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Google Cloud Run vs Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Run
Ranking in Container Management
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
2.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Containers as a Service (CaaS) (5th)
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform...
Ranking in Container Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

AS
Technical Lead at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Microservices deployment has become faster and cost optimization is driving daily development
While Google Cloud Run does a great job of reducing costs, to mitigate cold starts, users can set minimum instances, but scaling to zero costs has become a cost-saving advantage even when idle, and idle instance costs might occur. This can be avoided because whenever a heavy container causes a cold start, it affects latency and sensitivity of the application. When it starts from idle to full run, it scales slowly, causing slowness in the service deployed; sometimes some of the APIs fail to respond. It is difficult to identify the bug because it is often due to the idleness of the application and not the code, which can be quite frustrating. Additionally, simple tasks for developers who just want to run a few lines of code can be more complex. I would say optimizing concurrency can improve the experience; currently, managing multiple containers in a single Google Cloud Run instance becomes quite difficult, especially tasks such as logging and local proxy monitoring. Google provides fully orchestrated alternatives, but Cloud Run is better for scaling. Slowness in applications is a notable issue.
RashidAnwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Lead at Tetra Pak
Centralized cluster deployment has improved remote site operations and supported hybrid application models
The initial setup was not straightforward. It was challenging, but then it was manageable. It is relatively easy, but we do have challenges. Not everything is straightforward. There are things that can be addressed. In a couple of cases, we needed some third-party expertise to ensure that we did it correctly. In most cases, we were able to do it on our own. When hosting something on Azure and connecting with an HTTPS link, there are some dependencies that need to be tweaked on Nutanix. Otherwise, it does not communicate with the on-premises infrastructure. There were a few tweaks that we struggled with for almost a couple of days. That was not part of the original design manual. We needed to make some tweaks within the cluster ourselves to achieve the goal. There were some shortcomings in the design that we had to customize ourselves to achieve, especially integration with Azure Cloud.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Google Cloud Run and the Google Cloud environment positively impact my organization by providing almost 99.9% availability for applications, which instills confidence in the organization and users by reducing the dependency on the physical network and allowing access to applications and data."
"Google Cloud Run has impacted my organization positively through faster deployment and development, where developers can deploy applications quickly without worrying about infrastructure, push the app live with just containers, speed up time to market significantly, launch features faster and iterate more often, pay only when code runs without maintaining idle servers, reduce cloud costs dramatically for applications with low or unpredictable traffic, automatically scale based on traffic spikes to handle sudden loads without manual intervention so our business does not lose users during peak hours, and let developers focus on business logic instead of DevOps."
"In Google Cloud Run, we are mainly using the feature where we can directly pull images from Docker Hub."
"Google Cloud Run has positively impacted my organization in numerous ways, such as significant cost efficiency and reduced overhead since we only pay for the resources that we use."
"Google Cloud Run has positively impacted our organization by saving us five thousand dollars per month based on scheduling our infrastructure from nine p.m. to nine a.m. for shutdown and starting, as well as stopping the MongoDB clusters."
"Google Cloud Run is a very good tool that I use for deploying applications; its ease of deployment, auto scaling features, and resource optimization are very nice features that help individuals deploy their apps and solutions into the cloud without any hiccups."
"Migration from public cloud to private cloud and vice versa is actually seamless using Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), making it very handy when providing a Kubernetes platform for customers needing on-premises solutions during application modernization."
"The platform is easy to set up, maintain, and update."
"Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) has very good customer support, the product is very stable and resilient, and I did not find any lags or system failures."
"Compared to Azure or Amazon, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is not as secure, but the new edition may improve these functionalities."
"Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is a centralized platform that allows us to deploy different clusters from a centralized location."
"We have great support from Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and the experience has been excellent; the relationship maintained with the team in India is particularly strong, and the support directly from Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) itself has been exceptional."
"The stability of Nutanix is exceptional; when operational, it performs flawlessly and demonstrates remarkable resilience."
"Overall, in my opinion, the best features of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) are a unified user experience and a unified platform to manage all Kubernetes clusters."
 

Cons

"There are a few areas that could be improved. We have experienced cold start latency because when scaling from zero, the first request is slow."
"When it starts from idle to full run, it scales slowly, causing slowness in the service deployed; sometimes some of the APIs fail to respond."
"If speaking about improvements for Google Cloud Run, I think they could reduce the cold starts and manage to configure a set number of minimum instances to keep the instances in a warm phase."
"One area where Google Cloud Run could be better is the cold start; when a container scales, it starts from zero and takes a moment to boot up before it can serve the request."
"There are a few areas where Google Cloud Run could improve."
"I was very disappointed with the air gap implementation; it was not fully air-gapped as it should be and you still need to open access to multiple cloud services."
"So it's not user-friendly; it's still not easy for a junior engineer, as it still requires some experienced engineer."
"Regarding the stability and reliability of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), I sometimes worry about incidents that occur, but we don't receive a clear explanation of what happened."
"In Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), I believe the migration process needs to be much simpler, similar to other Kubernetes platforms we are using, with all steps being clear and direct to facilitate an easier experience for everyone."
"Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Kubernetes dashboard itself needs improvement."
"A significant limitation of the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is its requirement for extensive Kubernetes knowledge."
"They have to improve their marketplace offering for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) which is currently limited."
"There are some limitations with the non-air gap version as it requires complete internet access, which poses restrictions due to government regulations."
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Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

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Small Business6
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Cloud Run?
While Google Cloud Run does a great job of reducing costs, to mitigate cold starts, users can set minimum instances, but scaling to zero costs has become a cost-saving advantage even when idle, and...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Run?
I am mainly using Google Cloud Run for running microservices and its web APIs, creating GraphQL APIs and validation. I also use it for event-driven processing, uploading files into cloud storage, a...
What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud Run?
Google Cloud Run is something I have worked with and I have experience using it. The platform is very user-friendly, simple, and easy to use. The portability is highly portable. Google handles its ...
What needs improvement with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
While I'm glad to provide good marks, the areas that have room for improvement in Nutanix are the pricing. I believe the pricing will improve over time. The cost is what it is. I would suggest impr...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
My use case for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is to redeploy and migrate existing Kubernetes workloads in the public cloud to on-premises Nutanix.
What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
The maintenance of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is good. My experience with managing applications in production with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is really excellent. It is really stable....
 

Also Known As

Google Cloud Functions, Google Run, GCF
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