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A fully managed solution that offers less administration workload and operational costs
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  • "The costs depend on the resources that you use, and there is a cost-management system to help calculate it."
  • "Microsoft Azure Container Service has costs but in the container environment, there are no costs because it is open source and we are using Docker as the container engine in the master and worker nodes established in the Azure environment."
  • "The solution's pricing is reasonable."

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    What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Container Service?
    Top Answer:The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs.
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    Top Answer:The solution's pricing is reasonable.
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    Top Answer:Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive.
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    Ranking
    2nd
    out of 9 in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
    Views
    879
    Comparisons
    301
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    509
    Rating
    8.0
    7th
    out of 9 in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
    Views
    95
    Comparisons
    19
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
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    Also Known As
    MS Azure Container Service
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    Overview

    Azure Container Service optimizes the configuration of popular open source tools and technologies specifically for Azure. You get an open solution that offers portability for both your containers and your application configuration. You select the size, the number of hosts, and choice of orchestrator tools, and Container Service handles everything else.

    Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) is the only Kubernetes as a service that ensures fully automated Day-2 operations with 99.9% SLA on any environment: in data-centers, public clouds, or at the edge.

    Our unique SaaS Management Plane remotely monitors, optimizes and heals your Kubernetes clusters and underlying infrastructure. With automatic security patches, upgrades, proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, auto-healing, and more — you can confidently run production-grade Kubernetes, anywhere.

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    Agilitix, Amobee, autodesk, bitly
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Media Company8%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Microsoft Azure Container Service is ranked 2nd in Containers as a Service (CaaS) with 7 reviews while Platform9 Managed Kubernetes is ranked 7th in Containers as a Service (CaaS). Microsoft Azure Container Service is rated 8.2, while Platform9 Managed Kubernetes is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Container Service writes "Reliable, expandable and great for Microsoft-heavy environments". On the other hand, Microsoft Azure Container Service is most compared with Amazon Elastic Container Service, whereas Platform9 Managed Kubernetes is most compared with .

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