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Tiezer Melo - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
MSP
Aug 22, 2023
Provides an easy way to create clusters without having to manage the control plane separately
Pros and Cons
  • "It's the best option for medium or large enterprises."
  • "There is room for improvement in stability. I faced some problems with the App."

What is our primary use case?

It's a great service because we can do a lot of things using it. It's easy to create clusters and services in pods there.

So, the main purpose is to create clusters and services and define some pods there.

How has it helped my organization?

We reduced the cost by using one cluster instead of using different services and different virtual machines in a client. So, Amazon EKS helped our organization reduce costs. 

What is most valuable?

This is the way we can create a cluster because we don't need to pay attention to the control plane. We only need to deploy the services in the worker nodes and configure some configurations, easy configurations, and the cluster is done to be published.

Basically, AWS provides all features that we have prepared.

What needs improvement?

There is room for improvement in stability. I faced some problems with the App. The problem is actually the app, with the different teams fixing it.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for 18 months. I work on different projects. Basically, we create a structure and per clients, and we move to another project. So we did different projects for how long of the year.

We are currently using version 1.24, but we are migrating to the latest version, which is 1.28.70.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. I faced some problems with the App. The problem is actually the app with the different teams fixing it, but I would say the Kubernetes - it's ten. The service is ten. But if everything is considered, it's eight.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It is perfect. Moreover, more than one hundred users have access per hour. 

We use this solution every day. Thus, we use the solution to its maximum potential. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did the research for Azure, but all the structure and other resources were applied in AWS, so we kept it in the same provider.

We also used a local structure, but we're at a short time. And the infrastructure had already been done. I only need to support the application. It's full.

How was the initial setup?

The thing that takes more time to be constructed with the code is minutes and hours to provide the EKS code, but with the structure is really fast.

Basically, it used the code. They used the TerraForm code because we work with ESA, and, basically, the most important part for us is the code.

What about the implementation team?

We used the help of a third party, like, the partners of Amazon. 

We required four people for the deployment process. However, the maintenance depends on the number of clusters and resources. So, two people are enough for the maintenance of the solution. 

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

I would rate the pricing model a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is very expensive.

It was rather expensive; compared to GCP and Azure, it's a little more expensive. The price can be a problem for small-sized businesses. 

There are no additional costs to the standard license. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

So I work as a DevOps engineer. But basically, using TerraForm or other tools like that, I never worked with another provider as Google and Microsoft. So, basically, I use AWS. 

Actually, there are a lot of reports that I use every day. So we use tools related to that, like load balancers, ECRs, and EKS— so different resource things.

What other advice do I have?

It's a great service. Some services are more expensive compared to other providers. But in general, it's the best option for medium or large enterprises.

Overall, I would rate the solution 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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Yossi Shmulevitch - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 10
May 23, 2023
A powerful and compliant platform for Kubernetes that is also scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool works well with the nodes in AWS. It's scalability is also good in terms of architecture."
  • "I am not impressed with the tool's Amazon console. It also needs to add security features."

What is our primary use case?

I have clients that run on Kubernetes engines. 

What is most valuable?

The tool works well with the nodes in AWS. It's scalability is also good in terms of architecture. 

What needs improvement?

I am not impressed with the tool's Amazon console. It also needs to add security features. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the product's scalability a ten out of ten. 

How are customer service and support?

The tool's premium support is good. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution's deployment gets completed in minutes. You need one DevOps engineer to maintain the solution. 

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

The solution is pricey. The tool's pricing is monthly. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. It is the best platform for Kubernetes. The tool is also compliant. You need a demo to get started with it. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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RakeshChouhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect Grade I at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Sep 29, 2022
We can deploy the solution's microservices on any service we are developing
Pros and Cons
  • "We haven't faced any major issues in one and a half years of use."
  • "The solution could be improved by adding monitoring, filtering, and logging capabilities to its current CloudWatch features."

What is our primary use case?

Our client is doing some image analysis, and we need a robust system that won't go down during the image rotation, so we are using Amazon EKS. With this solution, our services will not go down during their work, and data will remain safe and available to the user.

What is most valuable?

Firstly, whenever a service goes down, EKS automatically makes up that part, enabling the services to remain available. And secondly, whenever we deploy anything, we don't have to consider security between services because EKS provides that as well. We need to configure some supportive plug-ins and tools, which is relatively easy. This feature also provides monitoring, so if our service goes down, we have an alert mechanism and logging.

