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Amazon EKS vs Komodor comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 13, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EKS
Ranking in Container Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (15th)
Komodor
Ranking in Container Management
12th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
9.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Amazon EKS is 19.3%, down from 19.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Komodor is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

Jigneshkumar Gadhavi - PeerSpot reviewer
Supports multiple tools and has a straightforward setup process
With numerous tools and plugins available for EKS like Graphite and Prometheus, users can effectively manage logs and monitor performance. For beginners, it's essential to grasp the fundamentals of Docker and containerization and understand how containers operate. Once these basics are clear, the next step is to familiarize oneself with Kubernetes and container orchestration concepts. I rate it a nine out of ten.
Jacek Kisynski - PeerSpot reviewer
Makes it easier for our development team to "own" Kubernetes, saving our SRE team time
There's nothing in particular that is wrong with Komodor. It's hard to say that there's something we would really like to see improved. I hope that the cost analytics and resource usage allocation areas will see further development. For example, where we can now see if the pods are over- or under-provisioned, I wouldn't mind higher-level development. I would like to see if we're utilizing nodes in the cluster, if pod allocation is optimal, how much idling we have, and whether we scale up and down efficiently. I would like to see them help us optimize costs further. Because, as our company grows and our clusters get busier and busier, any inefficiency is a lot of money wasted. That's definitely high on our wish list: anything that helps us track wasted resources.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is the best service because it has proper security packages."
"Amazon EKS can be used to implement and create clusters."
"Application deployment is more automatic."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"AWS EKS provides flexibility and scalability compared to on-premises Kubernetes."
"The solution's performance is good."
"EKS provides autoscaling functionality."
"The good thing was the integration of services. The only thing we had to think about was how we were pushing the code to GitHub or Bitbucket."
"The service overview is definitely the most valuable feature. With it, I can see all the services and see if they're healthy or not without having to go specifically into each workflow individually. It has been immensely helpful for us whenever we've had network issues or other such issues. We've been able to use Komodor and see at a glance where there might be potential issues."
"The more time we use Komodor the more we save. Currently, we have seen around a ten percent return on investment."
"The most valuable aspect is the speed with which I can narrow down what's going on. Usually, I look at the overview of events and then the timeline of an event and the status of the logs to quickly check what's happening or what has happened."
"The event timeline has been super helpful, enabling us to overlay node events in the same timeline as deployment events... That helps an engineer very quickly troubleshoot without having to do too much digging."
"Komodor's multi-cluster centralized event timeline is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the interface of Amazon EKS."
"It's difficult to connect to some of the clusters."
"The tool's setup is complex."
"A cluster is required on-premises, which takes a lot of time."
"Amazon EKS provides very minimum information during the upgrade of the node group."
"I would like to see a warm-up time for AWS Fargate, similar to what GCP Cloud Run has."
"I would like to see the user interface improved because it is hard to find and not straightforward."
"The product’s pricing needs improvement."
"Komodor's visibility could be improved."
"One thing we don't have visibility into, which I would love to have, is metrics, such as user logins and usage. It's really hard to know what people are doing when I don't have any metrics on that directly."
"I hope that the cost analytics and resource usage allocation areas will see further development. For example, where we can now see if the pods are over- or under-provisioned, I wouldn't mind higher-level development."
"I would like to see improvements in how the product is installed. We've already communicated these things directly to Komodor. One feature we would like to see is for Komodor to be highly available on the clusters. Currently, it's only able to run in one instance within the cluster."
"I like the alerts that Komodor provides, but I think the alert interface could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is pricey. The tool's pricing is monthly."
"Amazon EKS is not a cheap solution."
"The price could be cheaper. I would rate it as seven out of ten."
"Pricing is dependent upon instance type."
"The solution is more expensive than other competitors and does not require a license."
"The solution's pricing is fair enough and a little less costly."
"Cloud based pay-as-you-go pricing"
"Amazon EKS has fair pricing. It's better in terms of pricing than other platforms."
"The licensing model is fine. It is per node, which is good, but the pricing is high. Currently, I am fine with it, but I am a little concerned about the pricing as we scale. So, it is on the higher end. On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most expensive, Komodor is a seven."
"As far as I can recall, the licensing cost was fair."
"Other options pop up, but Komodor's pricing works well for our use case. It's fair, and we appreciate it. A lot of other vendors price their solutions in a way that would cost us disproportionately more money than they should. Komodor's pricing is reasonable in the way they calculate usage and value."
"We pay according to the number of resources we have; if we are a small start-up, we have fewer resources and thus pay less."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Wellness & Fitness Company
26%
Computer Software Company
14%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EKS?
The product's most valuable features are scalability, observability, and performance.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EKS?
I do not have specific details on EKS's pricing and licensing compared to other services. However, in general, deploying in the cloud offers lower latency and high availability and reduces manual i...
What needs improvement with Amazon EKS?
* EKS incurs an additional management fee ($0.10 per hour per cluster) along with EC2 or Fargate costs.May be expensive for smaller workloads compared to alternatives like AWS ECS.Requires expertis...
What do you like most about Komodor?
The most valuable aspect is the speed with which I can narrow down what's going on. Usually, I look at the overview of events and then the timeline of an event and the status of the logs to quickly...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Komodor?
The licensing model is fine. It is per node, which is good, but the pricing is high. Currently, I am fine with it, but I am a little concerned about the pricing as we scale. So, it is on the higher...
What needs improvement with Komodor?
There's nothing in particular that is wrong with Komodor. It's hard to say that there's something we would really like to see improved. I hope that the cost analytics and resource usage allocation ...
 

Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
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Sample Customers

GoDaddy, Pearson, FICO, Intuit, Verizon, Honeywell, Logicworks, RetailMeNot, LogMeIn, Conde Nast, mercari, Trainline, Axway
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