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Victor AugustoDe Souza E Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at a tech consulting company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Aug 18, 2023
Helps in managing infrastructure effectively and provides good monitoring features
Pros and Cons
  • "I can use the autoscaling feature to manage and scale up infrastructure."
  • "I encountered problems with the product’s documentation."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon EKS to build integration projects and manage the infrastructure.  

What is most valuable?

Amazon EKS is compatible with Kubernetes API. I can use the autoscaling feature to manage and scale up infrastructure. I can monitor the cluster as well.

What needs improvement?

I encountered problems with the product’s documentation. Additionally, the CPU consumes a lot of memory. EKS could be modular like GCP as well.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon EKS for one year.

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How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is more straightforward if you use the console.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate Amazon EKS’s pricing a nine out of ten. It costs around $200 and is expensive for the Brazilian market.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer2243412 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sub Gerente Backend Digital Regional at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Aug 11, 2023
The tool is a good investment but needs improvement in customer operations
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon EKS is very scalable."
  • "Amazon EKS needs to improve customer operations and technical support."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon EKS for our proprietary solutions and applications. 

What is most valuable?

Amazon EKS is very scalable. 

What needs improvement?

Amazon EKS needs to improve customer operations and technical support. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the tool for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool's stability is high. 

How are customer service and support?

We don't need technical support at the moment. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment is not complex. 

What was our ROI?

Amazon EKS is a good investment. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The tool's pricing is good. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Amazon EKS an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user1568649 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect / Head of DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Jun 24, 2021
Reliable, helpful technical support, and beneficial replication and scaling
Pros and Cons
  • "We do not have to do a lot of administration, such as create virtual machines, or worry about our controllers or nodes going down because the solution is fully managed by Amazon."

    What is our primary use case?

    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) solution integrates AWS cloud with Kubernetes. Kubernetes is an open-source container technology that is popular right now. It has the ability to replicate applications for scaling.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Having this solution on the cloud has allowed us to focus more on our business because we do not have to worry about our own infrastructure.

    What is most valuable?

    We do not have to do a lot of administration, such as create virtual machines, or worry about our controllers or nodes going down because the solution is fully managed by Amazon.

    You are able to have your applications on the cluster which provides the ability to replicate and scale them.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the solution for approximately two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I have found the solution scalable. 

    This solution is used by the three-person DevOps team in my organization.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    The technical support is very good.

    How was the initial setup?

    The creation of the clusters only takes approximately 10 minutes.

    What about the implementation team?

    We did the installation and configuration ourselves.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The solution is more expensive than other competitors and does not require a license.

    What other advice do I have?

    I recommend this solution to others who use the AWS cloud.

    I rate Amazon EKS a ten out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
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    Mustafa Husny - PeerSpot reviewer
    Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    Aug 11, 2024
    Provides good performance and used for testing and learning purposes
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution's performance is good."
    • "The solution's graphical interface is not the best."

    What is our primary use case?

    I used Amazon EKS for my personal learning purposes. I used the solution to learn how to initiate and upgrade the Kubernetes cluster for testing in my own lab.

    What is most valuable?

    Amazon EKS is a good tool for my testing and learning purposes. The solution's performance is good. It is a good solution for my learning and my labs.

    What needs improvement?

    The solution's graphical interface is not the best. It could be better in terms of enabling some integrations or managing the configuration.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Amazon EKS for one or two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate the solution’s stability ten out of ten.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Amazon EKS is good when it comes to scaling the cluster, adding, removing, or upgrading the nodes. Upgrading the machine's resources is easy.

    How are customer service and support?

    Amazon EKS has a big community, and support is really good.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution's initial setup was easy.

    What was our ROI?

    If the deployment fails, you're still up and running. Scaling up or down can be done with zero downtime.

    What other advice do I have?

    Some of the Kubernetes clusters were on Amazon, GCP, and Azure. I used most of them on-premises. I installed the Kubernetes cluster in my own environment.

    Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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    reviewer2304354 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Team Lead, Network at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Nov 30, 2023
    Recommended cloud solution with easy setup
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution is easy-to-set up."
    • "I'd like improved traffic handling and additional application details within the system."

    What is most valuable?

    The solution is easy-to-set up. It is quick, and the main management is conveniently maintained in AWS, eliminating concerns.

    What needs improvement?

    I'd like improved traffic handling and additional application details within the system.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been working with the solution for three years now.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Amazon EKS is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The solution is scalable.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution is straightforward to set up.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We are also working with VMware Tanzu.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would recommend the solution. Overall, I rate it a nine out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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