HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs Kubernetes comparison

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform

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We performed a comparison between HPE Ezmeral Container Platform and Kubernetes 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.

To learn more, read our detailed HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs. Kubernetes Report (Updated: April 2025).

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs. Kubernetes

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform

Ranking in Container Management

16th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Kubernetes

Ranking in Container Management

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is 1.3%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kubernetes is 5.1%, down from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Chaianan Chaiyakeereepong

Pre-Sale at Yip Intsoi

Effective cost management achieved with robust storage features but user experience and data management require improvements

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it cannot make a data catalog or process data lineage without third-party support, which increases the cost for development.

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Venu Boddu

AWS DevOps Engineer at Hexaware Technologies Limited

Manage infrastructure automation and smooth application deployment with robust auto-scaling capabilities

Kubernetes is highly valuable for its node-based setup, which allows for the running of multiple pods. This feature is essential for infrastructure automation and application deployment. Kubernetes also offers rollback control and auto-scaling capabilities, which are crucial for maintaining an application's availability even if nodes or pods go down. Additionally, Kubernetes supports load balancing to distribute traffic efficiently across multiple pods.

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

Pros

"The stability of the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is good, and I rate it an eight out of ten."

"If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the auto-scaling feature. However, Kubernetes is not used alone; it is part of a complete deployment pipeline integrated with DevOps. This pipeline includes automation and deployment capabilities."

"We use this solution for the hosting of micro-services. Kubernetes helps us to orchestrate all the containers hosting these micro-services."

"If you're switching from VMs to Kubernetes, you will see a return because you can pack more into the Kubernetes architecture using containers rather than VMs. You'll see some more savings on your infrastructure, as well."

"The scanning and support network."

"I rate Kubernetes nine out of ten."

"The most important feature is container orchestration."

"All the current features are quite harmonic."

"The most valuable feature of Kubernetes is container orchestration."

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Cons

"HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management."

"The modernization in Ezmeral could be improved."

"The lack of native support for billing and self-service capabilities is an area Kubernetes could improve. This requires the use of third-party integrations or managed services in order for customers to be able to deploy clusters on their own. It would be beneficial to have these features built-in into the Kubernetes platform."

"The pricing could be improved. It would be ideal if it was a bit less."

"We would to have additional features related to security within the API, instead of needing to install add-ons."

"The network policies and RBAC management across multi-clusters could be improved. This is an issue we're trying to solve in the market."

"In the financial service sector, I'd rate scalability an eight out of ten. But do it in a controlled manner, not auto-scaling. If your application has a bug and you enable the autoscaler, it will spike your costs. If someone deploys an application with a bug, that's automatically a problem."

"The solution has some issues regarding availability during high loads. Worker nodes are sometimes unavailable, affecting the overall availability of the applications. This is a bug or underlying problem with the tool, and Azure and other providers are looking into improving this by releasing new versions of Kubernetes that fix some of the platform's issues."

"There is a feature called Terraform and, based on the reviews I have read, it could be improved."

"The initial setup of Kubernetes is difficult. However, if you are used to the flow then it is easier. The length of time it takes for the implementation depends on the project."

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"There is a license to use Kubernetes."

"I am using the solution's open-source version."

"Kubernetes is open source and is an orchestration platform. It is a cost effective solution and its pricing depends on your company and how you use it"

"Kubernetes is open-source. Kubernetes is free, but we're charged for AWS utilization."

"The price of Kubernetes could be lower. However, it is less expensive than VMware Tanzu. Additionally, technical support is expensive. The overall cost of the solution is approximately $1,000 annually."

"The solution is affordable."

"Google Kubernetes Engine is free in the simplest setup, AWS Kubernetes Engine costs about $50 (depending on the region), in a three master setup, so it's almost the same as the cost of the EC2 instances and it's totally fine from my point of view."

"Kubernetes is open source. But we have to manage Kubernetes as a team, and the overhead is a bit high. Compared with the platforms like Cloud Foundry, which has a much less operational overhead. Kubernetes, I have to manage the code, and I have to hire the developers. If someone has a product, a developer should know exactly what he's writing or high availability, and all those things may differ the costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?

What is your primary use case for HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?

We want to replace the existing Cloudera data lake with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform ( /products/hpe-ezmeral-container-platform-reviews ).

What advice do you have for others considering HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?

I rate the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform seven out of ten because it has strong features for storage but lacks certain data management functionalities, requiring additional investments for third-p...

What do you like most about Kubernetes?

There are many good features. I feel that the scale-out features, like replica sets, are very good. The number of running containers can be autoscaled.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kubernetes?

Since we use Kubernetes on-premises, the costs are related to our expertise and the personnel we hire.

What needs improvement with Kubernetes?

Although we face issues when migrating to new versions of Kubernetes, such as misunderstandings on using new features or integration with proxy services, these issues can be addressed with proper p...

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Overview

Accelerate your journey to hybrid cloud with the industry’s first enterprise-grade container software platform for cloud-native and distributed non-cloud native applications.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.

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HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs. Kubernetes