We can deploy EKS microservices on any service we are developing.

What needs improvement?

The solution could be improved by adding monitoring, filtering, and logging capabilities to its current CloudWatch features.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for one and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't faced any major issues in one and a half years of use. We had an issue with storage, which we capped, giving us access to more space from the cloud. There are some other minor issues, but nothing major.

I would rate the solution's stability as eight out of 10.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We use the solution because it allows you to scale your application up and down. 

We have 500 data scientists actively using our EKS tool at any time.

How are customer service and support?

We usually get support on time, but sometimes we have critical issues or something they need more time to deal with. 

We would give them nine out of 10 for the quality of support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

When deploying the solution, we used Jenkins to develop a CI/CD pipeline. It was a one-person job that took about 20 to 25 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale of one to 10, we would give the product an overall rating of eight.

EKS is for deploying microservice projects. If you have multiple services in your application, you can deploy them and design your application accordingly.

We can deploy EKS microservices on any service we are developing.

I would certainly recommend the product to new users, but it would depend on the technology stack and the project. If a certain use case requires EKS, I would definitely advise using EKS rather than Google or Azure's EKS. I recommend Amazon Cloud Services for its reliable support and minimum downtime. 

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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Samim Kumar Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect & Devops engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jul 24, 2022
A well-managed stable solution, great for autoscaling needs
Pros and Cons
  • "It is the best service because it has proper security packages."
  • "A cluster is required on-premises, which takes a lot of time."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for containerization and push containers into the EKS or CI/CD pipeline in the DevOps pipeline. It's very easy and well-managed for autoscale as we can manage our node groups. In addition, we can tailor autoscaling to our needs.

How has it helped my organization?

Amazon EKS with AWS is very good because we can connect our AWS Kubernetes Services with our CI/CD pipelines. We can integrate our EKS with our CloudWatch and Grafana, and other monitoring services are also available. We can also monitor as per our requirements.

What is most valuable?

The best solution is in AWS, in Elastic Kubernetes Services. We have general control if we want to give access to any user. Also, whenever we push a container or image, we can create any ingress and then connect to our cluster by the Load Balancer directly.

It is very easy, and we can deliver access to customers or users. Also, we can autoscale for any deployment or compute service. In addition, the control panel is completely managed by AWS, and we only have to think about a data plan and what type of deployments, services, and DaemonSets we need.

What needs improvement?

The main area of improvement is that a cluster is required on-premises, which takes a lot of time. For example, we must drain the total nodes during an upgrade from version 1.21 to version 1.22 with on-premises. After draining the total nodes, our container will shut down, and it will be recreated after upgrading. But with the AWS Kubernetes Services, the upgrade from version 1.21 to 1.22 is completed with one click. It's straightforward for the users.

In any secure services, nodes are working on the EC2 services. Whatever the EC2 services, the specified AMI is available. This AMI is an auto-security package that is automatically upgraded per the company's need. It is also secure.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used this solution for one year and use versions 1.15 to 1.22. It is deployed in the public cloud only, in AWS. We were initially working on an on-premises basis of Kubernetes and started working in Elastic Kubernetes in AWS. It is a managed service, and its control panel is managed in AWS. We have to work for our data plan only.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have about 20 users pushing their container to Elastic Kubernetes Cluster. Most companies want source codes like Python, Node.js, and Java and push them to the Elastic Container Services. It makes it easy for the CI/CD pipeline to build and push images to Elastic Kubernetes Services. We recently started the containerization in Elastic Kubernetes Services.

How are customer service and support?

Regarding technical support, we have the job, role, and responsibilities within our company.

If there is an issue, we must determine whether the solution is working correctly or not. We check if our node group has more or less workload than we need and if the autoscale is defined correctly. We can degrade these instances per our requirement if the node group is less. We added Grafana and Prometheus to monitor the total CPU, memory, and nodes. We can monitor requests, CPU utilization, and whether our node is behaving correctly or if we need any more memory. We also look for any issues with the HTTP request or time out.

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

The calculation of the pricing is dependent upon instance type. So when we make a cluster without defining any instance type, it will default enter a large instance type. So as per our requirement, we can create our node group and define our instance types per our workload.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a nine out of ten. Amazon EKS is the best service because it has proper security packages and manages AMI. Also, I'm working on GCP and have seen GKE services. With Amazon EKS AWS, we can do a lot of integration with our Kubernetes Cluster.

