We performed a comparison between Amazon EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's the best option for medium or large enterprises."
"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."
"EKS has security features that you can't find in competing solutions."
"Provides high performance and easy manageability."
"AWS cloud services are flexible and have thorough documentation. AWS also has data centers all over the world."
"Break down your application into small modules to improve resiliency"
"Through Amazon EKS, we can have the blue-green deployment very easily."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Google Kubernetes Engine is used for orchestrating Docker containers. We have 30 or 40 customers working with this solution now. We'll probably see 10 to 15 percent growth in the number of customers using Google Kubernetes Engine in the future."
"On the tip of a command, you can scale in or scale out, and it offers every robust platform to implement DevOps processes for your automation solutions. The product fully supports the IaC concept."
"The feature that I like the most is the ease of use as compared to AWS. Its ease of use is very high, and I can quickly deploy clusters with a simple template."
"We appreciate that it is quite easy to set up a Kubernetes cluster in Google Cloud, using the managed services within this solution."
"We hardly have a breakdown. It's been very stable."
"The initial setup was very easy because it's like a Google platform as a service. It's just one button to set it up. The deployment took only a few minutes."
"Before using this solution, it was a lot of manual tasks and a lot of people participated in the process."
"Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) takes care of managing Kubernetes, including the main control plane. It also offers solutions for monitoring resources and handling external traffic, which is essential for us. Being a cloud-native solution, it relieves us from worrying about these operational aspects."
"I'd like to see the solution add a service catalog."
"The goal and idea behind microservices are to always be available and capable of handling any load, no matter how many requests come through...All of these services are great, but I also think it would be useful to have the same technology available in a miniature resource size, enabling the same applications and services to run on a small machine."
"The dashboard needs to be more user-friendly."
"The tool's setup is complex."
"I encountered problems with the product’s documentation."
"I would like to see it a little more stable, more operational, and more convenient to develop."
"Amazon EKS is not a solution that can be fully managed through automation, making it an area of concern where improvement is required."
"A cluster is required on-premises, which takes a lot of time."
"An area in which Google Kubernetes Engine could improve is configuration."
"There are some security issues, but it might just be because we are not up to speed yet as much as we should be and so we haven't found it in the documentation yet. That's why I don't want to confuse this. Still, it could be a little bit easier to understand and implement."
"I would like the solution to integrate with another Kubernetes product. I would also like it to monitor other platforms. It needs to also include scale-up container in the tool's next release."
"While the GKE cluster is secure, application-level security is an essential aspect that needs to be addressed. The security provided by GKE includes the security of communication between nodes within the cluster and the basic features of Kubernetes security. However, these features may not be sufficient for the security needs of an enterprise. Additional security measures must be added to ensure adequate protection. It has become a common practice to deploy security tools within a Kubernetes cluster. It would be ideal if these tools were included as part of the package, as this is a standard requirement in the industry. Thus, application-level security should be integrated into GKE for improved security measures."
"The notifications are not informative."
"I use the Firebase tool with GKE and it would be helpful if the solution can give notifications when we reach the budget limit."
"The tool's configuration features need improvement."
"I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten."
Amazon EKS is ranked 2nd in Container Management with 38 reviews while Google Kubernetes Engine is ranked 9th in Container Management with 32 reviews. Amazon EKS is rated 8.6, while Google Kubernetes Engine is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EKS writes "Supports multiple tools and has a straightforward setup process ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Kubernetes Engine writes "The auto-scaling feature helps during peak hours, but the support is not great". Amazon EKS is most compared with OpenShift Container Platform, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Kubernetes, Rancher Labs and Linode, whereas Google Kubernetes Engine is most compared with Linode, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Rancher Labs and VMware Tanzu Mission Control. See our Amazon EKS vs. Google Kubernetes Engine report.
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