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PROS

Amazon EKS offers high scalability, allowing users to efficiently manage and scale their infrastructure.
Amazon EKS provides excellent support for integration with AWS services, enhancing its flexibility and usability.
Amazon EKS ensures robust security with multiple layers, including IAM roles and network controls.
Amazon EKS automates infrastructure management, reducing the need for manual setup and maintenance.
Amazon EKS delivers reliable performance and stability, contributing to high availability and efficient operations.

CONS

Amazon EKS could improve stability to prevent data loss and enhance overall operational reliability.
The cost of Amazon EKS services is considered high, impacting its attractiveness for medium-sized customers.
Amazon EKS requires enhancements in customer support and operational efficiency to meet user expectations.
Improving the security of Amazon EKS to align with government standards and enhance data vulnerability management is needed.
Amazon EKS documentation could be made clearer and more comprehensive to aid users in setup and operation.
 

Amazon EKS Pros review quotes

Patryk Golabek - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Translucent Computing Inc
Feb 24, 2021
The solution is easy to use.
reviewer936300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Sales Marketing at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 21, 2021
The feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very user-friendly.
reviewer1697808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Materials Program Management Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 26, 2021
Overall Amazon EKS is a good solution in the industry. The solution can support multi tendencies, and network isolations are the key factors.
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JS
Practice Director, Global Infrastructure Services at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 19, 2022
The solution has very good basic features.
ASHOK YADAV - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 25, 2022
I like the scalability they're currently providing. Integration was very easy. It was a good experience.
CC
Head of .NET Department at Evozon
Apr 28, 2022
AWS cloud services are flexible and have thorough documentation. AWS also has data centers all over the world.
Bahattin Yetismis - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at BE1 consultancy
Apr 29, 2022
Provides high performance and easy manageability.
Samim Kumar Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect & Devops engineer at KdmConsulting
Jul 9, 2022
It is the best service because it has proper security packages.
Hemanth_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Cloud DevOps Engineer at ARM Ltd
Aug 12, 2022
The solution's Autoscaler option allows for an increase in worker notes whenever particular thresholds are exceeded.
RakeshChouhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect Grade I at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 8, 2022
We haven't faced any major issues in one and a half years of use.
 

Amazon EKS Cons review quotes

Patryk Golabek - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Translucent Computing Inc
Feb 24, 2021
They need to work on the Amazon plugins on the Kubernetes cluster.
reviewer936300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Sales Marketing at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 21, 2021
I would like to see it a little more stable, more operational, and more convenient to develop.
reviewer1697808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Materials Program Management Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 26, 2021
Amazon EKS is predominately public. However, the government has started to have a lot of interest in Kubernetes and is receiving more education on Kubernetes and Amazon EKS. If we can have the security of Amazon EKS align with the security that is set out by the government it would be much better.
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JS
Practice Director, Global Infrastructure Services at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 19, 2022
I'd like to see the solution add a service catalog.
ASHOK YADAV - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 25, 2022
The connectivity could be better.
CC
Head of .NET Department at Evozon
Apr 28, 2022
I would like Amazon EKS to be easier to configure on various environments like Windows or Linux installations
Bahattin Yetismis - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at BE1 consultancy
Apr 29, 2022
The dashboard needs to be more user-friendly.
Samim Kumar Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect & Devops engineer at KdmConsulting
Jul 9, 2022
A cluster is required on-premises, which takes a lot of time.
Hemanth_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Cloud DevOps Engineer at ARM Ltd
Aug 12, 2022
The solution should include a popup for clusters so that all relevant information is visible at the bottom of a page.
RakeshChouhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect Grade I at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 8, 2022
The solution could be improved by adding monitoring, filtering, and logging capabilities to its current CloudWatch features.