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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Head of .NET Department at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Top 20
May 1, 2022
The services are flexible, and they have data centers worldwide
Pros and Cons
  • "AWS cloud services are flexible and have thorough documentation. AWS also has data centers all over the world."
  • "I would like Amazon EKS to be easier to configure on various environments like Windows or Linux installations"

What is our primary use case?

Amazon EKS is for storage, services, and infrastructure. We have about 100 to 120 users on Amazon EKS right now. We'll likely expand by 10 or 15 percent in the next year depending on our customer needs. 

What is most valuable?

AWS cloud services are flexible and have thorough documentation. AWS also has data centers all over the world.

What needs improvement?

I would like Amazon EKS to be easier to configure on various environments like Windows or Linux installations

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Amazon EKS for five years.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use AWS in parallel with other cloud service providers from different vendors, like Azure and GCP. We are not the end customer. It's something we use to deliver services to our customers. We work with a wide range of technologies at the company, which employs around 500 plus people. They work with all major technologies currently available.

How was the initial setup?

Installing Amazon EKS is straightforward. It depends on what needs to be done, but it's not something that takes weeks to deploy. You can do it in a few hours or days. I would need to have a specific scenario to be precise because the steps vary in each installation.

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

I would like Amazon EKS to be cheaper. Otherwise, it's fine.  

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS eight out of 10. 

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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ASHOK YADAV - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Apr 27, 2022
Allows you to create and deploy multiple microservices and manage containers
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the scalability they're currently providing. Integration was very easy. It was a good experience."
  • "The connectivity could be better."

What is our primary use case?

Amazon EKS is basically a model provided by Amazon that allows you to create and deploy multiple microservices and manage containers. Once the Kubernetes is installed, we can directly create the container, set up ports, and set up new services. We currently have Java containers running.

We have more than 500 people using this solution. We are on version 21.

What is most valuable?

I like the scalability they're currently providing. Integration was very easy. It was a good experience. 

What needs improvement?

The connectivity could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for more than two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable enough. We have had network connectivity issues twice. We weren't able to figure out what went wrong there, and it caused a problem initially. When we restarted it, it began working again.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good.

How are customer service and support?

We have called technical support a couple of times. We had an issue with integration with Lambda. But we took the help of AWS and it was resolved.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have also used the IBM private cloud, but it wasn't user friendly.

How was the initial setup?

Setup can take half an hour to an hour.

For deployment, our technical team was made up of 15 people.

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

My company paid for the license. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

I would definitely recommend this solution. It's a very good application, and the scalability is very good.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1426713 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Development Specialist - Technical Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Nov 26, 2024
Has good scalability features
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Amazon EKS are its scalability features."
  • "I would rate the stability of Amazon EKS ten out of ten, indicating it is highly stable."
  • "There is room for improvement in the interface of Amazon EKS."
  • "There is room for improvement in the interface of Amazon EKS."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case for Amazon EKS involves microservices and micro frontends.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Amazon EKS are its scalability features.

What needs improvement?

There is room for improvement in the interface of Amazon EKS. Additionally, they are involved in activities like pipeline management, pod checking, and error logging, which could suggest areas for further improvements.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have more than three years of experience working with Amazon EKS.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of Amazon EKS ten out of ten, indicating it is highly stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability of Amazon EKS an eight out of ten, suggesting it has high scalability.

How are customer service and support?

I do not have experience contacting Amazon's technical support.

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved in the setup of Amazon EKS.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Amazon EKS to other people for various reasons. That said, I also rate this solution seven to eight out of ten overall.

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Phat Chau - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Nov 26, 2023
Stable product with valuable monitoring features
Pros and Cons
  • "It has valuable monitoring and insights features."
  • "The product’s pricing needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon EKS as an APM tool for the environment while migrating the monolithic architecture to microservices architecture. It helps us to test product functionality in a particular environment.

What is most valuable?

We don’t have to manage a bunch of infrastructure. Additionally, enabling auto-scaling for both outgoing and node work helps us optimize the cost. It has valuable monitoring and insights features as well.

What needs improvement?

The product’s pricing needs improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon EKS for more than three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have 200 Amazon EKS users in our organization. It is a scalable product.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup process takes a few minutes to complete. It requires a team of seven executives to work on the deployment.

What was our ROI?

The product generates a return on investment with the help of OpEx and CaPEx licensing models.

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

Amazon EKS is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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