non Profit
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Construction Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Leisure / Travel Company
1%
Wellness & Fitness Company
1%

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Amazon EKS Reviews Summary
Author infoRatingReview Summary
Aws DevOps Engineer at Nova Techset Ltd5.0I use Amazon EKS for a microservices application due to its scalability, managed control plane, and IAM integration, though I manually handle patching to avoid impacting production. It's stable, secure, and simplifies deployment and monitoring.
Senior SOC Developer at XVE Security4.5We migrated our services to Amazon EKS for container-based backends due to its simplicity and management portal. It's effective, though improved logging would be helpful. Fast deployment and good documentation offer a positive ROI. Alternatives were considered before choosing AWS.
DevOps Engineer at Cloudquik4.5I’ve used Amazon EKS for cloud migrations and managing production workloads due to its scalability, automation, and AWS integrations. It’s stable, easy to set up, and supports tools like Helm, Argo CD, and Prometheus for efficient operations.
Integration Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees4.0We've been migrating on-prem apps to AWS using Lambda, CloudWatch, and EKS. It's scalable and easy to manage, though initial setup and documentation were challenging. Support is helpful, and the platform simplifies deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Blankfactor4.0I've used Amazon EKS for years to streamline web and mobile app deployments. It's flexible, scalable, and supports GitOps, though documentation and debugging could improve. Support varies by plan, and costs depend on architecture management.
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees4.0I used Amazon EKS for testing and found it easy to deploy with helpful autoscaling and automation features, though pricing felt high. Overall, it performed well, and once understood, managing clusters became straightforward during my internship experience.
cloud architect at selfstarter4.0I manage production environments with Amazon EKS, which simplifies Kubernetes master node management, allowing me to focus on business code. It's especially useful for startups, though it could improve support for more plugins to reduce network latency.
DevOps Engineer at Helvar4.0No summary available