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We performed a comparison between Kubernetes and NGINX Ingress Controller based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The management layer is free, which is perfect. You don't need to pay money for the management layer, but in AWS develop service, you need to pay. I think it is €75 per month for the management layer. It is free here, so you can have as many Kubernetes clusters as you need. You are paying just for the workload, that is, for the machine, CPU, memory, and everything."
  • "Kubernetes is open-source."
  • "The solution is affordable."
  • "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."
  • "There are no licensing fees."
  • "There is no licensing fee."
  • "In addition to Kubernetes, you have to pay for support."
  • "The solution requires a license to use it."
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    Top Answer:The most valuable features of Kubernetes have been autoscaling and its resilience mechanisms.
    Top Answer:Microsoft provides reasonable costs for Kubernetes.
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    Overview

    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.

    NGINX Ingress Controller is a powerful tool that enables organizations to manage and route traffic to their Kubernetes clusters. It acts as a load balancer and reverses proxy for incoming traffic, allowing for efficient and secure communication between clients and backend services. 

    The most useful functionality of the solution is its ability to provide advanced traffic management features such as SSL termination, URL rewriting, and session persistence. By using NGINX Ingress Controller, organizations can improve the performance and reliability of their applications, reduce downtime, and enhance security.
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    China unicom, NetEase Cloud, Nav, AppDirect
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    Computer Software Company28%
    Retailer13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Kubernetes is ranked 4th in Container Management with 67 reviews while NGINX Ingress Controller is ranked 18th in Container Management. Kubernetes is rated 8.6, while NGINX Ingress Controller is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Kubernetes writes "Container orchestrator that deploys our machine learning solutions". On the other hand, Kubernetes is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and HashiCorp Nomad, whereas NGINX Ingress Controller is most compared with Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, OpenShift Container Platform, Amazon EKS and VMware Tanzu Mission Control.

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